Pamela Palmater

If it doesn't tackle policing, Trudeau's national inquiry risks becoming national disgrace

Pamela Palmater — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 17:51:20 +0000

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Don't partake in celebrations over new Supreme Court ruling on Métis just yet

Pamela Palmater — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:29:23 +0000

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The Daniels decision hasn't been out for 48 hours yet and already there is mass confusion about what it does and does not say. Despite the buzz in mainstream and social media, it does not make Métis and non-status Indians "Indians" under the Indian Act.

Trudeau's promises of 'renewed relationship' with First Nations evaporated with Liberal budget

Pamela Palmater — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:12:24 +0000

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won the hearts of many Canadians by finally getting rid of Stephen Harper and his decade of oppression, violation of civil rights and vilification of First Nations.

Police violence in Ontario has reached a crisis level and we should be very upset

Pamela Palmater — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:16:50 +0000

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Here's how you can help new Canadians understand their role in reconciliation

rabble staff — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:54:54 +0000

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Here's a new year's resolution for you: Change the information kit for newcomers to Canada -- advocate for adding information about Indigenous peoples and treaties to the kit.

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This holiday season rabble.ca has partnered with Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto to launch a campaign urging Canadians to take up implementing the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a New Year's resolution for 2016. Here's how. Let's start with Recommendation #93.

With Harper gone, it's time for First Nations to look within

Pamela Palmater — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:56:10 +0000

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Why Trudeau was right not to appoint a First Nations minister of Indigenous Affairs

Pamela Palmater — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 21:02:38 +0000

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Editor's note: This blog was written prior to Justin Trudeau selecting his cabinet. He appointed Carolyn Bennett to the renamed Ministry of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Wednesday morning.

Watch: Pamela Palmater on taking back Canada

rabble staff — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:57:53 +0000

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October 29, 2015

Pamela Palmater presents her vision of how First Nations and Canadian allies can take back Canada.

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Glen Coulthard introduces Pamela Palmater for this discussion on taking back Canada from the irreparable harm will done to the environment, the economy, and the basic democratic and human rights of Canadians.

The power of Indigenous peoples has never come from voting in federal elections

Pamela Palmater — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:52:38 +0000

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Canada's testimony at the UN Human Rights Committee needs correcting

Pamela Palmater — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:19:41 +0000

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Brief for the Human Rights Committee's Concluding Observations of Canada: Clarifications Related to Canada's Testimony

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Pamela Palmater to United Nations: Canada must set right its relations with Indigenous peoples

Pamela Palmater — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:55:46 +0000

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Statement of Pamela Palmater to the 114th Human Rights Committee Session: Formal Briefing on Canada
(July 6, 2015 Geneva, Switzerland)

We need to stand up for justice for residential schools survivors

rabble staff — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 22:43:10 +0000

It's on the rest of us to stand up for the truth and ensure Canadians know everything that happened in the schools covered in this report and the ones not yet exposed.

What happened in residential schools was genocide. But what really matters is justice.

Pamela Palmater — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:51:38 +0000

What happened in residential schools was not "cultural genocide". It wasn't "language genocide". And it wasn't "almost genocide". What happened in residential schools was genocide. Canadian officials targeted Indians for assimilation and elimination purely for economic and political reasons. Scalping bounties on certain Indigenous nations are indicative of such a lethal mentality.

Canada needs to implement the TRC recommendations

rabble staff — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:10:34 +0000

In light of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Canada's record suggests that the Indian problem was more about Indians refusing to die off, than maintaining different languages and cultures.

Canada's residential schools weren't killing culture, they were killing Indians

Pamela Palmater — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:59:31 +0000

This article originally appeared on teleSUR English. It is reprinted here with permission.

Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) just released its Executive Summary Report on their inquiry into Indian Residential Schools finding that in Canada's dealings with Indigenous Nations, it had engaged in a form of genocide and made 94 recommendations for action.