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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results91 Connexions Library8 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 5 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 4 Sources Library 2 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAlgonquins vs. Frontenac Ventures: Against The Current vol. 134 Marie, P. Article 2008 I recently returned from a little-publicized “political hotbed” ignited by Frontenac Ventures Corporation (FVC), a private mining company causing grave injustices against the Ardoch First Nation commu... American Indian Movement: Connexipedia Article Article Native American activist organization in the United States which has led protests advocating indigenous American rights, inspired cultural renewal, monitored police activities, and coordinated employm... Another World is Possible: Globalization and Anti-capitalism  McNally, David Book 2002 A call-to-arms for progressive activists. McNally argues that capitalism is synonymous with imperialism and fundamentally incompatible with democracy. Blood and Belonging: Journey into the New Nationalism Ignatieff, Michael Book 1993 Essays on nationalism in Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Ukraine, Quebec, Kurdistan, and Northern Ireland. The Blossoming of Idle No More Johnson, Ragina; Ward, Brian Article 2014 The First Nations-led movement Idle No More emerged in Canada in December 2012 to protest legislation that threatened both the rights of First Nations and environmental protections. The movement has s... Canada Remapped: How the Partition of Quebec Will Reshape the Nation Reid, Scott Book 1993 Explores what might happen in the event of a decision by Quebec to separate from Canada. Canada's 1960s: The Ironies of Identity in a Rebellious Era Palmer, Bryan D. Book 2008 A history of social movements of the 1960s, including Canada’s student and anti-war movements, the rise of women’s liberation, labour agitation, and Quebec’s independence movement. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Pilot Copy, February 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 The first issue of the Canadian Information Sharing Service publication. The name of the publication was later changed to Connexions and then to Connexions Digest. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 5 - January 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 6 - March 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 4 - November 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 5 - December 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 1 - February 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Canadian News Synthesis Project - September 1974: Volume II Number 9 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1974 The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America. Canadian News Synthesis Project - July 1975: Volume III Number 7 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America. Canadian News Synthesis Project - February 1976: Volume III Number 12 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America. Central American Women Put their Lives on the Line for Human Rights Tuckman, Jo Article 2014 Solidarity is at the heart of an initiative that seeks to protect women activists facing harassment, death threats and violence. Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girls's Dream Angus, Charlie Book 2015 Angus provides chilling insight into how Canada denies First Nations children their basic human rights. Connexions: Volume 4, Number 2 - March 1979 - Native Rights/Les Droits des Autochtones Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 1 - February 1981 - Lesbians/Gay Men/Lesbiennes/Hommes Gais Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 2 - April 1981 - Urban Core/Milieu Urbain Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 3 - September 1981 - Atlantic Development/Le Developpement Atlantique Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 7, Number 3 - July 1982 - Prairie Region/Region des Prairies Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 Connexions: Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 1983 - Toward a New Economy Serial Publication (Periodical) 1983 Connexions: Volume 8, Number 3-4 - Winter 1983/84 - Native Issues - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions: Volume 9, Number 2 - Summer 1984 - Rights and Liberties - A Digest of Resources & Groups for Social Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List Article 1989 A short and selective list of resources on issues addressed in the Connexions Annual, such as environment, education, peace, interntional development, women's issues, urban issues, housing, human rig... Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Cree Agenda Becomes Part of Federal Election Article 1999 The politicians of all parties are acting as if Aboriginal rights are irrelevant to this question of Quebec secession. Not only is it relevant: it is, in fact, central to the whole question. And if th... Dakota Access Pipeline and the Future of American Labor Brecher, Jeremy Article 2016 As United States Energy Transfers Partners began building the Dakota Access Pipeline through territory sacred to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, the tribe began an escalating campaign against the pipel... Defending the Oldman River: A conversation with Milton-Born-With-A-Tooth Audio 1991 An interview with Milton-Born-With-A-Tooth about the struggle to defend the Oldman River in Alberta. Disputed Territory: The green economy versus community-based economies Overbeek, Winnie; Pazos, Flavio Film/Video 2012 A story of the peoples of the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil, looking at what happens when so-called "green economy" projects move into the area, clearning the forest, and taking over the land. Draining Canada Dry: The Continental Thirst for Canada's Water Holm, Wendy; Gutstein, Donald Book 1993 The authors examine Canada's water policies and their socio-economic impact on North America. The fight again tar sands is about more than the environment Deranger, Eriel Article 2015 Indigenous rights defender Eriel Deranger explains how the struggle against tar sands mining is about protecting her people's rights and culture. Fractured Land Gillis, Damien; Rayher, Fiona (directors) Film/Video 