I have to have a serious talk with one of my Metis friends on how she needs to do a lot more decolonization work. It's due to her reaction to my annual Earth Day call for #Indigenous #LandBack. She's still very colonial indoctrinated. Her response to any landback statements is: "Every earthling needs earth and land happy earth day."

If you still have a #colonial #mindset like this - it tells me that you need a ton more #decolonization work. Landback isn't about making sure ONLY Indigenous peoples have lands. It's about recognizing colonial land theft & the ongoing colonial genocide of Indigenous peoples by colonial capitalists. It's about respect & genuine reconciliation for Indigenous peoples. It is literally the least we can do as settlers on stolen Indigenous lands.

I'd like this cycle to stop - white folks, it's on you & your fellow Caucasians folks to cease doing this kinda of crap.

White CIS people(or any gender & nonbinary white folks), self proclaimed ally types insert their noses into POC peoples' business & create unnecessary dramas for others. When POC folks confront them on their behaviours, they deny/deflect & yank out PTSD shields, only to avoid personal accountability for their own words/actions. They don't truly care much at all about the harms they inflict on POC folks, nor care about triggering our PTSD, by being shady, ignorant busy-bodies. They need to do much more decolonization mindset work & also focus on their own lives much more than others' lives.

Recommended decolonial educational resource.

The #TreatyMap.
#IndigenousPerspectives on #Treaties in #Canada

Covering every #Canadian #treaty from 1763 to the present, The Treaty #Map aims to challenge the commonly held view of treaties as land surrenders and offers a #comprehensive, #interactive #learning and #teaching tool, grounded in #Indigenous perspectives of #treaties.

https://treatymap.yellowheadinstitute.org/