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Category Archives: First Nations / Native Americans
Christianity: the Religion that Made a Mockery of Jesus
Here is an email I sent to a few friends. Response to the following website, re: Christians on a Reservation: http://notesfromthemadabstractdark.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/the-failure-of-christian-groups-and-non-profits-on-pine-ridge-reservation/. Hmmm, I have an agnostic friend who actively helps down-and-out people in my town, and he calls the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity & Ex-Christianity, First Nations / Native Americans, Immigration / Immigrants --- Canada, Imperialism & Colonisation, Social Justice
Tagged BC history cheap labour (Chinese/Japanese/Hawaiians), Christian charities, Christian oppression, First Nations, H.L. Mencken, imperialism, Pine Ridge Reservation
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When Constant Immigration to Canada Is A Bad Thing
First Nations people are Canada’s Third World. And it’s been getting worse, while the rest of us party on, wreaking havoc on the environment through our eternal, never-satisfied “Growth”. We European-Canadians who’ve been here awhile are the key to this … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Society, Dealing with Economic Crisis, First Nations / Native Americans, Green - The Real Thing, Immigration / Immigrants --- Canada, Imperialism & Colonisation, Loving Our Neighbours, Politics - Canada, Politics - International, Pro-Simplicity/Generoicity, Anti-Materialism/Commercialism, Revolution --- Non-Violent & Non-CIA / Freedom House-sponsored, Social Justice
Tagged Canadian government, Canadian Immigration, First Nations Justice, Myth of Eternal Growth, Myth of the Just Canadian Society, social control, starry-eyed newcomers
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Missions Fest Vancouver Protest – All My Protest Signs
Here are all the protest signs for my Jan 25-26 2013 Protest Against Missions Fest Vancouver. The Evangelical System is not going to be properly challenged unless you and I speak out against it. Many of the social injustices … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Canadian Society, Christianity & Ex-Christianity, First Nations / Native Americans, Green - The Real Thing, Imperialism & Colonisation, Jews & Israelis, Loving Our Neighbours, Messianic Faith, Non-Violence, Politics - Canada, Politics - International, Politics - US, Pro-Simplicity/Generoicity, Anti-Materialism/Commercialism, Revolution --- Non-Violent & Non-CIA / Freedom House-sponsored, Social Justice
Tagged Evangelical support for war, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, indigenous genocide, Missions Fest Vancouver 2013, Pharisees, spiritual revolution, Stephen Harper, the Matrix, the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you, Wake up Evangelicals
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Missions Fest Vancouver Protest – Part 1: Why Protest?
INTRO This past weekend I protested at Missions Fest, an Evangelical Christian missions conference in Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish Territories. It was a big change for me. Since the mid-80s, I had attended nearly every year that I lived in … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Society, China, Christianity & Ex-Christianity, First Nations / Native Americans, Green - The Real Thing, Imperialism & Colonisation, Loving Our Neighbours, Non-Violence, Politics - Canada, Social Justice
Tagged Canadian prison chaplains, Conservative Fascism, environmental destruction, Mammon worship, Missions Fest Vancouver 2013, selling out to China, supporting Fascist Israel
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“Canada Has Failed its Native Population” Mulroney Says
I was a bit surprised when I read this, seeing how Mulrooney, the PM who sold Canada out during the NAFTA agreement with the US, was not too kind to the Mohawks during the Oka crisis back in 1990. But, … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Society, First Nations / Native Americans, Idle No More
Tagged Brian Mulrooney, Oka Crisis
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Don´t Lose Hope on the Verge of Collapse
After a few weeks pounding drums, singing songs, waving signs and listening to or making speeches, Idle No More continues to affect North Turtle Island and other places throughout Mother Earth. This is the time for indigenous peoples from around the earth … Continue reading
Posted in Car-free living, Chris Hedges, Christianity & Ex-Christianity, Dealing with Economic Crisis, Eco-Community, First Nations / Native Americans, Idle No More, Imperialism & Colonisation, Loving Our Neighbours, Pro-Simplicity/Generoicity, Anti-Materialism/Commercialism, Revolution --- Non-Violent & Non-CIA / Freedom House-sponsored, Social Justice
Tagged Chris Hedges, De-Growth, Downshifting, dropping out of fundamentalism, Ghost Dance, Idle No More, Simple Living, The Blueprint of Survival, The Myth of Human Progress, Transition Town Movement
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Who’s Land Is It?: Answering the Racists
There is a dangerous email going around spouting off racist lies which insult First Nations people. A friend of mine forwarded it to me. Here’s the email and my reply. I added some Bible verses in it, because my friend … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-War, Canadian Society, Christianity & Ex-Christianity, First Nations / Native Americans, Idle No More, Immigration / Immigrants --- Canada, Imperialism & Colonisation, Loving Our Neighbours, Politics - Canada, Social Justice
Tagged ancestral lands, Bering Strait theory, email chains, racism against First Nations, white supremacy
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First Nations-Related Movies I’ve Seen – Part 1
As more people are looking at First Nations/Native American issues now that the Idle No More Movement is sweeping the nation and perhaps the globe, movie buffs like me may want to look into films with First Nations-related content. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Society, First Nations / Native Americans, Movies, Politics - Canada, Politics - International, Politics - US, Social Justice
Tagged Clearcut (1991), Dance Me Outside (1994), First Nations movies, Pow-wow Highway (1989), Skins (2004), Smoke Signals (1998), War Party (1988)
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