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PKOLS: First Nations plan Day of Action to reclaim original name of Mount Douglas in Victoria | May 21 2013 | rabble staff | The Indigenous Nationhood Movement "aims to begin the process of decolonization through reoccupying, renaming and reclaiming traditional indigenous territories."

Activist Communique: Idle No More and the Homebuilding Movement | May 19 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | Grassroots women from the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen, in northwestern Ontario, are taking action to protect Mother Earth and improve their lives, by beginning a homebuilding movement.

"Bitumen: Canada's National Disaster" -- Day of Action on Tuesday, May 21 | May 19 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | Idle No More against the Tar Sands and Line 9 Reversal in Sarnia, Ontario

Elijah Harper remembered: 'He will have a place in Canadian history forever' | May 17 2013 | rabble staff | Elijah Harper has died at the age of 64. Elijah Harper served as both an MP and MLA for Manitoba, and was an honorary chief for life of the Red Sucker Lake First Nation.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip: 'Gold rush mentality' trumps human rights and social needs in B.C. vote | May 15 2013 | Jane Bouey | Today, many people in British Columbia -- and indeed across Canada -- are trying to determine just how the BC Liberals won the provincial election and what implications this surprise result will have.

Activist Communique: Idle No More 8th Fire Teachings | May 14 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | You're invited to learn about teachings of the 8th Fire and how they relate to Idle No More with respected traditional Anishinaabe knowledge keepers.

Visiting the Unist'ot'en Spring Camp on the Building Resistance Tour | May 13 2013 | Maryam Adrangi | Partway through the Building Resistance tour, we visited the Spring Work camp on Unist'ot'en territory located just outside of Houston, B.C.

Activist Communique: Spring breezes call in Indigenous rights summer | May 13 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | This new trend was to really spread the message out and perfect the actions and tactics needed to challenge colonialism in Canada and as far away as Palestine.

Activist Communique: Seeking Justice for Cheyenne Fox | May 11 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | Members of Cheyenne Fox's family are demanding that Toronto police fairly look into her sudden, tragic death at twenty years of age and treat it like a homicide.

Protecting the sacred: Indigenous resistance grows strong in Keystone XL battle | May 9 2013 | Betsy Catlin, Crysbel Tejada | In January, Casey Camp-Horinek traveled the route of the proposed pipeline and her people's Trail of Tears to Pickstown, S.D., for an international treaty gathering called Protect the Sacred.

Dear Enbridge: 'I will never allow you to make me your token native poster boy again' | May 9 2013 | Maryam Adrangi | A delegation of First Nations, impacted community members and environmentalists attended Enbridge's AGM.

Making Canada work for all | May 3 2013 | Daniel Wilson | Daniel Wilson reviews two new papers from the MacDonald-Laurier Institute concerning Indigenous interests in the resource economy.

Video: Interview with Barney Williams Jr., TRC Indian Residential School Survivor Committee | Apr 30 2013 | rabble staff | In this interview, Barney Williams Jr. talks about his own personal experience in a residential school, and the healing process.

Interview with Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission | Apr 30 2013 | Greg Macdougall | Murray Sinclair speaks about the process of the Commission gathering testimonies from residential school survivors.

April 24 in Montreal. (Photo: Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada)

Residential schools: Addressing a lasting legacy | Apr 30 2013 | Greg Macdougall | This past week in Montréal was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada's Québec National Event, the fifth of seven such gatherings across the country.

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