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When it comes to Quebec, the French arrived in sailboats in the 16th century, claimed the land as theirs in part by planting a cross, and then set up a colony. The French colonial powers then divided it up into parcels of land that settlers could trade back and forth at the same time the Indigenous claim to the land was not acknowledged by the French settlers.  The idea that the plot of land where my condo now sits could be linked to colonization seemed inconceivable to me, because that era wa...

Alaska Native tribes fighting to overturn laws criminalizing their traditional way of life and last updated 2021-02-19 12:52:14-05 In a place where mountains are the only skyscrapers and the road to get home can’t be found on GPS, you’ll find the tribal ways that have survived for thousands of years. “We dont have to go to the local market. Wed go out in the woods, and everything we take, we do it with respect, utmost respect," said Chief P.J. Simon. Chief Simon grew up in a smal...

Bows and Arrows: Indigenous Workers, IWW Local 526, and Syndicalism on the Vancouver Docks The first union on the waterfront of so-called Vancouver was organized by Indigenous workers, mostly Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh. And it was organized on an explicitly syndicalist basis as Local 526 of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), which would become known as the Bows and Arrows. The Bows and Arrows took an active, politically militant approach with a commitment to Indigenous solidarity and ...