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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

2 months

A Canadian soldier stabbed a 14-year old Mohawk girl as she was carrying a toddler with his bayonet in her chest, less than an inch from her heart.

Blair Gilmore

@BlairGilmore13

2 months

@VeldonCoburn @SpencerCJEvans There was no military violence. That is a lie.

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It’s me, hi. I know places in Canada would love to have clean drinking water. My Indian Reserve has been on a boil water advisory for 15 years—since July 11, 2008. So, don’t make it another cruel summer. We hope to drink the water soon!

Justin Trudeau

@JustinTrudeau

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@taylorswift13 It’s me, hi. I know places in Canada would love to have you. So, don’t make it another cruel summer. We hope to see you soon.

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

This you?

Justin Trudeau

@JustinTrudeau

3 years

The news that remains were found at the former Kamloops residential school breaks my heart - it is a painful reminder of that dark and shameful chapter of our country’s history. I am thinking about everyone affected by this distressing news. We are here for you.

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@SpencerCJEvans The colonial land-grabbing thieves that can’t understand and respect Indigenous territorial rights and title. Resorting to military violence is just low-altitude intellect and flagrant savage.

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@VeldonCoburn

2 months

Sisters recall the brutal last day of Oka Crisis: [the doctor] "said had it been a centimetre either way it would have gone right into your heart and you would have died," Horn-Miller said.

Sisters recall the brutal last day of Oka Crisis | CBC Radio

Waneek Horn-Miller was just 14 when she stepped behind the lines of one of Canada's most infamous standoffs. Her sister, Kaniehtiio, was only four years old.

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

2 months

None. Despite Canada sending in thousands of soldiers and armoured vehicles, the Mohawks handed them their asses. The Mohawks embarrassed Canada on the world stage.

Sameer Singh

@SinghingSam

2 months

@VeldonCoburn How many Mohawks died as a result?

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

This has been the only time in Canadian history that the Conservative Party has ever wanted to hear from an Indigenous woman.

Andrew Scheer

@AndrewScheer

5 years

It’s time to let her speak, Justin Trudeau. These are the actions of a man with something to hide.

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@VeldonCoburn

2 months

He turned the military on the Mohawks.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

2 months

How do you remember Brian Mulroney?

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1 year

Alberta Premier @ABDanielleSmith : Albertans "get treated the exact same way from Ottawa" as First Nations under the Indian Act. Me (a status Indian): you absolutely do not. #ableg

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

After @JustinTrudeau 's evening of laughter at the expense of Indigenous people, I think it's time to return to sage-like words of @RomeoSaganash #ThankYouForYourDonation

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

Message from Ktunaxa Nation (Lower Kootenay Band): 182 human remains located in unmarked graves at St. Eugene's Mission Residential School.

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@VeldonCoburn

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Prime Minister Brian Mulroney turned Canada’s military against the Mohawks. Over 4,000 soldiers with tanks & other armoured vehicles were deployed to suppress an Indigenous nation. The settler-colonial authoritarian spirit is alive & well in the Mulroney family. #CeasefireForGaza

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@VeldonCoburn

2 years

Call me sceptical about this trucker convoy coming to Ottawa, but I'm not sure the people that litter the roadways with an inordinate number of piss bottles are reliable authorities on matters of public health. #KarenKonvoy

Harrow residents disgusted over 'collection' of urine-filled bottles outside their homes | CBC News

A Harrow man has gone public with his findings of 29 urine-filled bottles on the road outside his home — leaving him and his neighbours disgusted. But the town says penalizing the individuals...

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@VeldonCoburn

4 months

Why is the military of a foreign state—Israel—vetting and screening immigrants to Canada? Canada is farming out its sovereignty. #cdnpoli

Blacklock's Reporter

@mindingottawa

4 months

Feds OK visas for Gazans with Canadian family, "800 to 900," but with fingerprinting & security background checks by the Israeli Army, says Minister @MarcMillerVM : "The Israelis have their say." #cdnpoli @CitImmCanada

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

The Museum of History sits on an Algonquin burial ground. When the museum was built in the 80s, it excavated dozens of Algonquin remains & we had to fight to repatriate them to Kitigan Zibi. It still holds onto some remains & refuses to given them back.

