After seeing the film Avatar, the recent release by James Cameron dealing with allegorical Indigenous Peoples on an alien planet that humans seek to colonize, displace and finally eliminate in order to access the rich resources in their territories, a few reflections emerge. The first is a more than passing resemblance to the actual reality of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and beyond, the bounty of whose land and resources have cost them great suffering at the hands of colonizers and would-be-saviours. The second interesting element is to reflect on the state of actual Indigenous-colonizer relations, and the state of Indigenous resistance to the colonizing project.

The Haudenosaunee Men’s Fire Speaking in Ottawa

The Hosgenegehta [Haudenosaunee Men’s Fire] Speaking in Ottawa
Phillip Skye will be speaking for the men's fire

Ever since the level of activity at the reclamation site at Caledonia
diminished about a year ago, many non-native supporters have been unclear
about how to build ongoing links in solidarity with the Six Nations
struggle.

Unfortunately, while many non-native supporters were quite familiar with
the reclamation, very few people in our community – including those who
are more politically active – seem to know anything about the dozens of
developments that have been blocked in Brantford, or how to support those