I had been looking at some of the Aboriginal activism in Canada a while back and noticed that many educated Natives have been trying to work within the system to effect change. There have been speeches about humans being an integral part of the physical and how the system should take human interests into account, but not in isolation from the rest; writers have documented the failure of NGO's, etc.
So far, it seems that not only has there been no positive changes, there has been little to no outside attention attracted to the Native's work. This hunger strike seems to be an attempt to break a double-bind situation where there seemed to be no other way out.
A writer for Troy Media is writing:
what comes as a surprise to me is that it took so long to happen in Canada. In the lead up to Canada Day I noted that while other post-colonial countries like Australia and New Zealand have their national days marred with indigenous activism, Canada manages to sail through July 1st looking like a haven of peace and calm.
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A little historical info for interested readers:
The Canadian Crown and Aboriginal peoples
The association between the Canadian Crown and Aboriginal peoples of Canada stretches back to the first interactions between North American indigenous peoples and European colonialists and, over centuries of interface, treaties were established concerning the monarch and aboriginal tribes. Canada's First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples now have a unique relationship with the reigning monarch and, like the Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand,[1] generally view the affiliation as being not between them and the ever-changing Cabinet, but instead with the continuous Crown of Canada, as embodied in the reigning sovereign.
_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canadian_Crown_and_Aboriginal_peoples
And a sampling from a Google News Feed:
Aboriginal Canada / First Nations News
_http://www.firstnations.com/rss/google-news.php
First Nations prepared to fight Harper government, Enbridge in international court
Canada First Perspective
Aboriginal leaders from British Columbia and across Canada talk land rights and share songs at the Idle No More Vancouver rally outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday. ... Goodwin, an organizer for the Idle No More Vancouver and a member of the Cree First Nation, points to a prophecy, made several hundred years ago and passed down through the indigenous peoples of North America, that describes a time when a great snake will travel across the country, poisoning the land, the water and the air. There is ...
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Feds and First Nations still at odds despite hunger strike and protests
Meadow Lake Progress
OTTAWA - Aboriginal leaders say a life is at risk because First Nations and the feds continue to be at odds over calls for talks on treaty implementation. Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence launched a hunger strike in the shadows of Parliament Hill ...
I find it interesting that some people find the idea of "women in charge" surprisingly noteworthy. For anyone whose been following historical developments from a dual Paternal Order of Culture/Maternal State of Nature perspective realizes that we are headed back to, or rather headed to an improved, Maternal State of Nature in terms of consciousness development. This evolutionary line of development is actually mirrored in the single life of an individual who succeeds in growing him(her)self to full maturity, OSIT.
After all, whose leading the charge from the Cassiopaean vector? :D