Museum of History cancels Canada Day activities | CBC News

Following the discovery of hundreds more children's unmarked graves in Canada's former residential schools, the Museum of History will cancel its Canada Day activities.

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

2 years

I clearly remember when Ottawa Police, RCMP & the Parliamentary Protective Service did everything they could to forcibly stop us—including setting up an ad hoc detention centre on the Hill—when we wanted to put up a teepee. #TruckerConvoy2022

Mackenzie Gray

@Gray_Mackenzie

2 years

In one instance, people pushing fuel carts consulted with police as to where they should go to deliver their fuel #cdnpoli #ottnews #TruckerConvoy2022

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5 years

Being Anishinaabe has nothing to do with 'race.' We are not a racial or ethnic group. We are a nation. For 50K years we have been a nation. It's only been the last 300 years that colonial cultural hegemony has propagated the idea that we are a 'race' and not a nation.

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@VeldonCoburn

7 months

The inclusion of Indigenous individuals in colonial institutions is not decolonizing and it is not reconciliation—it reinforces and reproduces colonialism.

Wab Kinew

@WabKinew

7 months

This morning I spoke with members of the Jewish community in Manitoba to express my solidarity. I condemn the terrorist attacks against Israel, the targeting of civilians, and affirm Israel's right to self-defense. My hope is for a swift de-escalation of this conflict.

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7 months

Conflating the support for Palestinian liberation from colonial state violence with the celebration of the atrocities committed against innocent Israeli civilians is deliberately disingenuous. If anyone thinks I support that, you are manufacturing your own reason to hate others.

Doug Ford

@fordnation

7 months

The hate rallies celebrating the kidnapping and slaughtering of innocent Israeli people by terrorists are reprehensible and disgusting. They have no place in Ontario. Now more than ever, we stand with Israel and affirm its right to defend itself and its people.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

Settlers occupy 99.8% of Canada’s land mass and have cost millions of Indigenous lives and untold Indigenous wealth.

Sue-Ann Levy

@SueAnnLevy

5 years

Refugees and asylum claimants occupying 40% of Toronto's shelter space and projected to cost more than $100-million this year and next.

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@VeldonCoburn

6 months

The Mulroney's are really knocking it out of the park today #CeasefireForGazaNOW

Mark Mulroney 🇨🇦

@markmulroney

6 months

I have always liked Aroma. Extremely nice people working there. Didn’t know it was headquartered in Israel. I now LOVE Aroma. I’m getting a half egg sandwich and that delicious lemon mint ice tea as soon as I humanly can. Let’s go 🇨🇦. We are so much better than this.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 months

Thinking of Anthony Bourdain’s concise words on the occasion of Henry Kissinger’s death.

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3 years

My new zoom virtual background #fourseasonslandscaping

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@VeldonCoburn

7 months

Australia is a pathetic settler colony.

CNN

@CNN

7 months

Australia's first referendum in 24 years rejects calls to recognize First Nations people in constitution, media outlets report

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@VeldonCoburn

7 months

Collective punishment is a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Younis Tirawi | يونس

@ytirawi

7 months

Breaking news: The Israeli Minister of Energy signs an order to cut off electricity to Gaza.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

The Conservative Party certainly has a lot of tools.

CBC News

@CBCNews

5 years

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre says his party is ready to use every tool to get to the bottom of the SNC-Lavalin affair.

