June/July 2008: Indigenous/settler relations

Starting from the belief that all Canadians bear a responsibility to work for justice in indigenous/settler relations, Briarpatch assesses the sorry state of this troubled relationship and the emerging prospects for change. From examining the genocidal legacy of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools policy to seeking an antidote to teen suicide in the Mohawk cultural resurgence in Tyendinaga, Briarpatch calls for indigenous and settler activists alike to make common cause in the struggle to decolonize this land.

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features

learning from the land
By Sylvia Smith & Evan Thornton
Towards a pedagogy of the colonized

‘we can no longer be sacrificed’
By Lori Theresa Waller
First Nations resistance to tar sands development is growing

stone by stone, rail by rail
By Jonah Gindin
What does the Mohawk cultural resurgence at Tyendinaga have to teach us about Aboriginal youth suicide prevention?

healing begins when the wounding stops
By Ward Churchill
Indian Residential Schools and the prospects for “truth & reconciliation” in Canada

‘listen, take direction & stick around’
By Zainab Amadahy
A roundtable discussion of relationship building in indigenous solidarity work.

the settler treaty card
By Tyler McCreary & Dave Oswald Mitchell
“You can’t live here without it!^TM”

departments

letter from the editor
Forging a new relationship

letters to the editor
Lost magazine, McIvor fund, homeschooling

luz: girl of the knowing
“Petrol Prophet” by Claudia Dávila

review

Taiaiake Alfred’s Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom
Reviewed by Brent Erickson

quotes from the underground

Leonard Peltier, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Sitting Bull, Gitxsan Sm’oogyet, Subcomandante Marcos, Vine Deloria, Jr., Lame Deer, and Taiaiake Alfred

parting shots
Atoning for the sins of the parents: Thoughts on living with colonial legacies.
By Na’cha’uaht (Cliff Atleo, Jr.)

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