"And part of the rage is this: It isn't only what is happening to you. But it's what's happening all around you and all of the time in the face of the most extraordinary indifference, indifference of most white people in this country, and their ignorance." James Baldwin.
This is the joy I got to witness of Mi’kmaq fishers who used the technique of dragging to recover their traps that were cut. Powerful and emotional moment. For non-Indigenous protestors, this isn’t about conservation.. it’s about our rights. #TreatyOf1752 🦞✊🏽 #ExercisingRights
Currently: non-native fishers out on the water in St. Mary’s Bay on the Saulnierville Wharf N.S, are harassing Mi’kmaq fishers who are attempting to fish lobster, drop traps, & practice their rights. Easily 60+ non-native boats on the water w/ avg. 50-80ft boats #ProtectOurRights
It doesn’t matter what we do as Indigenous Ppl, white ppl will always try to keep us down by the systems they built. Hold your heads high & proud my brothers and sisters and people, you are walking in worlds our ancestors fought for us to be in. Your existence is resistance ✊🏽