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Does it? I am open to believing this, but I have not heard it. Can you link to examples?

MeImCounting 3y ago
There are a variety of examples but the most recent ones relate to high profile pipeline protests. These protests have by and large been about and on land that was illegally annexed. These lands are by and large guaranteed by treaties that have since been illegally broken. Militarized forces from private security forces to federal agencies have been involved in the suppression. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protest... Less recent examples include the violence surrounding the AIM movement in the early 60s and 70s. Protesters have been unjustly imprisoned for decades. There was violence from federal agencies on multiple occasions throughout the time period when AIM was most unified and active. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement Shockingly to many people forced sterilization continued well into the 70s as well, which fits the definition of attempted genocide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_American_women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_Americ... There are more examples but these are the most documented and high profile. It is a social war more than a material one. Residential school policy is an example of this. You may have heard the phrase "kill the indian, save the man". This is a policy of longterm cultural genocide and erasure. Edit: I also forgot to mention another example which is the passive acceptance of the very high rates of missing and murdered indigenous women. The lack of investigation from federal authorities who are supposed to have jurisdiction over these things implies tacit acceptance of the systematic murder of vulnerable indigenous people. https://mmiwusa.org/ https://mmiwusa.org/
wahnfrieden 3y ago
It’s happening in Canada too
- MeImCounting 3y ago
  Arguably Canada is worse about it than the US but I didnt feel like it was germane to the specific context of the current conversation. Regardless, the brutality and militant nature of the numerous blockade-busting and protest crushing actions undertaken by the RCMP and other groups in Canada cannot be understated.

There are a variety of examples but the most recent ones relate to high profile pipeline protests. These protests have by and large been about and on land that was illegally annexed. These lands are by and large guaranteed by treaties that have since been illegally broken. Militarized forces from private security forces to federal agencies have been involved in the suppression. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protest... Less recent examples include the violence surrounding the AIM movement in the early 60s and 70s. Protesters have been unjustly imprisoned for decades. There was violence from federal agencies on multiple occasions throughout the time period when AIM was most unified and active. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement Shockingly to many people forced sterilization continued well into the 70s as well, which fits the definition of attempted genocide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_American_women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_Americ... There are more examples but these are the most documented and high profile. It is a social war more than a material one. Residential school policy is an example of this. You may have heard the phrase "kill the indian, save the man". This is a policy of longterm cultural genocide and erasure. Edit: I also forgot to mention another example which is the passive acceptance of the very high rates of missing and murdered indigenous women. The lack of investigation from federal authorities who are supposed to have jurisdiction over these things implies tacit acceptance of the systematic murder of vulnerable indigenous people. https://mmiwusa.org/ https://mmiwusa.org/

wahnfrieden 3y ago

It’s happening in Canada too

MeImCounting 3y ago
Arguably Canada is worse about it than the US but I didnt feel like it was germane to the specific context of the current conversation. Regardless, the brutality and militant nature of the numerous blockade-busting and protest crushing actions undertaken by the RCMP and other groups in Canada cannot be understated.