McGill will co-operate in search for unmarked graves on Royal Victoria Hospital site

McGill will co-operate in search for unmarked graves on Royal Victoria Hospital site

The Mohawk Mothers say experiments on First Nations children took place at the psychiatric hospital

Author of the article: Marian Scott

Montreal Gazette

Publishing date:

Nov 16, 2021  • 

McGill University said Monday it is ready to cooperate with governments and Indigenous leaders to explore whether there are any unmarked graves of Indigenous children on the property of the former Royal Victoria Hospital.

Kahentinetha, 81, one of the group’s organizers, said she was pleased that McGill is ready to co-operate in the search. But she said her group must oversee the investigation.

“If we find anything, then all of McGill has to be declared a crime scene,” she said.

Kahentinetha said that McGill was built with money stolen from a trust fund for First Nations people, was “run by the military” and produced weapons used against the Palestinians.

She claimed that healthy children were taken from Kahnawake and given lobotomies at the Allan Memorial Hospital but said their identities must remain a secret.

Read the article at Montreal Gazette:

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-ready-to-co-operate-in-search-for-graves

Economies of Compassion: Transitioning Away from Settler Colonialism and Extractive Industries, at Bioneers

Economies of Compassion: Transitioning Away from Settler Colonialism and Extractive Industries, at Bioneers

Article by Brenda Norrell

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Regenerating new economies depends on moving away from extractive industries, honoring the rights of nature, and reviving traditional farming and food practices, a Native panel said at the Bioneers Conference on Saturday.

Nick Estes points out that the economy of capitalism in the United States began with the removal of Indigenous Peoples from their land for cotton production in the south. 

And with this came labor from Africa "at the end of a whip."

Apache Naelyn Pike: Women as Life Givers, Surviving the Extinction Plan

Apache Naelyn Pike

Maintaining the Balance: Women are the Life Givers Holding the Earth in Balance, Apache Naelyn Pike at Bioneers

Article by Brenda Norrell
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Apache Naelyn Pike, 22, brought this powerful message: "When we are born, then they know that their plan for our extinction failed."

This fact is empowering, Naelyn said during a panel today of four women speaking on "Nature, Justice and Women's Leadership: A Strategic Trio for Effective Change," at the Bioneers Conference.

Mohawk Nation News 'Kanistensera and Men's Fire Won't Permit McGill to Investigate Itself'

KANISTENSERA & MEN’S FIRE WON’T PERMIT MCGILL TO INVESTIGATE ITSELF Audio

Mohawk Nation News

November 12, 2021

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2021/11/12/kanistensera-mens-fire-wont-permit-mcgill-to-investigate-itself-audio/

On November 10 at 7.10 pm the men’s fire and the kanistensera – Mohawk Mothers – met with the McGill-Royal Victoria makeover commissioners via Zoom [VIDEO BELOW]. According to kaianerekowa protocol, the men’s fire and Mohawk mothers informed the Commissioners that there is the possible presence of unmarked graves in certain portions of the ex-hospital site. All work on the McGill Royal Vic project must immediately stop as it could be a crime scene. The Truth and Reconciliation commission’s final report states: “no reconciliation is possible until the truth is known.” McGill stated that on their blog, ‘We are ready to collaborate with government and band council agents of Canada [the genociders] so that the proper investigations can be conducted”!!

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