Round-up (redux) of #IdleNoMore reading

28 Dec Round-up (redux) of #IdleNoMore reading

RIIC’s first #IdleNoMore round-up was for journalists, or other interested readers, wondering what all the fuss is about. This collection of links is for those who want to dig deeper – writings of some oft-quoted Indigenous thinkers and political-types, fact sheets and other helpful stuff. Thx again @HarshaWalia for forwarding links.

Plus, if you’re struggling with what terms to employ when describing those Native/Aboriginal/First Nations/Indigenous persons round-dancing away in the malls (in which case, you may also be struggling with, what the heck is a round-dance, anyway?), here’s some tips on lexicon and terminology. Please, add other #IdleNoMore resources in the Comments section or tweet ’em to @RIICNews.

Idle No More Flash Mob in Victoria, BC (Dec 21) Credit: Keri Coles Photography, via Facebook

Amid holiday feasting, Chief Spence’s hunger strike stays aimed at Harper:

http://bit.ly/10o686T

No, things are not getting better for Natives:

http://natpo.st/ZAL7Xs

Harper’s manifesto: Erasing Canada’s Indigenous communities:

http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/pamela-palmater/2012/09/harpers-manifesto-erasing-canadas-indigenous-communities

Canadian Colonialism by Taiaiake Alfred:

http://is.gd/wYCeKy

Center for Social Justice Factsheet on Aboriginal Issues:

http://www.socialjustice.org/index.php?page=aboriginal-issues

The Income Gap between Aboriginal Peoples and the Rest of Canada:

http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/reports/docs/Aboriginal%20Income%20Gap.pdf

Idle No More discussed on CBC’s Power & Politics (Dec 21) Credit: CBC

Canada is Dependent on Indigenous Peoples by Arthur Manuel:

http://is.gd/U9L0A9

UN Committee urged to Examine Canada’s Discrimination Against Indigenous

Peoples:

http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/News_Releases/UBCICNews02161201.html#axzz2GHyXs1ju

Canada Blasted at U.N. for Treatment of Indigenous Peoples:

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/canada-blasted-at-u.n.-for-treatment-of-indigenous-peoples-99471

First Nations Under Surveillance:

http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/4066

Vancouver Sun: Really Harper, Canada has no history of colonialism?

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2009/09/28/really-harper-canada-has-no-history-of-colonialism/

Conditions for Aboriginal Women:

http://www.elizabethfry.ca/eweek09/pdf/aborig.pdf

Historical Timeline:

http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/Resources/timeline.htm#axzz2GHyXs1ju

One more #IdleNoMore commentary, via @MargaretAtwood:

http://missingthatlastpiece.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/the-longterm-value-of-idlenomore/

Finally… a great Google map of Idle No More happenings since December 10. It was created by Tim Groves, an investigative researcher and journalist based in Toronto:

View #IdleNoMore Events in a larger map