#IndigenousActivism

For Significant Dates see First Peoples Research Guide

• Leona Aglukkaq, Inuk
• Michele Audette, Inuk
• Christi Belcourt, Métis
• Cindy Blackstock, Gitxsan Nation
• Ta'Kaiya Blaney, Tla'Amin First Nation
• Marion Buller, Mistawasis First Nation (Cree)
• Tantoo Cardinal, Cree and Métis
• Larissa Crawford, Métis and Jamaican
• Eriel Deranger, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
• Ellen Gabriel/Katsitsakwas, Kanehsatà:ke Nation
• Nanook Gordon, Inuk
• Elijah Harper, Red Sucker Lake First Nation (Oji-Cree)
• Idle No More: Sylvia McAdam, Big River First Nation, Treaty 6; Jessica Gordon, Pasqua First Nation, Treaty 4; Sheelah McLean (non-Indigenous); Nina Wilson, Kahkewistahaw First Nation, Treaty 4
• Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Kahnawa:ke Mohawk Territory
• Kiley May, Hotinonhshón:ni, Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) and Turtle Clan from Six Nations of the Grand River
• Nishiyuu Walkers, The Journey of Nishiyuu
• Sheila North, Bunibonibee Cree Nation
• Notorious Cree/James Jones, Tallcree First Nation, Treaty Six
• Shina Novalinga, Inuk
• Alanis Obomsawin, Abenaki Nation
• Pamela Palmater, Eel Bar First Nation (Mi'kmaq)
• Sage Paul, English River First Nation
• Autumn Peltier, Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island
• Buffy Sainte-Marie, Piapot Cree First Nation
• Chief Theresa Spence, Attawapiskat First Nation
• Shayla Oulette Stonechild, Muscowpetung First Nation, Treaty 4
• Tanya Tagaq, Inuk
• Bridget Tolley, Kitigan Zibi First Nation
• Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuk
• Jesse Wente
• Dr. Nel Wieman M.Sc., MD,FRCPC, Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Anishinaabe Nation (Saulteaux/Ojibwa)
• Jody Wilson-Raybould/Puglaas, We Wai Kai Nation
   

• #1492landbacklane
• APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network)
• #CancelCanadaDay
• #DataBack
• #EVERYTHINGBACK
• Fairy Creek aka TFL 46
• Idle No More
• Indigenous Environmental Network @IENearth
• @IndigenousPpls
• Jordan's Principle
• #LandBack
• lobster fishing, NB
• #MMIW, No More Stolen Sisters
• No More Silence @N0M0reSilence
• #NativeTwitter
• Trick or Treaty?
• trophy hunting, Quebec wildlife reserves
• Unist'ot'en Camp @UnistotenCamp
• #WarriorLifePodcast
• water protectors
• #WetsuwetenStrong
• Yellowhead Institute

Rayanna Seymour-Hourie. July 1, 2020. Indigenous activism in Canada’s past, present and future. West Coast Environmental Law. 

Dyck, N., & Sadik, T., Indigenous Political Organization and Activism in Canada (2020). In The Canadian Encyclopedia.

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again [film; 34 min] which looks at the effects of the gender discrimination in the Indian Act. The Q&A from Hot Docs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFQRgwv9SwE

Kanesatake Resistance, or the Mohawk Resistance at Kanesatake, or the Oka Crisis. A 78-day standoff (11 July–26 September 1990). Multiple films at the NFB. Oka Crisis (books and e-books at Leddy)

1979 Tobique Women's March, see Caroline Ennis on the 1979 Tobique Women's March and Enough is Enough

Akwesasne (1969) You Are On Indian Land,^[1] 

Hydro-Québec James Bay project (1970s, late 1980s/early 1990s: The Great Whale project). Amisk (1977), Power (1996)

Louis Riel.

Indigenous Peoples in Canada: A Bibliography of Legal and Other Works to 1994 (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University) and
Bibliography on Indigenous Rights in Canada, 1995-2022 (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)

Relational, Reciprocity, Respect, Responsibility

The Land
Land Governance videos (David Suzuki Foundation) Land Governance: Past, Land Governance: Present, Land Governance: Future

Community


Traditional Knowledge Systems
George Nicholas. It’s taken thousands of years, but Western science is finally catching up to Traditional Knowledge. The Conversation. Feb. 14, 2018.
Settee, P. (2007). Pimatisiwin: Indigenous knowledge systems, our time has come (Doctoral dissertation, University of Saskatchewan). Also available through Proquest Dissertations and Theses if the link here is not working.