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Omeasoo Wahpasiw

@OmeasooW

transplanted nehiyaw iskwew on Mi'kma'ki. Assistant professor at UPEI. Dedicated friend and mother. Wannabe artist. Sometimes speaker if anyone is listening.

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calendar_today02-12-2020 16:22:32

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Tanya Kappo(@Nehiyahskwew) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nope.

Bennett has been around and involved long enough that what she did cannot be swept aside as a mistake.

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Omeasoo Wahpasiw(@OmeasooW) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two of my favourite Canadian activists have found each other. Dr. Bryce's work makes me angry for so many reasons including what I hear from my students and their parents et. al. 'We didn't know.'
cbc.ca/radio/unreserv…

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APTN News(@APTNNews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

U.N. committee demands Canada respond to allegations it failed to protect Mi’kmaw fishers from racism, violence aptnnews.ca/national-news/…

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Pam Palmater(@Pam_Palmater) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Calls on Canada to Respect and Protect Rights of Mi'kmaw Fishers & Prevent Future Violence. Press conference Monday, May 10 at 9am EDT/10am Atlantic.

BREAKING: United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Calls on Canada to Respect and Protect Rights of Mi'kmaw Fishers & Prevent Future Violence. Press conference Monday, May 10 at 9am EDT/10am Atlantic. #Mikmaq #treatyrights #UNCERD #humanrights
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Boushie family was treated unjustly from the beginning, says university professor | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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Pam Palmater(@Pam_Palmater) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In case you missed it yesterday, here is this week's Warrior Life podcast convo with former NDP MP Romeo Saganash on his political career & the many decades of work he put into protecting Indigenous rights! soundcloud.com/pampalmater/ro…

In case you missed it yesterday, here is this week's Warrior Life podcast convo with former NDP MP @RomeoSaganash on his political career & the many decades of work he put into protecting Indigenous rights! #warriorlifepodcast #Indigenous #NativeTwitter soundcloud.com/pampalmater/ro…
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Angela Sterritt 📘(@AngelaSterritt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just saw this on FB related to this topic: 'Nothing about us, without us'
“Moving forward with an Indigenous narrative can benefit everyone.”
Art by Chief Lady Bird

Just saw this on FB related to this topic: 'Nothing about us, without us' “Moving forward with an Indigenous narrative can benefit everyone.” Art by Chief Lady Bird
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Omeasoo Wahpasiw(@OmeasooW) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A reminder to stay balanced as a human being, even when sports. I mean 'even when an athlete.'

Olympic gold medallist Klete Keller identified as part of U.S. Capitol siege | CBC Sports cbc.ca/sports/olympic…

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Cindy Blackstock(@cblackst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

First Nations leaders call out Ottawa’s ‘nonsense’ litigation on Jordan’s Principle expansion | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/7559954/j…

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Sean Carleton(@SeanCarleton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

4. 'And his National Policy encouraged immigration, agriculture in the West, industry in the East, and the movement of goods and people across the country.' This skips over the use of racist policy (Chinese Head Tax), starvation, and going to war with the Metis (1885) etc.

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Sean Carleton(@SeanCarleton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Historian Tim Stanley has talked about Macdonald's views on white supremacy and anti-Asian and anti-Indigenous racism here: macleans.ca/politics/ottaw…. The answer to Stanley's title, 'Was John A. Macdonald a white supremacist'? is....yes.

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Sean Carleton(@SeanCarleton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here is a political cartoon from a *Toronto* paper from 1888 critiquing Macdonald for his starvation, genocidal policies. Knowing this debunks the whole 'you can't judge the past by the standards of today.' Even using the standards of JAM's time, he was criticized.

Here is a political cartoon from a *Toronto* paper from 1888 critiquing Macdonald for his starvation, genocidal policies. Knowing this debunks the whole 'you can't judge the past by the standards of today.' Even using the standards of JAM's time, he was criticized.
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AFN(@AFN_Updates) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s been 5 years today since the release of the Final Report. Many Survivors and their families courageously shared their truths in order to make this report a reality.

Honour them today. Read and implement the Calls to Action: ow.ly/qYxs50CIjbm

It’s been 5 years today since the release of the #TRC Final Report. Many #ResidentialSchool Survivors and their families courageously shared their truths in order to make this report a reality. Honour them today. Read and implement the Calls to Action: ow.ly/qYxs50CIjbm
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