Lester Wicks

@LesWix

Mi'kmaq & English, mixed blood. Married. Striving to learn as much as possible about our Culture, History, Language, etc..

Living on the traditional territory of the Anishnabek, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Ojibway/Chippewa peoples. Ontario, Canada.
Joined May 2009

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    Canada doesn’t have an “Indian problem”; First Nations have a “Canada” problem.

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    University of Sudbury working to keep Ojibwe language going | CBC News

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    village in Blue River Unceded Secwepemc Territory stopping pipeline and man camps! Man Camps = Violence Against Women / There is no Secwepemc consent for this dirty bitumen pipeline to pass unceded Secwepemcul’ecw! We will never Surrender or Compromise! – At Blue River

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    An Ojibwe hunter uses a curled bark cone to call for moose. His birch bark canoe is reflected in the marsh water. Photo by Roland W. Reed, 1908 Courtesy Library of Congress

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    I have been tweeting this everyday. Will you join me? Over 5100 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women -

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    Largest US nail manufacturer 'on the brink of extinction' because of the steel tariffs via

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    White people passing Indian reserves in Canada:

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    Hey y’all I hate to do this but I’m drowning in medical bills right now from my surgery and I physically can’t do anything bc I’m bedridden till I can walk. Any donation will help and I would be thankful🙏🏼😓

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    3 universities that still haven't paid me for talks delivered in 2018. Constant back-and-forth emails, working through incomprehensible forms, EXCEL SHEETS, more and more information required each time. You hired me as a young Indigenous scholar. It shouldn't be this hard.

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    About to present my research to date on Canada's criminalization of the Indigenous tobacco trade and it's impact on First Nation economies here at Hawaii University. Thanks to Faculty of Arts for the travel and research assistance.

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    It’s official! & I are the first Native American women in Congress. 💪🏽

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    The beer fell from another train that was passing overhead.

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    28 Feb 2018
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    DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE COMPANY PAID MERCENARIES TO BUILD CONSPIRACY LAWSUIT AGAINST WATER PROTECTORS.

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    2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages. Let it be a year we make massive gains in reversing the decline of Indigenous Languages!

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