Idle No More: The Indigenous Peoples' Movement

Supporting the Indigenous Peoples' Resurgence Movement for land, life & liberation. Idle No More is just the beginning. We are rising. More info: idlenomore.com #IdleNoMore #INM #WarriorUp #RISE

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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

#IndigenousPeoplesDay poster by Native artist Jackie Fawn showcasing young Indigenous organizers.

S/O to Remy, Naelyn, MC Rhetorik, Van and all the amazing Indigenous organizers and community members putting in much work for the struggle!

Create. Organize. Celebrate. Build.

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DOWNLOAD: Staying Underground Mixtape – Collaborator 25: Culturite

Download a hype, collaborative mixtape between Staying Underground and RPM’s Culturite.

And it’s only fitting that we drop this new collab on October 12th—Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Let’s make this a time to reorient our attention away from the evils of colonial marauders, and toward the celebration of Indigenous life—and the music that unites us in struggle for a more decolonized world.

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DOWNLOAD: The imagineNATIVE 2015 Mixtape, Featuring GlitClit, Madeskimo, and Akkil

RPM is pleased to present the 2015 imagineNATIVE mixtape, as part of the festival’s 16th annual celebration of Indigenous creativity.

On Saturday, October 17, imagineNATIVE will present a live music performance night “The Beat DJ POW! WOW!” — featuring electronic sets from GlitClit (Lido Pimienta), Madeskimo, and Akkil.

To get you hyped for the show, we’ve assembled a fresh, new mixtape featuring all three of the artists performing at the show.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE: http://rpm.fm/music/download-imaginenative-2015-mixtape/

‪#‎IndigenousPeoplesDay‬ ‪

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In the first place, get a bath and a good night’s sleep.

Buffy Sainte-Marie’s advice to young activists 

(via culturite )

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BUFFY SAINTE MARIE, AT 74, HAS JUST WON THE POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE

That’s Indigenous Music. Indigenous women. Two years in a row.

Congratulations Buffy, we love you! 

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native power native pride!

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The Unist’ot’en camp and community are currently on high alert. The RCMP recently visited the Unist’ot’en camp, and the RCMP and federal government have continuously targeted the Unist’ot’en camp for surveillance. We are deeply and gravely concerned to learn from a variety of sources that the RCMP appear to be on the verge of executing a highly provocative and dangerously reckless operational plan to make arrests. We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, express our support for the Unist’ot’en Camp and denounce any attempt by the federal government, provincial government or RCMP to interfere in the rights of the Unist’ot’en to occupy, manage or maintain their lands. In accordance with Wet’suwet’en law, entry into Unist’ot’en territory is controlled by checkpoints at two locations on Unist’ot’en Territory. Free, prior and informed consent protocol is conducted at checkpoints on the Wedzinkwah (Morice River) at the 65 KM mark on Moricewest Forest Service Road. Another checkpoint is at 29.5 KM on the Chisolm Road. Successive Supreme Court of Canada decisions, such as Delgamuukw and Tsilhqot’in, also recognize that Aboriginal title includes the right to use, manage, possess land, and to decide how the land will be used. Furthermore, Aboriginal title means that governments and others must obtain consent to use the land. As the Unist’ot’en Declaration, signed unanimously by five Unist’ot’en chiefs on August 6, 2015 states, “Exercising our unbroken, unextinguished and unceded right to govern and occupy these lands, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation have enacted the Unist’ot’en Declaration as official statement and law governing Unist’ot’en territory… Now enacted as law through the inherent jurisdiction of the Unist’ot’en Clan, all activities, development and actions undertaken by government or industry within Unist’ot’en territory must be consistent with the terms of this declaration.” We support the inherent and constitutional rights of the Unist’ot’en to govern and protect their traditional territories in accordance with their laws. We assert the necessity of the work that is being done through the building of the Unist’ot’en Healing Centre, and caution against any intrusions that disrupt or violate the healing of the people and the land. We expect any and all actions taken by the federal and provincial government, industry and policing agencies to be consistent with the Unist’ot’en Declaration and the jurisdiction of the Unist’ot’en Clan. The Unist’ot’en are a remote community in northwestern B.C that authorities may mistakenly assume has minimal support. We are local, national and international organizations monitoring these developments closely and we affirm that the Unist’ot’en are not alone.

STAND UP.

From 50 to more than +500 Supporters in less than 24 hours.