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

5 years

Things that are “unconscionable”: ✅ mocking the sick & dying of #GrassyNarrows ✅ repeated human rights violations of Indigenous kids ✅ denying s.15 Charter rights to Indigenous women ✅ fighting survivors of St. Anne’s IRS ❌ recording political interference in criminal trial

Power & Politics

@PnPCBC

5 years

. @JustinTrudeau calls @Puglaas ' decision to record a phone call with Michael Wernick "unconscionable." He says, "a team has to trust each other and with Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott that trust has been broken." #cdnpoli

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

4 years

A minivan. Private school for his kids. Clothing for his family. An *additional* housekeeper for Stornoway (the free gov't housing) ... This is the same guy that sneered at Indigenous folks in February and told them that they "need to check their privilege." #cdnpoli

The Globe and Mail

@globeandmail

4 years

Internal audit of Scheer’s expenses finds he spent money on private school, clothes, a minivan @GlobePolitics

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@VeldonCoburn

4 years

Listen to this spokesperson explain how the @RCMPNS "understand the passion" of the anti-Indigenous mob and "what they are bringing to the table" and then go on to say that "we respect that." #MikmaqRights

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1 year

Mohawk scholar Audra Simpson on #pretendians : "white people are basically hiring themselves ... serious ethical and moral lapses baked into the self-ID process ... these folks will continue to speak over and for us" #METL

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

After 50-year search, Inuk mother finds daughter's grave 2,000 km from home: "At age four, she was sent from her home in Igloolik, Nunavut, to the residential school in Chesterfield Inlet. Marieyvonne died in November 1967. She was just eight years old."

After 50-year search, Inuk mother finds daughter's grave 2,000 km from home | CBC News

For close to half a century, the family of residential school student Marieyvonne Alaka did not know where she died or where she was buried. Now her mother is preparing to visit the little girl’s...

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

Strength and love to #Unistoten . My last word tonight comes by way of the great @RomeoSaganash here. #wetsuwetenstrong 🖕 @JustinTrudeau

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@VeldonCoburn

4 years

Just thinking about last month when @AndrewScheer was telling Indigenous folks to "check their privilege."

CBC News Alerts

@CBCAlerts

4 years

The Canadian government will send a plane to pick up federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, along with fellow Tories Candice Bergen and Don Plett, so they can vote on emergency financial legislation in Ottawa Tuesday, Scheer says.

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@VeldonCoburn

6 months

Spare me. Indigenous peoples can’t even defend their unceded territory without the Canadian state entertaining the idea that we are to be classified with the likes of ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Our mere existence has always been viewed as a threat to settler society #CeasefireForGazaNOW

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

2 years

Journalism this weekend.

World Press Freedom Canada

@CDN_WPF

2 years

World Press Freedom Canada calls for the release of journalists Amber Bracken @photobracken and Michael Toledano @M_Tol arrested by the RCMP while covering the Coastal Gas Link pipeline conflict in B.C. #PressFreedom is fundamental in Canada’s charter of rights.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 months

Let there be no question: Canada is a perfectly functioning settler-colony of western imperialism.

Chrystia Freeland

@cafreeland

5 months

Canada is not and never has been broken.

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@VeldonCoburn

6 years

Good news! I've drafted my Indigenous Studies syllabi for the academic year & there's no readings. That's right, none! But I've assigned a tonne of statues. Each week there's several statues. The assignment on residential schools should be interesting. And the final is open book!

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@VeldonCoburn

4 years

Interesting to hear @JustinTrudeau will get $9 Billion to recipients over 4 months. That's a lot of money in a short timespan. But this same gov't argued in Federal Court last Fall that it could not do the same for First Nations children for approximately $5-$6 Billion. #cdnpoli

CBC News

@CBCNews

4 years

Students will be eligible for $1,250 a month from May through August under the Canada Emergency Student Benefit. That will go up to $1,750 if the student is taking care of someone or has a disability. @OttawaReporter

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

Just a reminder for everyone touting the "rule of law" and RCMP as "peace officers" (in addition to the brilliant work by @SeanCarleton ) by way of Kent Monkman's "The Scream." #WetsuwetenStrong

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

3 years

So the government has the capability to bring the technology for water treatment to remote locations? Interesting.

