Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine
The past two weeks of horrific violence in Gaza resulted from 75 years of Israeli settler colonial dispossession, 56 years of military occupation, and 16 years of an open-air prison for 2.2 million people, half of whom are children. The atrocities of the Israeli apartheid regime in Palestine are relentless, illegal under international law, and consistent with settler-colonial projects globally.
It has been heartbreaking and unsurprising to see the colonial powers in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe line up behind this genocide. Israeli settler colonialism, apartheid, and occupation are only possible because of international support.
The settler states that dispossess and occupy our lands support Israel in dispossessing and occupying Palestine.
We see and feel the strength of Palestinian families in the face of the quotidian violence of the Israeli apartheid regime. Colonized peoples have the right to defend themselves and to resist colonial violence. We support Palestinian liberation and their right as an oppressed people to resist colonialism and genocide.
We amplify the immediate demands of people in Gaza as the bare minimum, including:
1. An immediate ceasefire to halt more state-sanctioned Palestinian death, to allow for dignified burials for the deceased in overflowing morgues and under rubble and to prevent outbreaks of disease.
2. The urgent restoration of water, food, fuel, medical supplies, and humanitarian aid.
3. Immediate protection of medical facilities and reversing the illegal and inhumane evacuation orders for hospitals.
4. The facilitation of safe passage for casualties and critically ill individuals in need of medical treatment.
5. While the people of Gaza vehemently reject forced displacement, we insist on opening the crossings for those seeking to evacuate and permitting the entry of medical and rescue teams, along with their equipment.
And:
6. An end to all foreign military aid from the United States and Canada to Israel.
As Indigenous peoples, we condemn the increase in anti-Palestinian, anti-Islamic, and anti-Arab violence everywhere. We condemn the increase in anti-Indigenous violence everywhere. We condemn anti-Jewish violence everywhere. We condemn punishing workers, students, artists, politicians, and academics for supporting Palestinian liberation. We recognize that Zionism is a form of racism and a colonial ideology that does not represent the views of all Jewish people throughout the world.
We encourage Indigenous peoples worldwide to uplift additional demands from Palestinian organizers, to commit to the Palestinian call to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) Israel and all institutions complicit in Israeli apartheid and settler colonialism, to issue solidarity statements and mutual aid for Palestine and organize mutual aid for Gaza, to demand freedom for political prisoners, and to support Land Back and the right of return for Palestinians.
Stop the genocide. End the siege. End the occupation. Dismantle apartheid. Decolonize Palestine.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe
Nick Estes, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, The Red Nation
Uahikea Maile, Kanaka Maoli
Glen Coulthard, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, University of British Columbia
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk
Natalie Diaz, Akimel O’otham/Mojave, Center for Imagination in the Borderlands
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Kelly Hayes, Menominee, Lifted Voices/Truthout
Melanie Yazzie, Diné (Navajo Nation)
Jennifer Wickham, Gidimt’en, Wet’suwet’en Nation, Gidimt’en Checkpoint
Dallas Goldtooth, Mdewakanton Dakota/Diné
