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	<title>Gerald Taiaiake Alfred &#124; author. educator. activist.</title>
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		<title>Visit to McMaster University &#038; Six Nations of the Grand</title>
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		<link>http://www.taiaiake.com/37</link>
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		<title>The Challenge and Responsibility of FN Leadership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KEYNOTE SPEECH BY TAIAIAKE ALFRED
FIRST NATIONS CHIEFS OF POLICE ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
VICTORIA, BC, JUNE 10, 2008
 Sago.  It is really good to be here today.  I am very proud to be invited to speak to people who are doing work in the community.  People who are committed to making life better for the people in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taiaiake.com/35</link>
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		<title>An Alaska Native Speaks Out on Palin, Oil and Alaska</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My name is Evon Peter; I am a former Chief of the Neetsaii Gwich&#8217;in tribe from Arctic Village, Alaska and the current Executive Director of Native Movement. My organization provides culturally based leadership development through offices in Alaska and Arizona. My wife, who is Navajo, and I have been based out of Flagstaff, Arizona for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taiaiake.com/34</link>
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		<title>Commentary on Political Apologies by Jeff Corntassel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[   Over the past two decades, making a formal public apology for previous injustices has become almost a rite of passage for political leaders.  For example, the Queen issued an apology to Maori peoples in 1995 for the &#8220;loss of lives because of the hostilities arising from its invasion, and at the devastation of property [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taiaiake.com/32</link>
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		<title>Peace, Power, Righteousness, Second Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Publisher&#8217;s Description:
This visionary manifesto, first published in 1999, has significantly improved our understanding of First Nations&#8217; issues. Taiaiake Alfred calls for the indigenous peoples of North America to move beyond their 500-year history of pain, loss, and colonization, and move forward to the reality of self-determination. A leading Kanien&#8217;kehaka scholar and activist with intimate knowledge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taiaiake.com/30</link>
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		<title>My Future Vision of Kahnawake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This essay is part of a series titled, &#8220;My Future Vision of Kahnawake,&#8221; for publication in The Eastern Door newspaper. The series was commissioned by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, and asked notable Kahnawake Mohawks to share their thoughts on the future direction of the community.
 
I asked my son what he thinks needs to be done to make Kahnawá:ke [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taiaiake.com/29</link>
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		<title>Anishinabek outlaw term &#8216;aboriginal&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Movement in the right direction from our Anishnaabe brothers and sisters&#8230; I could not have said this better myself!, so I won&#8217;t. - Taiaiake.
 
WHITEFISH RIVER FIRST NATION, ON, June 25 - Chiefs of the 42 member communities of the Anishinabek Nation have launched a campaign to eliminate the inappropriate use of the term &#8220;aboriginal&#8221;.
During the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taiaiake.com/28</link>
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		<title>Responses to a Critique of Wasase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked by a reader from Ontario (revolution_reversal@riseup.net) to respond via email to some questions he had concerning my book Wasáse and my views on other issues concerning Indigenous struggles.


 Alex Paterson: Gord Hill, in Upping the Anti (http://uppingtheanti.org/node/3014), mentions in a brush off way that you and Wasase are associated with the university [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taiaiake.com/27</link>
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		<title>Pathways to an Ethic of Struggle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article is a transcription of an address given by Taiaiake Alfred at the Vancouver Public Library on December 7, 2005. It was recorded by the Necessary Voices Society and is available for download at http://www.canadianvoices.org.
My discovery of what colonization really is took a long time in coming. It took a long time because you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taiaiake.com/22</link>
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		<title>Shaping a better future is the only option</title>
		<description><![CDATA[His Mohawk name means ‘one who comes from the other side.&#8217; A traveller at heart, movement has always been a part of Taiaiake Alfred&#8217;s life. Raised in Kahnawá:ke, Que., he now lives on the West Coast and teaches at the University of Victoria. Taiaiake Alfred is an instructor for the Indigenous governance program, and he [...]]]></description>
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