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1 One Vision of Decolonization
An Analysis of the Native Youth Movement From Western Canada

2 The Secwepemc NYM Secwepemc pronounced: She-whep-m.
Also known as the Shuswap Mountain Protection Centre Gustafsen Lake Standoff

3 Lands the People Belong to

4 Statimc NYM “Our ancestors were in possession of our Country
centuries before the whites came. It is the same as yesterday when the latter came, and like the day before when the first fur trader came. We are aware the B.C. government claims our Country, like all other Indian territories in B.C.; but we deny their right to it. We never gave it nor sold it to them. They certainly never got the title to the Country from us, neither by agreement nor conquest, and none other than us could have any right to give them title.”

5 The Political Geography

6 Race and the Creator

7 Relating to the Land

8 Wasáse and Taiaiake Alfred

9 AFN: Indians or Apples

10 Canadian State and Society

11 What is to be done?

12 Open your eyes … the end Leonard Peltier
Silence, they say is the voice of complicity, But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is a message, Just as doing nothing is an act. Let who you are ring out and resonate in every word and every deed. Yes, become who you are. There's no sidestepping your own being or your own responsibility. What you do is who you are. You are your own comeuppance. You become your own message. You are the message. May the Great Spirit Make Sunrise in Your Heart... Hoka Hey! Leonard Peltier

13 Relating to other Voices
Indian Act Settler Political Theorists Settler Politicians Settler Activists International Indigenous Voices A multiplicity of Voices calling out like sirens

14 Access to People/Data B.P. – Vancouver NYM Fire Eagle– North*Shore NYM
Dustin Rivers – Redwire Arts Director Gord Hill – Vancouver NYM/ Kwakwaka’wakw Nation – published interview only Redwire Magazines – only some back issues were available Internet websites - not easily searchable Problems: Geographic distance, time Constraints, trust building, colonial history, racialization


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