the cost of colonizers taking te reo away from Māori in one region alone has been estimated and it is enormous:
https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/the-53m-cost-of-losing-our-reo/
#ColonialNonsense
mother from Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation fasts as she demands search of Regina, SK, Canada landfill for her daughter's remains
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/mother-fasting-demands-search-regina-landfill-1.7565665
FREE KANAKY!
"A Parisian appellate court has delayed the release of New Caledonia's Kanak pro-independence leader, Christian Téin, from custody following an appeal by prosecutors."
#FuckFrance #ColonialNonsense #Pasifika #FrenchPolynesiaWasNeverFrench
"a new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands highlights the lack of studies into important health concerns voiced by Marshallese for decades that make it impossible to have a clear understanding of the impacts of the 67 nuclear weapons tests"
last week, the conservative coalition government of NZ took the unprecedented step of disallowing a regulation – recommended by the NZ Council of Legal Education – that would have embedded tikanga Māori as a core part of every law degree in Aotearoa. ... Despite broad support from the legal profession, this disallowance marked only the 2nd time in history that parliament has reversed such a regulation
A kaupapa Māori youth service says this year's New Zealand conservative coalition government Budget delivers "nothing" for young parents, and new sanctions on benefits for rangatahi (youth) could push them into unsafe situations and homelessness.
the conservative Ontario government will introduce an amendment to Bill 5 today after uproar over its nuking of the duty to consult with Indigenous nations:
"Regulations under this Act shall be made in a manner consistent with the recognition and affirmation of existing Aboriginal and treaty rights... including the duty to consult"
[source: CBC]
Ontario Bill 5 deserves to be murdered. Since it was tabled last month, the bill has drawn criticism from First Nations, environmentalists and legal advocates, who have said the proposed law would gut environmental protections for wildlife and **infringe on treaty rights**.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-first-nations-oppose-bill-5-1.7543769
stopped clock, etc.
the conservative coalition government of New Zealand has punted the privileges debate about punishing Te Pāti Māori Party MPs who did a haka in Parliament last year until after their new austerity Budget happens:
unbefuckinglievable. every time i think the ACT Party in New Zealand has set a rock bottom low, they go even worse.
"the ACT Party asked for advice on the full range of possible punishments for Te Pāti Māori MPs following last year's Treaty Principles Bill haka - including **imprisonment**."
"Our haka is a source of fear for this whare (house) even though when the All Blacks do it it's celebrated & when they use our reo & our kōwhaiwhai patterns on their companies as a form of marketing - that's when its cool to be Māori.
But when we haka in the name of liberation we are told to be quiet & told to sit down"
— Toitū te Tiriti kaikōrero Eru Kapa-Kingi
"This is a calculated attempt to silence Māori voices at a time when Te Tiriti is under sustained attack, te reo is being undermined, and Māori are being pushed to the margins once again."
"Make no mistake, this is not democracy. This is punishment for being unapologetically Māori."
— Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui Trust kaiwhakahaere Rachel Arnott
In expert evidence provided to the Waitangi Tribunal’s urgent hearing into the Regulatory Standards Bill this week, constitutional law expert Professor Andrew Geddis, supported by Professor Jonathan Boston, said the bill will create a regulatory constitution, and would cause a “fundamental constitutional shift from the current legislative landscape”. Toitū Te Tiriti claimants asserted that the bill, if passed, would constitute the most fundamental breach of Te Tiriti in modern times.
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/the-dangerous-bill-has-been-updated-but-how/
The auditor general has put public agencies on notice to do a better job of ensuring iwi and hapū get what they are legally entitled to in their Treaty of Waitangi settlements, after a scathing report on their performance:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/559537/iwi-crown-relations-on-the-line-after-scathing-audit
Trump2 has signed a proclamation to open vast swaths of protected Pacific Ocean regions to commercial fishing exploitation.
weird how **actual Pacific Islanders** are somehow believed to not exist or have any custodial responsibilities towards marine life.
The Canadian federal government says it's making an advance payment of $30 million to Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation as part of negotiations of their treaty claim that involves nearly 11,000 acres of land in the Greater Toronto Area:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/treaty-claim-advance-payment-1.7472739 #Indigenous #ColonialNonsense
woohoo! the University of Toronto has finally revoked the honorary degree it had awarded in 1921 to Duncan Campbell Scott, who was a major architect of the Residential Schools system
https://governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/secretariat/page/governance-bodies/committee-honorary-degrees/de-recognition-honorary-degrees
#ColonialNonsense #UofT #Indigenous
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