Drumming, dancing during Halifax Idle No More rally
Residents from across Nova Scotia, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal alike, came out to downtown Halifax to show their support for the Idle No More movement.
Residents from across Nova Scotia, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal alike, came out to downtown Halifax to show their support for the Idle No More movement.
As part of Friday’s Global Day of Action, Toronto’s Dundas Square was the scene of an Idle No more demonstration.
Mass blockades are expected to hit at least three provinces this coming Wednesday.
As thousands march to Parilament Hill Friday as part of the Idle No More movement they did so last month in a snow storm.
A massive round dance framed the lawn of Parliament Hill Friday while a group of First Nations leaders met Friday afternoon with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on a day that saw Idle No More rallies unfold across the country.
If Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets a delegation of First Nations chiefs in Ottawa Friday, he could face demands to scrap the Indian Act and to repeal his government’s omnibus budget bills, which have already passed into law.
A long list of Canadian musicians have issued a statement of solidarity in support of the Idle No More movement including the Weakerthans, Feist, Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip and Stephen Page formally of Barenaked Ladies.
Winnipeg played host to another Idle No More round dance this week.
Canadian actor Saulteaux Adam Beach took to time to talk about the Idle No More movement while promoting the second season of Arctic Air that airs on APTN.