Monique Sabrina
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The 2020 Mi’k maq Lobster Dispute & Indigenous Food Sovereignty
During the 2020 Mi’kmaq Lobster Dispute in Nova Scotia Canada, we saw an altercation between angry non-Indigenous fisherman and the self-regulated Indigenous fisherman of Nova Scotia. This dispute over sharing the local resources started centuries ago when Europeans first told the local Indigenous peoples that they had to restrain their hunting and fishing. In 1999, the Mi’kmaq won the right to self-regulate fishing (Slaughter, 2021), which frustrated the local non-Indigenous fishermen who were subject to Canadian overfishing restrictions. It is important to note that Indian self-government was abolished by the Canadian government, and traditionally it was Indigenous Elders that would tell an overzealous hunter or fisherman to knock it off. Traditional Indigenous hunting and fishing goes way back before modern Canadian regulations and Indigenous people do not feel that they have to answer to European-imposed restrictions.
By Monique Sabrina5 years ago in The Swamp
Of Pedicures & Shoes
On the curb of the strip mall, Emma holds her placard high above her head, in front of Femme Fashion. She looks up to make sure the black-marker words face the store front. Sure enough, she sees it says 1 in 3 women sexually assaulted. The Redhead, who organized the protest, stands to her right. In the crowd of a dozen women, a protester shouts “Misogynists!” and “Rape Apologists!”
By Monique Sabrina5 years ago in Humans