2015 A Canadian feature documentary film profiling the Dene activist Caleb Behn as he goes through law school and builds a movement around greater awareness of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on First Nati... From Ecological Disaster to Constitutional Crisis: The Long Struggle Over the Xingú Dams Comes to a Climax at Belo Monte Turner, Terence Article 2010 The master plan for damming the Amazon river system, which includes Belo Monte and the Xingú dams, was originally created in the 1970s by the military dictatorship then in power. It essentially treats... Guatemala 1962 to 1980s Blum, William Article 1995 An account of the United States' repeated intereventions in Guatemala. Halfbreed; A Proud and Bitter Canadian Legacy: A Proud and Bitter Canadian Legacy Campbell, Maria Book 1973 Human Rights videotapes Film/Video 1992 5 videotapes for use at senior elementary or secondary levels or for adult audiences. I Am Barack Obama's Political Prisoner Now: The Denial of My Parole Peltier, Leonard Article 2009 Given the complexion of the three recent federal parolees, it might seem that my greatest crime was being Indian. But the truth is that my gravest offense is my innocence. I Have Lived Here Since the World Began: An Illustrated History of Canada's Native People Ray, Arthur J. Book 1996 Ray shows that Native culture played an important -- and largely unrecognized -- part in Canada's economic development. Rather than being "civilized" by European explorers, the indigenous people were ... If boycotts could change the system they'd be illegal Mortinston, Peter Article 1996 A ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal says that boycotting by a grassroots group Friends of the Lubicon Lake Cree Nation of Daishowa paper products was illegal because it resulted in economic harm t... Indigenous Communities in Guatemala Fight Against the Privatization of Sacred Sites Abbott, Jeff Article 2016 In recent years, the popular tourist attraction of Semuc Champey in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz has become a point of social conflict for the indigenous Q'eqchi' Mayan communities surrou... An Indigenous People's History of the United States Bunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne Book 2014 Historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted exp... Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance Obomsawin, Alanis Film/Video 1993 A crucial 1993 film looking at the 1990 standoff in Oka, Quebec. Obomsawin's goal is to explain the perspective of the Mohawk community involved in the conflict. Lakota vow: dead or in prison before we allow the KXL pipeline Ibanez, Camila Article 2014 On February 2,7 2014 Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement activists joined in a four-directions walk to commemorate Liberation Day, an event to mark the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. As they do... The Leap Manifesto: A Call for a Canada Based on Caring for the Earth and One Another Article 2015 We start from the premise that Canada is facing the deepest crisis in recent memory. so we need to Leap. Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding Line 9: Climate Change and the Line 9B Reversal Project Article 2015 A letter from community organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted Indigenous communities, and national organizations that would like to express adamant opposition to the recent 'Leave to ... A Long and Terrible Shadow: White Values, Native Rights in the Americas 1492-1992 Berger, Thomas R. Book 1991 Against the odds, Native peoples have waged a tenacious struggle to survive and the re-emerge as distinct cultures. Long Way From Home: The story of the Sixties generation in Canada Kostash, Myrna Book 1980 An account of the upheavals and transformations experienced by those who came of age in the 1960s, a time when international currents of change intersected with specifically Canadian events and circum... Marxism and the Fight Against Native Oppression in Canada Morrison, Nevin Article 2014 Our political tendency has always emphasized the need to combat the special oppression of Natives, blacks, women and others. Such oppression is intimately connected with the “normal” capitalist exploi... Matthew Coon Come Speech, September 19, 1994: Speaking Notes for Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come Centre for Strategic and Iinternational Studies Article 1994 The status and rights of the James Bay Crees in the context of Quebec secession from Canada. Movement Pachamama: Indigenous Movements in Latin America Fiorentini, Francesca Article 2009 It is no accident that most of the remaining natural resources are on indigenous land. First the white world destroys their own environment, then they come asking for the last pieces of land they have... Native Rights in Canada Cumming, Peter A. Book 1972 A report on the legal rights of the natives of Canada. Nova Scotia Micmac Aboriginal Rights Position Paper Article 1977 This tabloid edition of a position paper presented to the Federal Government in 1977 was signed by twelve chiefs representing the Union of Nova Scotia Indians. NSW protesters: 'We will break these laws' Mcllroy, Jim Article 2016 "This is a law to protect the rich. We will need to break these laws to protect our democratic rights," Aboriginal activist and lead NSW Senate candidate for the Socialist Alliance team in the federal... Occupation of Anicinabe park: The Occupation of Anicinabe Park 1974; Two Interviews Burke, James; Ironstand, Lyle; Cameron, Louis Article 1992 These interviews with Lyle Ironstand and Louis Cameron have been reprinted from Paper Tomahawks: From Red Tape to Red Power by James Burke, published in 1976 by Queenston House Publishing. The Partition Principle: Remapping Quebec after Separation McAlpine, Trevor Book Considers the question: if Canada is divisible, then why not Quebec? McAlpine argues that Quebec cannot separate from Canada and expect to retain its present borders. He maps out the specifics of how ... People Of The Pines: The Warriors And The Legacy Of Oka York, Geoffrey; Pindera, Loreen Book 1991 An account of the 78-day standoff in the summer of 1990 between Mohawk warriors and Quebec Police and the Canadian Army. A People's History of the United States: 1492 - Present Zinn, Howard Book 1995 Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.