Nick Murray

@NickMurray91

3 years

A RCAF CC-177 has arrived in Iqaluit, transporting the first of two reverse osmosis water purification units for the City of Iqaluit, as part of the federal government’s response to the city’s water crisis

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

6 years

Well, it all goes back to when Settlers forcibly removed my Algonquin ancestors from the exact site that was later renamed Ottawa.

CBC Ottawa

@CBCOttawa

6 years

When did the city let you down? #ottnews #ottawa

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

I’m sorry but no actions of colonial violence and white supremacy is made more righteous or palatable by calling the agents of colonization “peace officers.”

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@VeldonCoburn

9 months

Major Crimes is investigating? Cops will spare no expense when it comes to their petty revenge but will barely lift a finger to investigate crimes against Indigenous people. The Thin Blue Line symbolizes their thin-skin #DefundCowards

Winnipeg Police

@wpgpolice

9 months

More than 65 phrases including profanity and acronyms used by police abolitionist groups were spray painted along the WPFG Half Marathon route. It is believed the graffiti occurred overnight. Major Crimes is investigating.

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

The Kamloops IRS was operated by the Catholic Church. Pope Francis still refuses to apologize for the church's role (per TRC Call to Action 58).

CBC News Alerts

@CBCAlerts

3 years

Update @CBCNews : Remains of 215 children uncovered on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, BC, according to the results of a preliminary survey.

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

6 years

The morality of veganism: riding bikes over stolen Indigenous territory to the market to buy lettuce--which is 99.9% water--harvested by exploited labour and shipped--using fossil fuels--over 5,000 kilometers, to claim the moral high ground over Indigenous people.

hayatsg̱an

@hayatsgan

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Dear Vegans, Displacing indigenous ppl worldwide for your million miles worth of lettuce on stolen indig land is not, in fact, sustainable. It’s violent. It’s a history of dispossession. You were able to construct your little utopian diet bc of this violence. Shut up already.

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@VeldonCoburn

4 months

The Thunder Bay police maintains a strong tradition of incompetence, corruption and anti-Indigenous racism.

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@VeldonCoburn

1 month

Funny, that’s how I would describe Galen Weston.

The Food Professor

@FoodProfessor

1 month

Most of the keyboard warriors on @Reddit supporting the boycott are probably still mooching off their parents and haven't even had to buy their own groceries yet.

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

The Crown is 0 - 28 on this file. They have lost every decision in the entire 14 years they’ve fought against Indigenous children.

Kristy Kirkup

@kkirkup

3 years

A central question for Ottawa is what they think can be achieved in talks between now and December with the parties that is different than what the tribunal ordered, and what the Federal Court upheld, in terms of compensation. And why this is appropriate. #cdnpoli

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

"All places of community worship must be protected" ... Odd statement from a guy that has been a huge proponent of ramming pipelines through sacred Indigenous sites.

John Horgan

@jjhorgan

3 years

Burning down churches is not the way forward. All places of community worship must be protected. It is only by coming together that we can support one another. Vandalism will not move us forward. Respect and understanding will.

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@VeldonCoburn

6 months

The Liberals are acting like they came to this agreement willingly and didn’t block all Cindy Blackstock’s efforts for the last 8 years they’ve been in government. The Liberals forced this outcome to be litigated—the judiciary dragged the Liberals to this settlement #cdnpoli

Patty Hajdu

@PattyHajdu

6 months

It's a historic day for so many First Nations families who have waited so long for this. The $23B settlement to compensate First Nations children and families for decades of underfunding in child and family services has been approved by the Court. (1/3) #cdnpoli

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

4 months

Staples taking over Service Ontario ... what's the worst that could happen? #onpoli

Richard Southern

@RichardCityNews

4 months

NEW - This is what an already complete ServiceOntario outlet looks like inside an Oakville Staples. It’s located in between a display of printers and office chairs, and at the back of the store meaning you have to pass all the merchandise. Taxpayers funded this.

