Decolonization

Acknowledging that as white people we live on stolen Indigenous land is critical, but this work must go beyond simple recognition and towards Indigenous sovereignty over land and individual nations. Further, work must be done to give back the land. A huge reason why white settlers and other migrants have been able to succeed in Canada as a "land of opportunity" is because Indigenous people were forcibly dispossessed of their land, subject to many forms of violence, and confined to small reserves. A great primer for Indigenous issues in Canada is Chelsea Vowel's Indigenous Writes. 

• Native-Land.ca - A great tool for learning about whose land you are on and what treaties apply to the land

• Whose Land? - Another tool for exploring the traditional stewards and caretakers of the land you occupy

• Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper - The project of land back is about reclaiming Indigenous jurisdiction: breathing life into rights and responsibilities. This Red Paper is about how Canada dispossesses Indigenous peoples from the land, and in turn, what communities are doing to get it back

• Decolonizing Together - Harsha Walia's article on moving beyond a politics of solidarity toward a practice of decolonization

• Architect of Apartheid - A comprehensive resource on the apartheid system between Indigenous people in Canada and settlers, and the way it has been a model for apartheid in Palestine-Israel

• Accomplices Not Allies - On allyship and its limitations in working toward decolonization