A Plea for Justice Article A Plea for Justice was written by a group of people in Saskatchewan who have formed the Carswell Lake Dene Support Committee. The Power of Idle No More: A Resurgent Radicalism Dobbin, Murray Article 2013 The remarkable Idle No More movement is the biggest and most important national outpouring of grass roots aboriginal anger ever seen in Canada. Prepared evidence for the case of the Committee for Justice and Liberty: before the National Energy Board's hearings on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Article 1977 Various materials to be presented to the NEB's hearings opposing further pipeline development. Presentation by Noel V. Starblanket President of the National Indian Brotherhood to the Task Force on National Unity Article 1978 Primer on a Society to Be Transformed Film/Video 1978 This audiovisual is an educational tool to be used in conjunction with the primer on social justice prepared by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Quebec Agrees to Negotiate, Kidnap Crees First But "Negotiate" Article 1997 Canadians as a whole seem to be unaware of the depth of the double standards advocated by the separatist leaders. We Crees are only too grimly aware of them, however, since we will be the first and mo... Quebec's two solitudes Zachary, Adam Article 1990 Quebec's hopes to chart a smooth course to sovereignty may founder on claims to Quebec's territory by its original inhabitants - claims that could involve as much as 80 per cent of its land mass. Secwepemc Tribes Fight New Mines and Old Laws in British Columbia Smallteacher, Richard Article 2014 Indigenous activists burned down a bridge in British Columbia, Canada, to prevent Imperial Metals from starting a lead and zinc mine on the lands of the Secwepemc peoples. Local tribes say that the mi... The Seventh Fire: The Struggle for Aboriginal Government Smith, Dan Book 1993 Describes the struggles of aboriginal people to run their own affairs. Smoke Traders Dorn, Jeff; Bainbridge, Catherine Film/Video 2012 Smoke Traders tells the story of the contraband tobacco trade and the effect on individual lives and communities from a Native perspective. Surviving As Indians: The Challenge Of Self-Government Boldt, Menno Book 1993 Boldt argues that Canadian Indian nations should pursue the goal of self-government by breaking away from the the courts and constitutional processes, and campaign for human rights. The Tyranny of Rights Kneen, Brewster Book Kneen asks why the demand for 'rights' has become such a dominant strategy of movements for social and economic justice. As he discusses this question, he uncovers ways in which concept and language o... Uncivil Obedience: The Tactics and Tales of a Democratic Agitator Borovoy, A. Alan Book 1991 How to push for social change without breaking the law. Understanding Idle No More: Special Topics in Aboriginal Community Learning McClain, Karen Article 2013 A selection of readings related to the Idle No More movement, and to aboriginal struggles in Canada generally. The Unjust Society Cardinal, Harold Book 1969 Attacks Canada's governments for their treatment of Native People and calls for just solutions.
An Unlikely Alliance: Indigenous and Campesinos Build an Alliance for Self-Defense Garcés, Andrew Willis Article 2009 In Colombia, campesinos are mostly non-indigenous family farmers who have often been pitted against indigenous people by wealthy landowners and corporations. Yet despite being traditional rivals, the ... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAgainst the Current Bi-monthly magazine oriented toward movements for social and economic justice; radical, socialist and feminist in orientation. AK Press AK Press is a worker-run collective that publishes and distributes radical books, visual and audio media, and other mind-altering material. We're small: a dozen people who work long hours for short mo... Citizens for Public Justice CPJ is a national organization promoting justice in Canadian public affairs, responding politically to God's call for love toward our neighbour and responsibility for our environment. We use research,... KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives KAIROS brings together churches and religious organziations to respond to issues of common concern, advocate for social change and join faith with action for social transformation. Native Web Resources for indigenous cultures around the world.
NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Inte... Rights Action A charitable non-profit organization that supports grassroots work financially, technologically and through group networking in the global south, mostly Guatamala, Chiapas (Mexico), Honduras and Hait... Union of Ontario Indians We serve the Anishinabek Nation as a political advocate and secretariat organization serving 43 First Nation communities. From the north shore of Lake Superior, around Lake Nipigon, Lake Huron, throug... World Rainforest Movement The WRM is an international network of citizens involved in efforts to defend the world's rainforests. The group works to secure the lands and livliehoods of forest peoples and fights commercial loggi... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryCommunity groups and First Nations demand the shutdown of Enbridge's Line 9 Sources News Release 2015 More than 80 organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted indigenous communities, as well as national organizations have released a statement letter to the Prime Minister condemning the rece... Indigenous Intellectual Property Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Panama's indigenous champion defies president's mining deal Canadian-Korean consortium plans 30-year gold, silver and copper project Helmore, Edward 2012 In Panama the Ngabe-Bugle indigenous community fights to keep a Canadian copper mining company off their land. Supreme Court to hear Grassy Narrows' legal case for Treaty rights and against clearcut logging Sources News Release 2014 On May 15 the Supreme Court of Canada will hear Grassy Narrows' legal case for Treaty rights and against clearcut logging. The case challenges Ontario's jurisdiction to unilaterally award logging and ... From the Connexions ArchivesAgainst the Current Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Bi-monthly magazine oriented toward movements for social and economic justice; radical, socialist and feminist in orientation. The Indian and Inuit Support Group of Newfoundland and Labrador Organization profile published 1981 Organization 1981 In January, 1979, a number of Newfoundlanders got together and formed a group called The Indian and Inuit Support Group of Newfoundland and Labrador. |