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3 years

Archaeologists recover 4,000 year-old Algonquin knife found beneath Parliament during excavation. Will be returned to Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg and Pikwakanagan.

Knife found beneath Parliament to be returned to Algonquin nations in historic move | CBC News

An ancient stone knife recovered during renovations on Parliament Hill will be returned to Algonquin nations. It's estimated to be 4,000 years old.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the Ojibway of Grassy Narrows were getting mercury poisoning while Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister. Today, his son @JustinTrudeau laughs at their pleas for survival. #ThankYouForYourDonation

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@VeldonCoburn

2 years

Reading up on the Liberal's #Budget2022 and #Reconciliation .

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@VeldonCoburn

6 years

This is my youngest. He was sitting sort of alone on the steps at the Parliament vigil for #SistersInSpirit and then @RomeoSaganash sat down with him. #MMIWG

Romeo Saganash

@RomeoSaganash

6 years

Meegwetch to all who participated at the #MMIWG Rally and Vigil this evening on Parliament Hill, meant much to those present including my new friend #Christian

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@VeldonCoburn

2 years

Strange to see the #OttawaPolice so unprepared. From my experience as someone that regularly attends demonstrations & marches in downtown Ottawa, the cops are always prepared with snipers on rooftops for the moment when elderly Indigenous women start singing. #OttawaOccupation

Ottawa Police

@OttawaPolice

2 years

Due to an escalation of crowd aggression, officers are deployed in helmets and shields for their protection in order to clear the crowd at Rideau and Sussex.

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@VeldonCoburn

6 years

Torontonians getting a bad taste in their mouth from the #NotwithstandingClause ... well, every form of Indigenous governance has been subject to colonial "notwithstanding" override. Everything. Not just representation. Everything Indigenous has been #NotWithStanding .

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

As an Algonquin, I can assure the @NDP and @theJagmeetSingh that the “nation of Quebec” has no claim to our territory (map below). I hope someone explains to him what #unceded Indigenous title entails and indicate that we have no treaty with the Crown or the province of Quebec.

Power & Politics

@PnPCBC

5 years

"We recognize the distinct identity of the nation of Quebec and to address that unique identity we are putting forward a plan that is specific for Quebec," said @theJagmeetSingh #cdnpoli

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@VeldonCoburn

6 years

And it should be well known that there are 120 First Nations along the Trans Mountain corridor. It is very unseemly for settler politicians to weaponize the FN minority against the majority Indigenous communities. #Tokenization

Brad Wall

@BradWall306

6 years

What is not as well known as it should be is that 43 First Nations/Indigenous groups signed agreements in support of Trans Mountain Expansion Project

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

The suggestion is entirely racist. And ... wtf is an "aboriginal job"?

Hon. Sheila Copps

@Sheila_Copps

5 years

There is nothing racist in suggesting that Wilson-Raybould would stand up for aboriginal jobs.

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@VeldonCoburn

6 months

Thousands ‘loot’? Dehumanizing headline by @CP24 . More accurately, thousands of Palestinian survivors living under unspeakably inhumane conditions **distribute** UN aid because Israel has killed UN workers that normally do this work:

CP24

@CP24

6 months

Thousands loot UN aid warehouses in Gaza as death toll tops 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

This dude here telling @Pam_Palmater that we need a lawyer's perspective ... Dr. Palmater has an LLB, an LLM, and a Doctorate in law.

Slava 🇺🇦

@tedrobak

3 years

@Pam_Palmater @JustinTrudeau @MarcMillerVM @PattyHajdu I think that a lawyer's perspective may help people understand why this is happening. Things are way more complicated than "denying children compensation".

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

5 years

Very happy to announce that I’m teaching “INDG 2020: Decolonizing Gender, Sex and Sexuality” next term—Winter 2019— @Carleton_U !

