The Buffalo, for many Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island in late 1800s were of high importance, due to a dependence on the herds for food stability.

The Canadian state actively disrupted this food source in an effort to assimilate, eradicate and remove them from the land.

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During negotiations of Treaty 7, NWT lieutenant-governor, David Laird, opened Canada’s side of the negotiation by underlining high rates of decline in buffalo population, and proposed to help by introducing new laws to protect herds from the threat of hunters and white settlers.

137 years ago today. Louis Riel was put to death for standing in defiance against the colonial settler Canadian state.

Riel helped form the elected Legislative Assembly of Assiniboialed and led a peaceful resistance in the Red River, which led to the forming of Manitoba in 1870. Riel fled the country in fear of being executed for his role in the resistance, living in various regions of mid-western United States for almost fifteen years.

In 1884, the Canadian railroad threatened to impede on territory of the Plains-Cree people, prompting Riel's return.

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U.S. intelligence before the attacks of September 11

🧵 On May 1, 2001, the CIA informed the White House that "a group presently in the United States" was in the process of planning a terrorist attack.

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