POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Charlottetown Accord, Constitution Act, 1982, Land Claim
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Remote first nations community in northern ontario declared a state of emergency (2011) due to a crisis of winter conditions, inadequate housing, plumbing, and heating: dysfunction, economic dependency, corruption, elite/state-led solutions. Started by 4 women from saskatchewan, which spread quickly and was organized via social media. Calls on all people to join in a peaceful revolution, to honour indigenous sovereignty, and to protect the land and water. Indian act: navigation protection act, environmental assessment act. National day of action (dec. 10, 2012) had protests, demonstrations, flash mobs in. Images and meanings: grass roots, (cid:858)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:455) people(cid:859, non-violent mobilization, education and empowerment, public awareness and alliances. 42-day hunger strike by chief theresa spence led to meeting with pm but coverage was less positive. At 2012 crown-first nations summit, national chief of the assemble of first nations spoke of (cid:858)the sa(cid:272)(cid:396)ed allia(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)/(cid:449) out a(cid:374)(cid:272)esto(cid:396)s, the leade(cid:396)s of the fi(cid:396)st natio(cid:374)s, a(cid:374)d the.
