On this day in 1862, the US government, then led by President Abraham Lincoln ordered the Dakota executions, the largest mass execution in US history. 🧵
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about what Trudeau is responsible for. Many people are confused about municipal, provincial and federal responsibility. Trudeau is being blamed for it all. None of it will change with Poilievre if its not under Federal responsibility.👇
This Indigenous leader named Hatuey was burned alive by medieval Whites from Spain. Before the savages set fire, they said if he accepted some foreign man “Jesus Christ,” he’d go to their afterlife. The Taino replied he’d rather burn alive than be around more “Christians” forever
You don’t have community because you aren’t a good community member. You don’t host events, you don’t know how to cook, you don’t know how to dance, you don’t know how to sing, and you aren’t doing anything to learn. You can’t tell stories or jokes.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Just a reminder that Native Americans are not a historical people, that we are still here, and that the biggest injustice in U.S. history—the dispossession of land from Indigenous nations largely by fraudulent treaties—remains ongoing
It’s hard to keep up with the phenomenon of police killings of Indigenous Peoples in Canada lately. I just posted the number was 8 since August 29, but it’s actually 9! There is a huge crisis happening:
Aug. 29 - Jack Charles Piche, 31, struck and killed by a SK RCMP vehicle
Aug. 30 - Hoss Lightning-Saddleback, 15, shot and killed by 2 AB RCMP officers
Sept. 2 - Tammy Bateman, 32, struck and killed by a Winnipeg Police Service vehicle
Sept. 6 - Jason West, 57, shot & killed by Windsor Police
Sept. 8 - Daniel Knife, 31, shot & killed by SK RCMP
Sept. 8 - Steven "Iggy" Dedam, 34, shot & killed by NB RCMP
Sept. 14 - 59-y-o man died while in OPP custody
Sept. 15 - 52-y-o man died while in WPS custody
Sept. 17- 42-y-o man (Blood Tribe) died after confrontation with police in Calgary.
UNBELIEVABLE ANOTHER FIRST NATIONS MAN IS DEAD VIA POLICE. Now a total of 8 INDIGENOUS PROPLE KILLED BY POLICE FORCES IN CANADA SINCE AUGUST 29:
I have confirmation this man was Jon Wells, age 42 of Kanai (Blood Tribe)
Man dies after 'struggle' with Calgary police, ASIRT investigating
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The number of Indigenous people who have died during interactions with police across the country has risen to six since Aug. 29.
All six incidents are currently under investigation | @angelharksen | @TiarsHere | Leanne Sanders
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