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This year, the Idle No More movement called for Earth Day rallies to focus attention on the links between Indigenous issues and the environmental movement.

Events leading up to Earth Day included an impressive ‘Nation2Nation’ (N2N) dialogue between Haudenosaunee and Anishnawbeg leaders like Ellen Gabriel and Leanne Simpson and Canadian activist Naomi Klein in Toronto. (Watch videos of this event here and here.)

Emphasizing the need for cooperation between Indigenous peoples and “settlers,” Russ Diabo, a member of the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake, told N2N, “Nationhood is about our relationship and responsibility for Mother Earth. It’s not about drawing lines, because, whichever side you’re on, we all have a relationship with our mother the earth.”
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