Contemporary Warriors (2)

new-chief cropGord Hill is a Warrior with a pen.This is an image he uses to address the nexus economic and legal realities of native Canada. He addresses the goal of the state to assimilate Indigenous peoples, via the conversion of reserve lands to private property under the pretext of creating economic self-sufficiency.  ‘Self-government’ agreements come with development contracts and treaty agreements remove the natives from the ambit of the Indian Act and change their reserve lands to private property.

This is a reposting of my post from Dec 1 2015
https://koboikembaralagi.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/contemporary-warriors/