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land back
DCHP-3 (Feb 2024)
expression — especially Indigenous
a social justice movement to return unceded lands to Indigenous populations.
Type: 1. Origin — Canada's Indigenous populations have been asking for their land back for a considerable period of time (see, e.g., the 1977 quotation). While most of Canada's land was seized by settlers without treaties, pre-20th century treaties (e.g. the Numbered Treaties, the Douglas Treaties) have been shown to have been crafted to the disadvantage of the Indigenous populations, who generally believed they were signing land sharing agreements rather than land surrender clauses.
Quotations
1977
The Fort William Indian band said on Friday that the company is dumping about 1,500 tons of bark, sludge, scrapwood and other wastes every day at the site [that is 10 times more than government mandated]. The band has asked that the company halt the dumping and give the land back to the Indians.
2008
Would the Sisters of St. Ann consider giving the land back to First Nations people? Purely as a gift to a people who were so wronged by misused Christianity.
Maybe the Native Friendship Centre could put it to valuable use?
2021
Land back, two words that have become popular at rallies, gatherings and protests across Canada. Today on Unreserved, what does it mean to give land back to Indigenous communities? A report published by the Yellowhead Institute, a First Nation-led think tank, takes an in-depth look at the ongoing dispossession of Indigenous lands in Canada, and at what Indigenous people are doing to get land back. Executive director, Hayden King, discusses the findings.
2024
Join us in this exciting panel to recenter Community in our conversations about Land Back, Health Equity and Climate Justice!
This event will bring Indigenous perspectives on the intersections of the climate crisis. We will dive into the practicalities of what climate work looks like on the ground and how to cultivate community-responsive research. Join the dialogue to hold space for conversations that address settler-colonial conditions and values, as well as our collective abilities to make healthy decisions to bring about change that is healing. “We can starve together or feast together. All flourishing is mutual.”– RWK Date: Tuesday, February 27thTime: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
This event will bring Indigenous perspectives on the intersections of the climate crisis. We will dive into the practicalities of what climate work looks like on the ground and how to cultivate community-responsive research. Join the dialogue to hold space for conversations that address settler-colonial conditions and values, as well as our collective abilities to make healthy decisions to bring about change that is healing. “We can starve together or feast together. All flourishing is mutual.”– RWK Date: Tuesday, February 27thTime: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm