MEDIA INDIGENA
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Indigenous current affairs podcast connecting the colonial dots since 2016. Host/producer @rickharp.bsky.social
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Interrogating 'The White Possessive', Pt. 3 (ep 362)
ON THIS EPISODE: part three of 'the White Possessive,' the latest in our five-part series on the seminar, "Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of 'Collaboration.'" This time ...
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🎙️ NEW AUDIO: In Part 3 in our series on 'the White Possessive,' our roundtable reflects on talk by @olgault.bsky.social about others’ misappropriation + misrepresentation of her personal stories and observations, a case study in "epistemological extractivism"
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A despicable incident we discussed at length on the episode "Banking While Brown In B.C."
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Maxwell Johnson of the Heiltsuk Nation and his then-12-year-old granddaughter were detained by the officers when they tried to open an account at the Bank of Montreal using their Indigenous status cards.
Ex-judge to decide if Vancouver cops must apologize in person to Heiltsuk grandfather, granddaughter
A retired judge will decide if two police officers who wrongfully handcuffed Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter must apologize in person.
www.aptnnews.ca
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 AM
A despicable incident we discussed at length on the episode "Banking While Brown In B.C."
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The latest from @badandbitchy.com: Carney’s speech in Davos and the missing Indigenous voices in Greenland
www.badandbitchy.com/p/colonizers...
www.badandbitchy.com/p/colonizers...
Colonizers Gonna Colonize
Watch now | Thoughts on Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum.
www.badandbitchy.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The latest from @badandbitchy.com: Carney’s speech in Davos and the missing Indigenous voices in Greenland
www.badandbitchy.com/p/colonizers...
www.badandbitchy.com/p/colonizers...
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A Gwich’in man from the Northwest Territories is glad to be back home after he was temporarily detained by border agents while travelling through the United States last week.
Gwich’in man detained by U.S. border agents in Texas
A Gwich’in man from the N.W.T. says he was detained by U.S. border agents in Texas and asked to prove his Indigenous ancestry while travelling home.
www.aptnnews.ca
January 29, 2026 at 11:42 PM
A Gwich’in man from the Northwest Territories is glad to be back home after he was temporarily detained by border agents while travelling through the United States last week.
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Since the U.S. abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Canadian elites have been trying to use the crisis to build more bitumen pipelines. Their strategy is foolish—and won't help Canada decouple from the United States. @marclee.bsky.social #pipelines
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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A new pipeline is the wrong response to the U.S. takeover of Venezuela - CCPA
Immediately after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was apprehended by United States President Trump, the Globe and Mail editorial board quickly pivoted from condemning the action to promoting a new...
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Since the U.S. abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Canadian elites have been trying to use the crisis to build more bitumen pipelines. Their strategy is foolish—and won't help Canada decouple from the United States. @marclee.bsky.social #pipelines
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Carol Linnitt, co-founder and editor-in-chief, provides an update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP. Amber Bracken finished cross-examination late Jan. 28. It took more than 12 hours.
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
January 29, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Carol Linnitt, co-founder and editor-in-chief, provides an update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP. Amber Bracken finished cross-examination late Jan. 28. It took more than 12 hours.
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
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A new law in Arizona is giving Native Americans the option to update their state IDs to say they are Native. But folks are divided. Some say it undermines tribal sovereignty, bc tribes issue their own IDs. Others say it could add another layer of protection for tribal citizens amid ICE raids...
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
A new law in Arizona is giving Native Americans the option to update their state IDs to say they are Native. But folks are divided. Some say it undermines tribal sovereignty, bc tribes issue their own IDs. Others say it could add another layer of protection for tribal citizens amid ICE raids...
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When you look at the strategies of containment, forms of social control and brutal police methods used against #Indigenous people in both Canada and Australia, you have to wonder if those in power in both countries are working from the same handbook.
nit.com.au/26-01-2026/2...
nit.com.au/26-01-2026/2...
Aboriginal man dies in police custody after being tasered and pepper sprayed
A 43-year-old Aboriginal man has died in police custody in Kalgoorlie after being tasered and pepper sprayed.WA Police said they responded to reports of a man behaving erratically with a knife at the ...
nit.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM
When you look at the strategies of containment, forms of social control and brutal police methods used against #Indigenous people in both Canada and Australia, you have to wonder if those in power in both countries are working from the same handbook.
nit.com.au/26-01-2026/2...
nit.com.au/26-01-2026/2...
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📣Attention Indigenous Youth! 🪶
There’s still time to submit for our fourth Issue of the Youth Leaders #Zine 🎉
🌱 Theme: Fire and Ice
🗓️ Deadline: February 28, 2026
🔗Apply today through the link!
https://tinyurl.com/4vp3nn7j
#IndigenousYouth #IndigenousZine #YouthZine
There’s still time to submit for our fourth Issue of the Youth Leaders #Zine 🎉
🌱 Theme: Fire and Ice
🗓️ Deadline: February 28, 2026
🔗Apply today through the link!
https://tinyurl.com/4vp3nn7j
#IndigenousYouth #IndigenousZine #YouthZine
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 PM
📣Attention Indigenous Youth! 🪶
There’s still time to submit for our fourth Issue of the Youth Leaders #Zine 🎉
🌱 Theme: Fire and Ice
🗓️ Deadline: February 28, 2026
🔗Apply today through the link!
https://tinyurl.com/4vp3nn7j
#IndigenousYouth #IndigenousZine #YouthZine
There’s still time to submit for our fourth Issue of the Youth Leaders #Zine 🎉
🌱 Theme: Fire and Ice
🗓️ Deadline: February 28, 2026
🔗Apply today through the link!
https://tinyurl.com/4vp3nn7j
#IndigenousYouth #IndigenousZine #YouthZine
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Legal asylum seeker, no criminal record, working two jobs, dragged out of smashed car and kidnapped by ICE as his US citizen newborn cries in a car seat in the freezing cold in Maine and his wife who barely speaks English pleads for help. WTAF
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Legal asylum seeker, no criminal record, working two jobs, dragged out of smashed car and kidnapped by ICE as his US citizen newborn cries in a car seat in the freezing cold in Maine and his wife who barely speaks English pleads for help. WTAF
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The province of Ontario announces a six-year plan to build a northern transmission line meant to support resource development in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire area.
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APTN News Brief: Plans shared for future Ontario transmission line in support of Ring of Fire mines
Our lead story: the province of Ontario announces the six-year plan to build a new northern transmission line—from Nipigon Bay to a station near the Aroland First Nation—meant to support resour...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The province of Ontario announces a six-year plan to build a northern transmission line meant to support resource development in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire area.
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"Nazis were more interested in how the U.S. had designated Native Americans, Filipinos & other groups as non-citizens even though they lived in the U.S. or its territories. These models influenced the citizenship portion of the Nuremberg Laws, which stripped Jewish Germans of their citizenship..."
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
"Nazis were more interested in how the U.S. had designated Native Americans, Filipinos & other groups as non-citizens even though they lived in the U.S. or its territories. These models influenced the citizenship portion of the Nuremberg Laws, which stripped Jewish Germans of their citizenship..."
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🚨 New injunction resources for organizers and land defenders from 8th Fire Rising! 🚨
First up, updated research by me and @shirip.bsky.social on injunction success rates for corporations, governments, and First Nations. See the stats and more at: 8thfirerising.ca/injunctions/
First up, updated research by me and @shirip.bsky.social on injunction success rates for corporations, governments, and First Nations. See the stats and more at: 8thfirerising.ca/injunctions/
January 26, 2026 at 9:32 PM
🚨 New injunction resources for organizers and land defenders from 8th Fire Rising! 🚨
First up, updated research by me and @shirip.bsky.social on injunction success rates for corporations, governments, and First Nations. See the stats and more at: 8thfirerising.ca/injunctions/
First up, updated research by me and @shirip.bsky.social on injunction success rates for corporations, governments, and First Nations. See the stats and more at: 8thfirerising.ca/injunctions/
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“They wanted to discourage me from organizing. They wanted to try to paint me to be a criminal. They wanted to try to paint me to be something that I’m not.”
‘Politically motivated’ case against Indigenous leader Nick Tilsen goes to trial, ray levy uyeda reports.
‘Politically motivated’ case against Indigenous leader Nick Tilsen goes to trial, ray levy uyeda reports.
Case against Indigenous leader Nick Tilsen goes to trial
Nick Tilsen, whose trial starts Jan. 26, told Prism that officials in South Dakota are attempting to suppress Indigenous liberation movements
prismreports.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
“They wanted to discourage me from organizing. They wanted to try to paint me to be a criminal. They wanted to try to paint me to be something that I’m not.”
‘Politically motivated’ case against Indigenous leader Nick Tilsen goes to trial, ray levy uyeda reports.
‘Politically motivated’ case against Indigenous leader Nick Tilsen goes to trial, ray levy uyeda reports.
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Berens River First Nation in Manitoba considering their next steps for students after the loss of their only school to a fire.
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APTN News Brief: Berens River considers next steps after only school lost to fire
Our lead story: Berens River First Nation in Manitoba figures out next steps for students after the sudden loss of their only school to an early morning fire.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Berens River First Nation in Manitoba considering their next steps for students after the loss of their only school to a fire.
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The First Nations Health Ombudsperson is calling for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
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APTN News Brief: First Nations health ombud seeks 'hands-off' review of alleged violence toward Sask. patients
Our lead story: Dr. Dianne Lafond, the First Nations Health Ombudsperson, calls for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The First Nations Health Ombudsperson is calling for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
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ICE in minneapolis are causing international incidents because agents don’t understand what a consulate is and tried entering ecuador’s
the country has put out a statement in spanish
the country has put out a statement in spanish
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
ICE in minneapolis are causing international incidents because agents don’t understand what a consulate is and tried entering ecuador’s
the country has put out a statement in spanish
the country has put out a statement in spanish
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The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her UN advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples.
She fought forIndigenous voices at the UN. Now she’s in a Russian jail cell.
Observers say Daria Egereva’s case highlights the risks Native advocates face when they challenge the powerful.
www.motherjones.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her UN advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples.
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I'm not going to applaud the government for funding food banks because food banks are by definition, a policy failure 🙃
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I'm not going to applaud the government for funding food banks because food banks are by definition, a policy failure 🙃
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this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
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Kash Patel today: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want."
Really?
Really?
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Kash Patel today: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want."
Really?
Really?
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Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service.
Feds target hundreds of Environment and Climate Change Canada workers putting 'public safety and the environment at risk'
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are being at Environment and Climate Change Canada received workforce ad...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service.
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I don't think it's ever too late to get involved in social justice work.
I believe in building a big tent.
But my biggest piece of advice for newbies is to remember that just because you're new to an issue, doesn't mean the issue is new.
I believe in building a big tent.
But my biggest piece of advice for newbies is to remember that just because you're new to an issue, doesn't mean the issue is new.
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I don't think it's ever too late to get involved in social justice work.
I believe in building a big tent.
But my biggest piece of advice for newbies is to remember that just because you're new to an issue, doesn't mean the issue is new.
I believe in building a big tent.
But my biggest piece of advice for newbies is to remember that just because you're new to an issue, doesn't mean the issue is new.