Mi'kmaw Solidarity

(Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – October 22, 2020:

The Union of BC Indian Chiefs Chiefs-in-Assembly condemn any acts of violence and aggression committed against the Mi’kmaw fishers and attempts to hinder Mi’kmaw members exercising their legal fishing rights and passed Resolution 2020-33 directing UBCIC to continue to take action and provide support.

We are watching with horror at the racist and violence actions being perpetrated against the Mi’kmaw as they assert their constitutionally protected Treaty Rights and carry out their lobster fishery.

Below is a call out from Seit-cha Terry Dorward, Deputy Chief Tla o qui aht First Nations, who is urging all UBCIC members to match or exceed the donation from Tla o qui aht for $1,000. We are grateful to Seit-cha for this call and we echo and support it. UBCIC will also make a donation of $2000 to support the Sipekne'katik First Nation and we urge others to donate what you can!

Please visit this living document to read background and ways to help including links to email and call your elected officials, lists of supplies needed, emails to subscribe to for updates, a list of Mi’kmaw accounts to follow and amplify on social media, and resources to share with family and friends as well as donation information. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u_LF_bCFBbSijzqJgHNh4-MfpYz0hfdv/view. (See below for the current text as of October 23, 2020.)

WAYS TO SUPPORT MI’KMAQ TREATY RIGHTS AND LIVELIHOOD FISHERIES

DONATE BY E-TRANSFER:

FRONTLINES: [email protected]
SIPEKNE’KATIK FIRST NATION: [email protected] (paypal also)
UNA’MAKI FISHERS FOR STOLEN EQUIPMENT: [email protected]
POTLOTEK FIRST NATIONS FOR STOLEN EQUIPMENT: [email protected]

EMAIL & CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. HERE IS A TEMPLATE & CONTACT INFO

AND SHARE THESE ACTIONS:

COLLECTIVE ACTION

LEAD NOW

SUBSCRIBE TO KU’KU’KWES NEWS by MAUREEN GOOGOO
DROP OFF SUPPLIES TO THE WHARF IN SAULNIERVILLE (60 Saulnierville Rd)

VISIT THIS DOCUMENT TO ARRANGE A RIDE OR A SUPPLY DROP-OFF

#BoycottClearwater

If you work in the restaurant industry, discontinuing the sale of lobster is a way to show solidarity with the Mi’kmaq.
Please write positive reviews of businesses which boycott lobster as they are receiving negative comments.
Read more about Clearwater’s illegal fishing: ecologyaction.ca/clearwater

SHARE AND AMPLIFY MI’KMAW VOICES. HERE ARE ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW:

Facebook:

Sipe’kne’katik Moderate Livelihood Fishery

Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs

Assembly of First Nations

Instagram:

@justicegruben

@sabredam

@junnygirldecolonized

@onecraftymikmaq

@alexa.metallic

@taralouie83

@MikmaqAngel

@brookewillisss

@kukuwes_news

@killaatencio

@hannahmaltay

@jennifer.l.denny

@reclaimingourrootsns

@amberblueskye

@devannmarie

@lil.pharroh

@kirsten_the_worsten

@sl.francis

@savvyunltd

@everydayindigenousresurgence

@pam_palmater

@decolonizemyself

@indigenousclimateaction

@chey_i_g

@labillois13

@ceyonce_

@camrynsock

@amber.solomon

Twitter:

@Mikmaq_Star

@Pam_Palmater

@Mikmaq_star

@AndreaPLFN

@TrinaRoache

@PhillipProsper

@BarbaraXLow

@mgoogoo

@Kukukwes

@TheAgentNDN

@Mikmaq_Michelle

@amberblueskye

@KaraSPaul1

@PhillipProsper

@perrybellegarde

@mb2law

@nicmeloney

@TSanipass

@BrianFrancisPEI

@angelharksen

RESOURCES TO SHARE

ANGRY MOB TRAP MI’KMAW FISHERMEN AT A LOBSTER POUND

http://kukukwes.com/

“ALL EYES ON MI’KMA’KI”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7u7aKTyUZU

APTN, THE FACTS BEHIND MI’KMAW FISHING RIGHTS

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/the-facts-behind-mikmaw-fishing-rights/

TREATY EDUCATION NOVA SCOTIA

“We Are All Treaty People”

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2317846505114696&extid=8FJwyLtT54gg0xyY

How to be a Treaty Person

https://www.facebook.com/TreatyEducationNS/photos/pcb.3646659418698091/3646659232031443

PAM PALMATER: MI’KMAW STATE OF EMERGENCY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Y8P9MZWds&t=23s

WARRIOR LIFE, CHERYL MALONEY ON MI’KMAW RIGHT TO GOVERN FISHERY

https://soundcloud.com/pampalmater/cheryl-maloney-on-mikmaw-right-to-govern-fishery

MI’KMAW TREATY RIGHTS, RECONCILIATION, AND ‘THE RULE OF LAW’

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/mikmaw-treaty-rights-reconciliation-and-the-rule-of-law

Commercial Fishing under Aboriginal and Treaty Rights: Supreme Court of Canada Decisions

https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/201840E#a3-1

PEACE & FRIENDSHIP TREATIES

https://mikmaqrights.com/negotiations/treaties/?fbclid=IwAR06KwQTzM7MItg8WZ6tdwEQaYu6e2Zuu1Ia6XLQnZoXVOHA2qWMA4pNsR0

SECTION 35, CANADIAN CONSTITUTION

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/page-16.html

THE MARSHALL DECISION:

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marshall-case

SHERRY PICTOU, Mi’kmaq and the Recognition and Implementation of Rights Framework

https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2018/06/05/mikmaq-rights-framework/

What is Decolonization? Mi’kmaw Ancestral Relational Understandings and Anthropological Perspectives on Treaty Relations (Chapter 1)

https://bit.ly/3cisdwY

ABORIGINAL LAND AND RIGHTS

https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/land__rights/

FILM: IS THE CROWN AT WAR WITH US?

https://www.nfb.ca/film/is_the_crown_at_war_with_us/

UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

https://www.afn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/UN-Declaration-on-the-Rights-of-Indigenous-Peoples-Coalition-Handbook.pdf

“Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support a Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Canadian Fisheries” by Douglas Harris & Peter Millerd

https://commons.allard.ubc.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1176&context=fac_pubs