Hands raised to one of my first mentors on these lands, Ellen Gabriel, for her courage and teachings that changed my life and the entire genocial Canadian landscape. Much power and respect to Kanien'kehá:ka peoples on the rolling blockades today and who are still fighting for land and jurisdiction.

Take the time to watch Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance by Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, available for free at NFB and one of best movies ever made in Canada. Also check out the extensive archive at Warrior Publications, thanks to movement archivist and Kwakwaka'wakw artist extraordinaire Gord Hill - who also created this image from the iconic photograph of the faceoff between Anishinaabe warrior Brad Larocque (not Mohawk warrior Ronald Cross aka Lasagna whom the media first misidentified the photo as being) and Canadian soldier private Patrick Cloutier (later discharged from the army for impaired driving and leaving the scene of an accident, and then later staring in a film that parodied the siege).

Always remember and honour the siege; long live Indigenous resistance!