It took hugs from Kayleigh Spencer’s fellow pageant contestants for what had just happened to sink in. “I just felt in awe,” said Spencer. “I was holding back tears and I was really excited and really happy, but it just […]
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Montrealers organize to show solidarity with Standing Rock
Follow the money. That’s the message activists who oppose construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline through the Standing Rock Sioux reservation have for international sympathizers of the growing protest movement. In Canada, that means targeting the three large banks here […]
Justice is not colour blind
A number of developing stories this past month demonstrate quite clearly that there are two distinct standards of law in North America when it comes to First Nations people on this continent. Consider the case of Adam Capay. Capay is […]
Checking in at Standing Rock + An interview with Comanche war chief descendant
The events at Standing Rock – from police tactics, to celebrity support, to direct actions – have escalated since two reporters from the Nation visited the protest camp last month. In an October 27 raid on the Oceti Sakowin camp, […]
the Nation visits the Standing Rock resistance
The flags of a more than a hundred Indigenous nations dance in the wind at the entrance to the Oceti Sakowin Camp near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota, about 80 kilometres south of Bismarck, the sparsely populated […]