Idle No More

Idle No More
FormationNovember 2012
TypeGrassroots
PurposeA grassroots movement for indigenous sovereignty, indigenous rights and respect for the treaties. Goals include stopping environmental degradation and economic and social inequality.
HeadquartersFirst Nations
Location
  • Canada
Region served
Worldwide
Founders
Jessica Gordon, Sylvia McAdam, Sheelah McLean, Nina Wilson
Websiteidlenomore.ca
Remarksmethods include

Idle No More is an ongoing protest movement, founded in December 2012 by four women: three First Nations women and one non-Native ally. It is a grassroots movement among the Indigenous peoples in Canada comprising the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and their non-Indigenous supporters in Canada, and to a lesser extent, internationally. It has consisted of a number of political actions worldwide, inspired in part by the liquid diet hunger strike of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence[1] and further coordinated via social media. A reaction to alleged legislative abuses of Indigenous treaty rights by then Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative federal government, the movement takes particular issue with the omnibus bill Bill C-45.[2][3] The popular movement has included round dances in public places and blockades of rail lines.

  1. ^ Aulakh, Raveena (December 25, 2012). "Chief Theresa Spence's liquid diet has full backing of Attawapiskat residents". theStar.com. Toronto. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  2. ^ Bill C-45 is part of the 41st Canadian Parliament Omnibus bills and is a "second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures." Bill C-45 was assented to on December 14, 2012.
  3. ^ "History of Idle No More". December 23, 2012. Archived from the original on January 13, 2013.