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Weaponizing Injunctions: How Canada criminalizes Indigenous land defense

What is the role of injunctions in legalizing the forced removal of Indigenous peoples resisting development or extraction on their lands? In this video, grassroots Indigenous leaders discuss the weaponization of injunctions against land defense. The late Secwepemc leader, Arthur Manuel, called the injunction a “legal billy club” because it is a weapon used to …

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#LandBack: What does it mean & how do you enact it?

In this video First Nation land defenders reflect on what landback means to them and share insight on how people can enact landback. In October 2019, Yellowhead Institute released our first Red Paper, Land Back. The project of land back is about reclaiming Indigenous jurisdiction: breathing life into rights and responsibilities. This Red Paper is …

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Anishinaabe Pandemic Prophecies

As we collectively grappled with the pandemic in early 2020, the efforts of Yellowhead and our COVID-19 Call for Collaboration along with Isaac Murdoch’s contributions a COVID-19 webinar hosted by Idle No More and Indigenous Climate Action, came together in a beautiful team effort to create this animated video. Murdoch, along with Travis Porter and Fallon Simard worked …

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Video | On what is Important to Community

Gordon Peters (Lunapeew, Turtle Clan) Deputy Grand Chief, Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians poses important questions to communities regarding the Rights Framework. This clip is from the Yellowhead Institute launch event panel discussion on Indigenous Strategies for Transformative Change. We invited four prominent Indigenous leaders and advocates to join Yellowhead Executive Director and Research …

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On the Exclusion of Women

Courtney Skye (Mohawk, Turtle Clan) is a Policy Analyst and Research Fellow with Yellowhead Institute. This clip is from the Yellowhead Institute launch event panel discussion on Indigenous Strategies for Transformative Change. We invited four prominent Indigenous leaders and advocates to join Yellowhead Executive Director and Research Director, Hayden King and Shiri Pasternak, to share …

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Indigenous Strategies for Transformative Change: A Discussion on the Rights Framework

ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, Yellowhead Institute officially launched in Toronto with an event titled Indigenous Strategies on Transformative Change. We invited four prominent Indigenous leaders and advocates to join Yellowhead Executive Director and Research Director, Hayden King and Shiri Pasternak, to share their analysis on the Framework before it was shelved. Despite the current status …

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Weaponizing Injunctions: How Canada criminalizes Indigenous land defense

#LandBack: What does it mean & how do you enact it?

Video | On what is Important to Community

On the Exclusion of Women

Indigenous Strategies for Transformative Change: A Discussion on the Rights Framework

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