Decolonization

We honour and acknowledge that we are situated on Treaty 7 and Treaty 4 territory, traditional lands of the Siksika (Blackfoot), Kainai (Blood), Piikani (Peigan), Stoney-Nakoda, and Tsuut’ina (Sarcee) as well as the Cree, Sioux, and the Saulteaux bands of the Ojibwa peoples. We also honour and acknowledge that we are on the homelands of the Métis Nation within Region III. These lands were stolen through bad-faith Treaty 7 negotiations conducted in the midst of genocides that are ongoing to this day. This is now, and will always be, Turtle Island.

(map credit: native-land.ca)

We started building this page in an effort to continue learning and acting together in order to show up in solidarity with indigenous peoples. Which indigenous groups are in this area? Where are they and what are they working on? Are there events/demonstrations/actions that we can participate in as allies?

Resources

–What is Land Back (David Suzuki Foundation)
–The Land Back video from our collective learning experience

–Canada, it’s time for Land Back (The Breach)
–Canada’s coming crisis with Indigenous Peoples (The Tyee)
–Land Back! What do we mean? (4Rs Youth Movement)
–Land Back: A Yellowhead Institue Red Paper (Yellowhead Institute)
–Indigenous Allyship: An Overview (Office of Aboriginal Initiatives)
–Decolonize: Resources (Resource Generation Toolkit)
–Indigenous Canada Course (University of Alberta)

Local Indigenous Organizations/Activitsts

Miywasin Friendship Centre: An aboriginal Service Delivery Centre Serving Medicine Hat and Area
Instagram: @miywasincentre07
Location: 517 – 3rd St. SE Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 0H2
Phone: (403) 526-0756
Note: The Miywasin Friendship Centre website, especially their Contact page includes many excellent resources and links to other indigenous organizations.

Medicine Hat College Indigenous Supports Office
Instagram: @mhc_indigenoussupports
Location: 299 College Drive SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 3Y6

Niitsítapi Water Protectors
Instagram: @niitsitapiwaterprotectors
https://niitsitapiwaterprotectors.com/

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger
https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com/staff/eriel-tchekwie-deranger

Melina Laboucan-Massimo
https://twitter.com/melina_mlm?lang=en

Chelsea Vowel & Molly Swain (Métis in Space)
https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/back-2-the-land-2land-2furious