ᓃᔪᑲᒥᑳᐸᐤ Niiyoka❌igaabaw Deondre S❌iles, Ph.D. (he/they/wiin)
@niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social
Gaa-zaagaskwaaji❌kaag Anishinaabe | Indigenous Geographies and Cli❌ate Justice | Director, GIF Lab | Public Scholar | Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia | Ohio State, ❌innesota-Duluth, St. Cloud State alu❌ | Posts = ❌y view
Noah Smith's assertions here lie in the assumption that Indigenous nations are not truly nations, but rather, 'racial groups'. This is neither true nor demonstrates a complete understanding of Indigenous nationhood.
www.thefp.com/p/no-you-are...
www.thefp.com/p/no-you-are...
No, You Are Not on Indigenous Land
No, you are not on Indigenous land, argues Noah Smith. Pieces of territory belong to institutions, not to racial groups.
www.thefp.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Noah Smith's assertions here lie in the assumption that Indigenous nations are not truly nations, but rather, 'racial groups'. This is neither true nor demonstrates a complete understanding of Indigenous nationhood.
www.thefp.com/p/no-you-are...
www.thefp.com/p/no-you-are...
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Onigaming First Nation in northern Ontario says it’s done being ignored, as mining plans that threaten its water advance without its consent. For a community grieving multiple losses, it's one struggle of many. Via @jonthompson.bsky.social + @ricochetmedia.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/onigaming-fi...
Onigaming First Nation says no to mining without consent | The Narwhal
In northwestern Ontario, a grieving Onigaming First Nation says it would blockade the highway if mining permits are granted without consent
thenarwhal.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Onigaming First Nation in northern Ontario says it’s done being ignored, as mining plans that threaten its water advance without its consent. For a community grieving multiple losses, it's one struggle of many. Via @jonthompson.bsky.social + @ricochetmedia.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/onigaming-fi...
I’ve created a new public facing presence on Instagram to share news and visual highlights from my academic endeavours and travels!
You can follow me there at @drdeondresmiles, or via the QR code and link here:
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You can follow me there at @drdeondresmiles, or via the QR code and link here:
www.instagram.com/drdeondresmi...
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I’ve created a new public facing presence on Instagram to share news and visual highlights from my academic endeavours and travels!
You can follow me there at @drdeondresmiles, or via the QR code and link here:
www.instagram.com/drdeondresmi...
You can follow me there at @drdeondresmiles, or via the QR code and link here:
www.instagram.com/drdeondresmi...
There are many sticky issues to wade through with the proposed pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast.
Besides the fact that BC was not consulted on the MoU Ottawa signed with Alberta, there are also very legitimate concerns that BC First Nations will undoubtedly have.
Besides the fact that BC was not consulted on the MoU Ottawa signed with Alberta, there are also very legitimate concerns that BC First Nations will undoubtedly have.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
There are many sticky issues to wade through with the proposed pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast.
Besides the fact that BC was not consulted on the MoU Ottawa signed with Alberta, there are also very legitimate concerns that BC First Nations will undoubtedly have.
Besides the fact that BC was not consulted on the MoU Ottawa signed with Alberta, there are also very legitimate concerns that BC First Nations will undoubtedly have.
Reposted by ᓃᔪᑲᒥᑳᐸᐤ Niiyoka❌igaabaw Deondre S❌iles, Ph.D. (he/they/wiin)
A new program at Yukon University is giving Indigenous people intensive, hands-on safety guardian training.
The goal is so they can help protect their communities in a culturally grounded way.
The goal is so they can help protect their communities in a culturally grounded way.
Safety guardian program training underway at Yukon University | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A new program at Yukon University is giving Indigenous people intensive, hands-on safety guardian training.
The goal is so they can help protect their communities in a culturally grounded way.
The goal is so they can help protect their communities in a culturally grounded way.
Reposted by ᓃᔪᑲᒥᑳᐸᐤ Niiyoka❌igaabaw Deondre S❌iles, Ph.D. (he/they/wiin)
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
I had to remind myself that there is a Boston in the UK as well, although that scene *could* pass for suburban Boston, Massachusetts, couldn’t it?
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I had to remind myself that there is a Boston in the UK as well, although that scene *could* pass for suburban Boston, Massachusetts, couldn’t it?
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The Makah Tribe has the right to hunt whales by treaty (the only tribe in the lower 48). But they have been waiting on a government permit to exercise that right for TWO DECADES.
Makah Tribe’s treaty-protected whaling rights remain blocked more than two decades later - ICT
Federal officials have not responded to the October deadline for the tribe’s permit for a traditional summer/fall subsistence hunt of eastern North Pacific gray whales, covered by the Makahs’ 10-year…
ictnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Makah Tribe has the right to hunt whales by treaty (the only tribe in the lower 48). But they have been waiting on a government permit to exercise that right for TWO DECADES.
Another publication alert:
A piece that I've co-authored on advocating for and advancing Indigenous perspectives in knowledge production is finally published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A piece that I've co-authored on advocating for and advancing Indigenous perspectives in knowledge production is finally published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Co-producing knowledge with Indigenous Peoples: challenges and solutions for academic institutions
Co-producing knowledge with Indigenous partners may be required for research on Indigenous Lands and Waters. However, academic paradigms challenge the…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Another publication alert:
A piece that I've co-authored on advocating for and advancing Indigenous perspectives in knowledge production is finally published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A piece that I've co-authored on advocating for and advancing Indigenous perspectives in knowledge production is finally published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very excited and proud to have our second paper from the @giflab.bsky.social accepted and published in the proceedings of the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium, to be held next week!
Here is a link if you'd like to read it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Here is a link if you'd like to read it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
A vision for participatory models of animal movement: a case study with Moose
A case study and vision for co-developing simulations of animal movement in coupled socioecological systems.
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Very excited and proud to have our second paper from the @giflab.bsky.social accepted and published in the proceedings of the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium, to be held next week!
Here is a link if you'd like to read it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Here is a link if you'd like to read it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...