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#STANDUP for the Unist’ot’en Camp

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It’s definitely going down.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip on Unist'ot'en Camp Raid

The RCMP are gathering their troops. The raid could come any minute.

#STANDUP

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We found a secret stash of #Decolonize logo hoodies (in grey *and* black) & the very last t-shirts! Limited sizing. Hit us up if you want one: [email protected]

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DOWNLOAD: The Aboriginal Music Week Mixtape by Boogey the Beat

RPM and Aboriginal Music Week are joining forces for an epic closing night party this year. Check our exclusive AMW Mixtape to get a taste of what’s to come.

Featuring Tall Paul, Mariame, Hellnback, Mic Jordan, Exquisite Ghost, Boogey the Beat and more. 

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Casting Indigenous Hosts for VICE Series

Tansi everyone, I’m working as a producer with VICE on a new documentary television series that will focus on global Indigenous struggles and resistance—and we’re looking for potential hosts for the show:

• Indigenous women and men, age: 24-32 (approx) • Knowledgeable about, and interested in, global Indigenous issues and politics • Articulate, good sense of humour, and able to think on their feet

This is a great opportunity to explore the complex, contemporary realities that Indigenous communities are facing around the world. Please share with anyone you think would be a good fit, and forward suggestions or recommendations to me c/o [email protected].

hiy hiy & mahsi cho

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25 Years After Oka, It’s Still All About the Land

#DECOLONIZE

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Aboriginal Music Week Closing Night Concert, to Feature Tall Paul, Mariame, Hellnback, T-Rhyme, and Boogey the Beat 

RPM is proud to present an incredible night of Indigenous hip-hop, R&B, and trap music to conclude Aboriginal Music Week 2015.

The closing night of Aboriginal Music Week is the very definition of #IndigenousExcellence.

This year, RPM is partnering with AMW to bring you a concert featuring some of Indian Country’s fastest rising hip-hop stars: Tall Paul, Mariame, Hellnback, T-Rhyme, and Boogey the Beat.

An accomplished young producer with a gift for booming beats and hypnotic melodies, Anishinaabe artist Boogey the Beat will bless us with his trap-infused rhythms. N’we Jinan artist and rising Cree R&B singer, Mariame, will be joining us from Quebec to perform songs from her recently released debut EP, Bloom. And, hailing from Saskatoon by way of Edmonton, self-described femcee T-Rhyme will bring her ‘ATCQ to Jean Grae’-influenced hip-hop styles to the stage.

Rounding out this already incredible lineup, acclaimed Samson Cree hip-hop heavyweight and 2015 Indigenous Music Awards nominee, Hellnback, will give shine to tracks from his brand new record, F.O.E. (#FamilyOverEverything).

And, all the way live from Leech Lake, Minnesota, via the Twin Cities, legendary Anishinaabe MC Tall Paul will be spitting his immaculate flows over fire-filled hip-hop productions.

This is a closing party without compare and a showcase of what’s next in native hip-hop and Indigenous music. You don’t want to miss it.

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DECOLONIZE AMERICA.

#IndigenousIndependenceDay

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O Kanata Day: Watch Mohawk Artist Jackson 2bears Break Down Colonial “Heritage Mythologies”

Happy Anti-Canada Day—it’s time to celebrate the country’s Original Peoples.

That’s right, we said it.

In a year of reconciliation, on a nationalized holiday of mostly mindless settler celebration, what better time than now to acknowledge not only the long and continuing history of colonialism that has built Canadians’ Homes on Native Land, but also the strength and resilience of the Indigenous Nations and societies that predated the arrival of Europeans on our shores?

That’s what Kanien’kehá:ka DJ/VJ and multimedia artist Jackson 2bears is doing.

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DOWNLOAD: A Tribe Called Red’s Killer Remix of Buffy Ste Marie’s “Working for the Government”

A Tribe Called Red drops a free single on this most colonial of national holidays.

And that song is none other than a 2015 remix of legendary Cree singer Buffy Sainte Marie‘s classic “Working for the Government”. In A Tribe Called Red‘s capable hands, the song transforms from an already upbeat anthem into a rockin’, four-on-the-floor, dancefloor destroyer.

Mixing politics and partying you say? Ironically celebrating Canada, you say? Sounds like a perfect pairing.

And what could be more CanCon than a collab between the first lady of Indigenous song, and one of the newly dubbed Top 10 Canadian Bands of All Time?

Get the free download right here

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