Canadian Thanksgiving is a settler colonial “celebration” that we often use to make ourselves feel better about American Thanksgiving bf saying, oh it’s a harvest festival! No, it is just as colonialist.
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But I do miss having a big dinner at this time of year with my family, while I live across an ocean from them.
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So, I am making a roast chicken, veg, cranberry sauce and some kind of sweet potato thing tonight, while missing my family whom I have not seen in almost a year now.
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Indigenous people in Canada are still perpetually subjected to racism and colonialism. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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See for instance the shit that Mi’kmaq fisheries are having to deal with right now.https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/mikmaq-fishers-won-at-the-supreme-court-but-theyre-still-fighting-for-their-livelihoods/ …
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Closer to home for me, but please watch this video from Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse about the ring road in Calgary that went through where his home used to be.https://globalnews.ca/video/7372253/today-is-a-sad-day-tsuutina-nation-member-protests-ring-road …
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And see also this article on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/addressing-epidemic-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls …
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And the Hereditary Chiefs of Wet’suwet’en fight against the pipeline in their lands at the Unist’ot’en Camp.https://unistoten.camp
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And NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq
@MumilaaqQaqqaq on the mouldy homes and housing crisis in Nunavuthttps://nunavutnews.com/nunavut-news/frustrated-after-tour-of-mould-boxes-in-nunavut-housing-mp-qaqqaq-on-the-fence-over-running-again/ …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
These are just some of the issues. There are countless more. I think this month settler Canadians should really be educating themselves on Indigenous issues and donating money, buying Indigenous crafts, and signal boosting these issues.
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Another one is https://moonstonecreation.ca Probably some of the most amazing beadwork I’ve ever seen was at this place, especially the moccasins.
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