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Indigenous This week's top news and analysis about the struggles of indigenous peoples for rights and sovereignty. For more on indigenous issues visit our topic page: http://rabble.ca/indigenous
Thunder Bay election ad by Libertarian Party regarding First Nations sparks outrage June 12, 2014 | By Krystalline Kraus With the provincial election closing in, Libertarian Party member, Tamara Johnson, published a full-page ad in Tuesday's Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal raising issue with First Nations communities. Hupacasath First Nation vs. Canada-China FIPA agreement June 12, 2014 | By Andrea Palframan On Tuesday June 10, the Hupacasath First... Nation had their second attempt to claim their Section 35 rights to their land. Their appeal has exposed the unbalanced FIPA agreement. Mi'kmaq continue to fight to protect their territory from environmental devastation with a new blockade June 11, 2014 | By Krystalline Kraus This is not the first time land defenders of the Mi'kmaq territory have erected blockades in an attempt to protect their traditional territories from corporate mining and resource acquisition threats. Outside the Sinclair Inquest: Discussing systemic discrimination and the death of Brian Sinclair June 11, 2014 | By rabble staff In February, Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto left the Sinclair Inquest, saying the inquest was not addressing issues of systemic discrimination in the death of Brian Sinclair. Aboriginal horror film depicts brutal legacies of Canadian colonialism June 9, 2014 | By Âpihtawikosisân Jeff Barnaby's Rhymes for Young Ghouls offers a glimpse into social dysfunction that is directly linked to the way in which every aspect of life on reserve is in some way governed by the Indian Act. r13

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