Travis Dhanraj

@Travisdhanraj

5 years

#BREAKING : Sources tell @globalnews the @OntarioPCParty just passed Resolution R4. @TGranicAllen resolution that says gender identity is not real & “an PC government will remove the teaching and promotion of “gender identity theory” from schools and its curriculum” #ONpoli

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2 years

From the brilliant @Pam_Palmater . This covers most of the #pretendian bases. "And when I found that ancestor from 1600 "unnamed Indian" I knew I was Native, I knew it all along." 🤣The feathers and flute music ... 🤪

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Anishinaabe historic site up to 1000 years old vandalized in southeastern Ontario |

National historic site up to 1000 years old vandalized in southeastern Ontario | Globalnews.ca

Bon Echo Provincial Park, an area known for its natural surroundings and home of the Mazinaw Pictographs, is now the victim of vandals.

globalnews.ca

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

5 years

The privileged and powerful settler elite should stop saying things like "The road of reconciliation is long and challenging" when they continue to ignore the 94 Calls to Action so graciously and forgivingly offered by survivors of residential schools and their families.

Seamus O'Regan Jr

@SeamusORegan

5 years

That said, I’m taking down my post because I don’t want to distract from the good work being done in communities like Lac La Ronge. The road of reconciliation is long and challenging. But by meeting with Indigenous Peoples across the country, we will continue to learn. 2/2

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

6 years

There is no settler political party that gives a shit about Indigenous people. All parties *love* the votes from Indigenous people, but they will not support Indigenous interests.

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@VeldonCoburn

7 months

“Since when does a militarily occupied people have the responsibility for a peace movement?” - Edward Said

Justin Trudeau

@JustinTrudeau

7 months

Canada strongly condemns the current terrorist attacks against Israel. These acts of violence are completely unacceptable. We stand with Israel and fully support its right to defend itself. Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this. Civilian life must be protected.

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11 months

Pierre Trudeau separated more Indigenous children from their fathers than any Prime Minister before him, including Sir Jam. Trudeau Sr. established the 60s Scoop, the successor to the Indian Residential School system & precursor of today’s Millenial Scoop #FathersDay

Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx

@CraigBaird

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In honour of #FathersDay , here is a thread about the fathers of our Canadian Prime Ministers! 23. Pierre Trudeau (Justin Trudeau) Pierre was Canada's 13th prime minister from 1968-1979 & 1980-1984. Pierre & Justin are the only father and son to serve as PM of Canada.

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When public servants are told to 'Indigenize' the prisons ... it's multicultural incarceration!

Public Services and Procurement Canada

@PSPC_SPAC

5 months

An award-winning building shaped like a soaring eagle provides a new space for Indigenous ceremonies and promotes a holistic approach to healing at a correctional institution in #Quebec . Read more: @CSC_SCC_en #PSPCStories

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@VeldonCoburn

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To an Indigenous person, there is no other partisan more obnoxious than the @liberal_party faithful. Never have I had more "advice" on who I *must* vote for, else my Indigenous kin and community will suffer because PMJT is the ONLY option for Indigenous survival and salvation.

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This imbecile is not much different than #RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki who struggles with understanding "systemic racism" because she's heard "5 or 6 definitions" and just can't comprehend the matter.

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@VeldonCoburn

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Bruce County mayor resigns after accusing First Nation in Ontario of being 'poor and unclean' in recording: Garry Michi was caught on tape questioning funding to build water treatment plant in First Nation #onpoli

Ontario mayor resigns after caught on tape accusing First Nation of being 'poor and unclean' | CBC...

The mayor of South Bruce Peninsula has resigned after he was caught on tape making racist comments about a nearby First Nation community, the Ontario town announced in a statement Tuesday.

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@VeldonCoburn

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Recent political events puts #OrangeShirtDay into perspective for me. While Canada was coddling Nazis over the last 75 years and giving them a great life, it was still destroying Indigenous peoples. This legacy is owed to PM William Lyon Mackenzie King 🧵

The prime minister with a man crush for Hitler: The day Mackenzie King met the Fuhrer

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@VeldonCoburn

4 years

The people of Neskantaga First Nation haven’t been able to drink their own water since John Candy died.

