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Morris: How Columbus Day harms American Indians
Posted: October 04, 2007
by: Glenn MorrisThis column explains why Native people should resist Columbus Day, and why the rejection of the racist philosophy behind Columbus Day may be the most important issue facing Indian country today.
In Colorado, we know something about Columbus Day. We have been working for the past 18 years to dismantle this anti-Indian celebration. Columbus Day was born in Colorado in 1907, the first state to designate the holiday. Over the past 18 years, we have learned a lot about Columbus Day - its origins, its true meanings and its importance to U.S. identity and persistent anti-Indian racism.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 | 5:35 PM ET
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Two First Nations communities have offered to end their three-month occupation of a potential uranium site in eastern Ontario if the province agrees to help resolve its dispute with a mining exploration company.
The rest here.
Past experience tells me both "don’t trust them!", and "be fricking careful". We have seen governments time and again start to negotiate and then turn around and break their word. If they want to keep face the government better keep their word, they’ve already fucked up by screwing around with ART and MELT, in this particular matter.
Judge grants injunction ordering natives off proposed uranium site
KINGSTON, Ont. - A judge has granted a prospecting company an injunction ordering a group of aboriginal protesters off the site of a proposed uranium mine in eastern Ontario.
Members of the Ardoch Algonquin and Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nations have occupied the site in Frontenac County since late June, saying they should have been consulted on the project by Frontenac Ventures Corp. of Oakville, Ont.
The decision by Associate Chief Justice Douglas Cunningham of the Superior Court of Justice means the protesters must leave the property immediately and allow Frontenac workers access to the site.
Frontenac Ventures has sued the Algonquins for $77 million, claiming the protesters jeopardized the project’s financial backing.
The aboriginals responded with a $10-million lawsuit of their own and also sought an injunction barring the company from further development.
