@joemeawasige @xtremesensfan @atRachelGilmore Exactly. Generations of trauma, learned helplessness and degradation of our cultures have left our people in continuing cycles of abuse. While recognition of the source of our troubles is important, the onus is now on us to heal and break the cycle.
@Flahutin @SilverAndDark @somethingamiss@DeLesslin Native inhabitation of N.A. as well as the traditions and culture that have upheld it are older than Israel and the Roman empire by millennia.
@oneleglover@ellie3737@MarkRuffalo This is now about aggression despite lack of consent. Elected band officials have jurisdiction over reservation land, which is a tiny piece of traditional territories. Hereditary chiefs are the stewards of the actual lands and their resources.
@oneleglover@ellie3737@MarkRuffalo Yeah the agreement is to allow access to the occupation site. There is, as of yet, no agreement for the pipeline. This is no longer about economic viability or consultation.
@BCvanguards @cbcdocs@CBCVancouver@AJWVictoriaBC Pine beetles' rampant increase in #'s is a symptom of CC. The winters no longer get cold enough to freeze most of them to death before spring. So the dormant beetles survive at a much greater rate. Used to be most of them died every winter and by end of summer #'s were up repeat.