Justin Trudeau

@JustinTrudeau

4 years

John Candy would’ve been 70 today. And though he’s been gone for 26 years now, he’s still making us laugh - I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of watching "Planes, Trains and Automobiles." #JohnCandyDay

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@VeldonCoburn

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You were unable to "come to a resolution to gain access" to unceded sovereign Indigenous territory so you did the colonial thing and got the courts to ask the paramilitary to do your violence?

Coastal GasLink

@CoastalGasLink

5 years

We were unable to come to a resolution to gain access across the Morice River bridge in B.C. We understand the RCMP have begun to enforce the injunction order granted to Coastal GasLink. This is not an outcome we ever wanted. Read our latest update: .

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

Some universities claim to be “decolonizing” or “Indigenizing” but they aren’t—they just want Indigenous students and their money. You don’t get to be selective about the parts of Indigenous life that you’re willing to ‘accommodate.’ It’s all or nothing.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

I think it should be obvious now that Indigenous participation in colonial political structures is never going to lead to decolonization or any other liberatory aspirations of Indigenous peoples.

Jody Wilson-Raybould (JWR), PC, OBC, KC 王州迪

@Puglaas

5 years

With a heavy heart I have submitted my letter of resignation to the Prime Minister as a member of Cabinet...

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@VeldonCoburn

2 years

I would disown my white uncle if he used me as an election prop. The pic of @BrianJeanAB stepping out of a teepee is also pretty cringe 😬 😬 😬 #abpoli

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@VeldonCoburn

6 years

Dear non-Indigenous scholars: don’t ever do this. Ever. Never-fucking-Ever. #MMIWG

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

I suggest there is a strong case to be made that Canada is officially trilingual with Inuktitut being the third language. Inuktitut is an official language of Nunavut--a federal jurisdiction established under s.35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.

David Eggleston

@DavidEggz

3 years

Mary Simon officially becomes Canada's first Inuk @GGCanada . Substance, spectacle, language (she may be officially bilingual!) and more, when @DianneBuckner welcomes @VeldonCoburn of @IIRSuOttawaIREA next hr on @CBCNews Network

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5 years

Manitoba CFS: "Sorry for stealing your kids. We apologize for the inconvenience. Here's some gift cards for dry-cleaning, a monthly carwash, Subway, and John's Antique Clock Repair and Other Collectibles."

APTN InFocus

@APTNInFocus

5 years

Stacy Owl lost her five children two years ago on the word of a tipster whom she had never met. CFS eventually determined the allegations were baseless and returned her kids, along with $1500 worth of gift cards for the hassle. Full interview here:

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5 years

I will always remember my time working on First Nation policy at Health Canada when @TonyclementCPC was Minister. It must have taken great courage for him to deny FNs equitable health services and programs when they were down. Conservative hubris and hypocrisy.

Andrew MacDougall

@AGMacDougall

5 years

Delighted with the number of people in the lefty Twittersphere punching Tony Clement when he's down. Takes real courage, that.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

She did it. They did it. Fuck the Colonizer!

Tamara Malcolm

@TamaraMStory

5 years

This is my family. CFS is finally out of our lives! It took 10 years for them to stop harassing and intimidating us but we never gave up. My children’s names are Darius, Anthony, Lee and Miah. Media, please use their names.

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5 years

"Asking her [ #JWR ] to administer the Indian Act is not only inappropriate, it is deeply humiliating" - Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond #cdnpoli

Trudeau's offer of Indigenous Services to Wilson-Raybould like 'asking Nelson Mandela to administer...

The prime minister's attempt to move Jody Wilson-Raybould to the Indigenous Services portfolio was a "deeply humiliating" proposal and shows a lack of understanding and disconnect from First Nations'...

