![]() ![]() But while the images of strength and unity spread and inspire, there's also a sharp void in the centre of the picture of where Idle No More is headed. ![]() ![]() In the spirit of preserving what we have always seen as a sacred tie to the land, and strengthening our culture, First Nations people across the country are banding together like never before. Its pictures and messages have gone viral in a spirit of solidarity that is probably not unlike the Arab Spring or Occupy Wall Street movements.įrustrated with a lack of consultation on treaty problems and seemingly unilateral federal government decisions on natural resources and the environment, indigenous peoples are suddenly saying they will no longer sit idly by while these things are being pushed through. Those are some of the images that have come to define the Idle No More movement since it began earlier this month, originally by a small group of Canada's First Nations people, almost as an exercise in social media. A chief from a remote community in Northern Ontario on a hunger strike in a teepee in the shadow of Parliament Hill. Impromptu round dances at shopping centres in Regina and Edmonton. Thousands of people at rallies in small communities and big cities. ![]()
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