J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Kanaka Maoli
Robert Warrior, Osage Nation, University of Kansas
Jean O’Brien, White Earth Ojibwe citizen, University of Minnesota
Noelani Goodyear-Kaopua, Kanaka Maoli, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Noenoe Silva, Kanaka Maoli
Audra Simpson, Kahnawake Mohawk, Columbia University
Joseph M. Pierce, Cherokee Nation citizen, Stony Brook University
Sandy Grande, Quechua, University of Connecticut
Eve Tuck, Unangax
Jenni Laiti, Sápmi
Te Taiawatea Moko-Painting, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Waikato, Tūhourangi, Te Tira Whakamātaki
Jodi A Byrd, Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
Jennifer Denetdale, Diné, University of New Mexico
Jennifer Marley, San Ildefonso, University of New Mexico
Amy McQuire, Darumbal, Queensland University of Technology
Chelsea Watego, Munanjahli/South Sea Islander, Institute of Collaborative Race Research
Michelle Daigle, Mushkegowuk, University of Toronto
Terese Marie Mailhot, Seabird Island Band/Nlaka’pamux
Frank Waln, Sicangu Lakota, Oceti Sakowin
Susan Blight, Anishinaabe, Couchiching First Nation, Anishinaabe Nation of Treaty #3, OCAD
Dana Lee, Diné/Tusque Pueblo
Kristen Bos, Red River Métis, University of Toronto
Krystal Two Bulls, Oglala Lakota/Northern Cheyenne, Honor the Earth
Julia Bernal, Sandia Pueblo, Pueblo Action Alliance
Lani Teves, Kanaka ‘Ōiwi, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Janene Yazzie, Diné (Navajo Nation)
Francis Nona, Torres Strait Islander, Carumba Institute Queensland University of Technology
Michael Fabris, Piikani (Blackfoot), University of British Columbia
Nickita Longman, Saulteaux, George Gordon First Nation, Winnipeg Police Cause Harm
Hayley McQuire, Darumbal, National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition
Meriki Onus, Gunnai and Gunditjmara nations (so called Australia)
Maggie Munn, Gunggari, Change the Record, so-called Australia
Crystal McKinnon, Yamatji, University of Melbourne
Natalie Ironfield, Dharug, University of Melbourne
Tame Malcolm, Ngāti Tarāwhai- Aotearoa/New Zealand
Amanda Porter, Yuin, University of Melbourne
Maile Arvin, Kanaka Maoli, University of Utah
Jeffrey Ansloos, Fisher River Cree Nation, University of Toronto
Kyon Benally, Diné (Navajo Nation)
Tarneen Onus Browne, Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta, Bindal and Merium (Australia), Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance
Lynda-June Coe, Wiradjuri and Torres Strait Islander, Macquarie University
Nicole Martin, Laguna Pueblo and Diné
Healani Sonoda-Pale, Ka Lāhui Hawai’i
Braden Thue, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Sisseton Wahpeton College
Kaye Maree Dunn, Ngā Puhi, Ngāi Te Rangikoianaake, Ngāti Mahanga, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Te Rarawa, Making Everything Achievable
Kevin Yow Yeh, Wakka Wakka & South Sea Islander, Institute for Collaborative Race Research
Erica Violet Lee, Nēhiyaw, Thunderchild Cree Nation/west side Saskatoon
Eugenia Flynn, Larrakia and Tiwi, RMIT University
Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar, Kanaka ʻŌiwi, The University of Texas at Austin
Helga West, Deatnu River Sámi, University of Helsinki, Finland
Tara Begay, Diné, The Red Nation
Riley Kucheran, Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, Toronto Metropolitan University
Raine Cloud, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate, Sisseton Wahpeton College
Don Eastman, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Sisseton Wahpeton College
Lisa Kealohapaʻaokahaleole Hall, Kanaka Maoli, University of Victoria
Kyle Whyte, Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Megan Scribe, Ininiw, Norway House Cree Nation, Toronto Metropolitan University