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Veldon Coburn

@VeldonCoburn

7 months

The Canadian state apprehends Indigenous people--adults and children--breaks up families & communities, & incarcerates Indigenous people at an unconscionable scale. Despite that, I have never had the inclination to collectively punish Canadians. You are advocating for a war crime

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@VeldonCoburn

2 years

Seeing all these #pretendians in academia, I wonder if Carleton University will ever get the courage to come out of the shadows and address its own goofy pretendian who has done everything he can to chase away several Indigenous scholars.

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@VeldonCoburn

4 years

Chief Allan Adam was pulled over for an expired plate and then exercised his right to ask why he was pulled over. He never did get the ticket for the expired plate. #RCMP #cdnpoli

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@VeldonCoburn

3 years

Parliament Hill today.

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@VeldonCoburn

4 years

First Nations don’t need assault rifles to hunt.

Perry Bellegarde

@perrybellegarde

4 years

We support measures that improve safety and security for all. This legislation must respect First Nations’ rights in section 35 of the Constitution, including our right to hunt safely and live off the land.

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@VeldonCoburn

1 year

What's up with all these white women in academia that are bullshitting about Indigenous identity? #cdnpoli

MUN president says she never claimed Mi'kmaw identity in wake of CBC investigation

For years, Vianne Timmons claimed on her CV and professional bios that she was a member of an unrecognized Mi’kmaw band. She says it didn’t open any doors for her.

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@VeldonCoburn

6 days

Where does it say this in any McGill University policy? I do know that peaceful demonstrations are expressly protected, however.

Anthony Housefather

@AHousefather

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Encampments are a violation of university policy. City police are municipal & universities fall under provincial jurisdiction. I call upon university administrators, police (and if needed provincial governments) to act. We can’t allow what is happening in the US to happen here.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

You are the Minister responsible for funding health services in First Nations. If you had adequately provided these services, Braiden Jacob would not have been in Thunder Bay accessing services that should be delivered in his community like all other Canadians. #cdnpoli

Jane Philpott

@janephilpott

5 years

Such awful news. There are no words adequate to respond. My heart aches for his family, friends and community. I'm reaching out to my department officials to find out how we can help in the short-term, as we learn more about what happened.

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@VeldonCoburn

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Indigenous politicians in Canada will talk about colonial violence here and advocate to #searchthelandfill and so forth, but ignore the atrocities that are frequently visited upon Palestinians. I'd argue that the conditions of Palestinians today are worse than what we ever faced.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

Settlers haven’t paid the rent in over 425 years.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

5 years

Premier Doug Ford’s government is looking to make it easier for landlords to evict tenants by slashing the waiting periods for eviction notices and allowing private bailiffs to remove renters. @robertbenzie :

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

There’s that familiar #Smirk . This time from a guy that killed an Indigenous woman, transformed himself into a victim and then parlayed that into a career.

Killer's message 'of hope' at Calgary teachers' convention sparks criticism | CBC News

An Alberta educator is criticizing the decision to book a convicted murderer to deliver an inspirational presentation about addictions recovery to teachers this month. Andrew Evans was convicted of...

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11 months

The Algonquin called—and still call—the Ottawa River the Kitchi Sipi which means Great River. Ottawa is located at the place of 3 rivers meeting & was a large Algonquin settlement. But it was also a critical place of trade. Colonial authorities named the place after the adawe …

Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx

@CraigBaird

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Ottawa: Indigenous Name: The Algonquin called the Ottawa River, adawe, meaning "to trade" Modern Name: Ottawa takes its name from the Ottawa River.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

If you're Indigenous and you've ever been suspicious of @liberal_party pronouncements on #Reconciliation , well @Sheila_Copps has pulled the mask off that fraudulent veneer.

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@VeldonCoburn

5 years

What I’m most proud of—more than anything I’ve ever done in my life—is my little girl’s first art exhibition. She’s an amazing little Inuk with amazing talent.

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@VeldonCoburn

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Simply put, there is no “nation of Quebec” on Algonquin land. French colonizers that showed up—uninvited and unwelcomed—a few hundred years ago have no claim to the thousands of years old Algonquin nation.

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