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Indigenous Solidarity

To the Indigenous peoples of these lands:

We turn our minds to you and your ancestors. You have kept your unceded homelands, cultures and communities strong. We see you living beautiful lives and doing wonderful things. We are grateful to live here and we owe our lives to you.

As we live and organize on Indigenous lands, settler colonialism continues to inflict genocide upon Indigenous people via theft and destruction of land, the Indian Act, foster care systems, policing & criminal justice systems, healthcare systems, education systems, unlawful resource extraction, dispossession of Indigenous people from land, and the intergenerational trauma of institutions of assimilation & genocide, known as "residential schools".

We strive to help repair the harms perpetrated upon Indigenous communities, presently and historically. One way settlers can help is by donating to Indigenous led organizations. Below are some suggestions.

Settlers can also educate themselves. Below are links to reports, inquiries, inquests, calls to action, books, podcasts, workshops, and courses.

DONATE:

Support Health Care and Basic Needs:

Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society

Aboriginal Front Door Society

WISH- Aboriginal Health & Safety

Support Residential School Survivors:

Indian Residential School Survivor Society

Support Human Rights for Indigenous Children:

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society

Support Indigenous Land Defenders:

Tiny House Warriors