Kaleikoa Kaʻeo, Kanaka Maoli, University of Hawaii Maui College, Hawaiian Kingdom
Natali Segovia, Quechua, Water Protector Legal Collective
Eva Jewell, Deshkan Ziibiing Anishinaabe, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, Toronto Metropolitan University
Siku Allooloo, Inuk/Haitian/Taíno
asinnajaq, Inuk, Inukjuak Nunavik
Quill Christie-Peters, Anishinaabeg, OCAD University
Alison Whittaker, Gomeroi, University of Technology Sydney
Natalie Harkin, Narungga, Flinders University, Kaurna Yarta
Anne Spice, Tlingit, Kwanlin Dun First Nation, Toronto Metropolitan University
Pura Fé, Tuscarora/Taino
Mayuk Manuel, Secwepemc, Tiny House Warriors
Whess Harman, Carrier Wit’at, Grunt Gallery
Gerry Ambers, Namgis/Kwakwakawakw
Nick Tilsen, Oglala Lakota, NDN Collective
Ronny Kareni, West Papua, Rize of the Morning Star
Floridalma Boj Lopez, Maya Kiche, UCLA
Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe, University of Victoria
Evelyn Araluen, Bundjalung, Overland Literary Journal
Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Te Rarawa – Aotearoa
Sharon Meagher (Austin), Adnyamathanha Nations, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Karen Wyld, Martu
Kim Michelle O’Donnell, Malyangapa/ Barkindji, Flinders and Adelaide Universities Adelaide SA
Zena Cumpston, Barkandji
Melissa Lucashenko, Bundjalung
Nathan Woolford, Gooreng Gooreng, Flinders University
Arlie Alizzi, Yugambeh, University of Melbourne
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Indigenous Climate Action
Nadine Anne Hura, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi (Aotearoa)
Essa Ranapiri, Ngaati Raukawa, Ngaati Puukeko, Te Arawa, Waikato Tainui
Lou Bennett, Yorta Yorta Dja Dja Wurrung, University of Melbourne
Mykaela Saunders, Dharug descent, Bundjalung community, Macquarie University
Naomi Simmonds, Raukawa ki te kaokaoroa o Patetere
Brandon Benallie, Diné
Michelle Rahurahu, Aotearoa, Ngaati Tahu-Ngaati Whaoa, Ngaati Rahurahu, Rangitāne
Lou Cornum, Navajo Nation, New York University
Nathan Blackwell, Diné, Columbia University
Cassandra Barnett, Raukawa ki Te Kaokaoroa-o-Paatetere / Ngaati Huri (Aotearoa), Waikato Museum
Paola Balla Wemba-Wemba & Gunditjmara, Moondani Balluk, Victoria University
Lorna Munro, Wiradjuri Gomeroi
Teila Watson, BirriGubba Wiri, Gangulu
Jeanine Leane, Wiradjuri, University of Melbourne
Nici Cumpy, Barkandji people New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia
vika mana, Zagareb and Dauareb tribes of the Meriam peoples, the village of Fahefa in Tonga, Bsharri district in Lebanon and many other Indigenous peoples across different nations and waters.
Ali Gumillya Baker, Mirning, Flinders University
Noelani Ahia, Kānaka Maoli, Maui Medic Healers Hui
Linda Quiquivix, Maya (Mam)
Jazz Money, Wiradjuri
Natasha Lee, Mualgal (St Paul’s Village, Moa Island Zenadth Kes), Thunghutti, Yidinji & Kullilli, Institute of Collaborative Race Research (ICRR)
Ansley Simpson, Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe, Alderville FN
Jalvvi Niillas Holmberg, Sápmi
Ritni Ráste Pieski, Sápmi
Suvi West, Sámi
Gáddjá Haarla Pieski, Sápmi, Deanuleahki
Aarni Pieski, Deatnu River Sámi
Lotta Hagelin, Sámi
Amanda R. Tachine, Diné (Navajo Nation)
Megan Bang, Ojibwe
Kaiya Aboagye, Erub, Kukuyalanji, South Sea Islander and Asante, University Western Sydney
Adrienne Keene, Cherokee Nation
Deenaalee Hodgdon, Deg Xit’an, Sugpiaq, Smokehouse Collective
Giiwedin (Taran Howard), Ojibwe (Anishinaabe), University of Minnesota Morris
Karen Jackson (KJ), Yorta Yorta, Koling wada-ngal & Moondani Balluk VU
Justine Teba, Acoma Pueblo, Santa Clara Pueblo, Tesuque Pueblo, The Red Nation, Red Media
Marcella Gilbert, Oceti Sakowin
