North American Indigenous Peoples Demand Justice

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Aboriginals in Canada have put the colonialist government on notice that Indigenist rights will be respected or Canada can expect to face Indigenist resistance. 

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From Intelligentaindigena:

VANCOUVER, May 24 (IPS) - Phil Fontaine, the Chief of the Assembly of
First Nations, a Canadian aboriginal governing body, says that the
anger felt by First Nations communities over deplorable economic and
social conditions has hit a wall and civil disobedience will increase in the coming months.

The
issue made national headlines last week when the Globe and Mail
reported that a prominent First Nations leader in Manitoba threatened
economic disruption and potentially blockading a national rail corridor.

In
an address to the business community at the Canadian Club of Ottawa,
Fontaine asked governments to move more quickly in dealing with 1,100
outstanding claims. He argued that at the present pace of settlements,
it would take another 130 years to resolve them.

Chief Stewart
Phillip, Grand Chief of the British Columbia Union of Indian Chiefs and
Chief of the Penticton Indian Band, told IPS in an interview from an
Assembly of First Nations conference in Ottawa, "To begin with, the
frustration has been building for many decades and leading to a very
tragic cost. There is domestic violence, drug-related violence and
institutionalised poverty on our reserves. We are expecting marches and
demonstrations aimed at government and businesses. This will be a
campaign that goes beyond the summer."

Indian Affairs Minister
Jim Prentice has responded that the threats of economic disruption and
militancy are "counterproductive".