Support an Indigenous-led National Inquiry for our Stolen Sisters
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Idle No More stands with the many individuals, families, groups, and communities working on the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Read the Idle No More response to the government report released today and check out other movement updates below.
Federal Report Fails Indigenous Women and Girls
In concert with the many responses and calls for action issued by Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups and the families of missing and murdered women, Idle No More denounces the Conservative government’s report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada, released today. A commitment to a national inquiry and a national action strategy, which have been called for repeatedly, are blatantly absent from the report.
Idle No More reiterates the stance that addressing the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, including trans and two spirit women, should be an international priority and supports grassroots efforts for an Indigenous defined, designed, and led inquiry. Idle No More supports working in solidarity with individuals, families, and community groups on this issue and will take direction from those who have the experience and knowledge and are best equipped to develop strategies for moving forward.
North American Indigenous Peoples Caucus (NAIPC) Announcement
"NAIPC calls
for the immediate cancellation of the HLPM by the UN General Assembly.
We also call on the state of Mexico to cancel its planned technical
meeting to begin drafting the outcome document for the HLPM-WCIP; we
call on the UNPFII to cancel any further participation and additional
preparatory or advisory meetings for the HLPM. Additionally, NAIPC
advances the position throughout Great Turtle Island, and to the
world’s Indigenous Peoples, to call for the cancellation of the HLPM,
and to withhold any and all support and participation. We call for the
withdrawal of any support, active or tacit, for the HLPM by Indigenous
Peoples anywhere in the world."
Approved by acclamation. North American Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus (NAIPC) to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, convened in Kamloops (Secwepemc Territory), British Columbia, Canada, Sunday, March 2, 2014
STOP the First Nations Education Act
Education in Canada is founded on superiority and patriarchy historically and is still forced upon Indigenous people presently. Is this going to continue? It is our responsibility to listen to our young people, to protect their future and teach them by showing them that we can assert our Inherent Right to educate ourselves; to build our own identity, institutions and systems. When ½ of our population consists of our young people who will be attending these schools under the FNEA, how can we empower them to assert and protect our rights? How can we teach our young people language and culture with imposed provincial curriculums and standards?
Sign the petition from INM Manitoba
First Nations Control of First Nations Education (FNCFNEA) is NOT First Nations Control #STOPFNCFNEA #BlueDot
APTN News Coverage on February 7, 2014: First Nations Education - Harper Announcement on Kainai Nation Treaty 7 Territory, Standoff, AB: http://youtu.be/Xj-LDLf1CBQ
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Meet with AFN NC Shawn Atleo: Chief Arlen Dumas of Mathias Colomb Cree Nation Manitoba, confronts National Chief Shawn Atleo after Atleo showed up at the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs meeting to promote his AFN-Harper deal and First Nation Education legislation. Then, Chief Dumas gives the rest of his time to grassroots Lisa Currier who prepared a petition against FNCFNEA to give Atleo. &sns=fb
Idle No More – Northern Manitoba also lashes out at Atleo for support of proposed First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act - Smokescreen http://tinyurl.com/pyb5rad
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