Statement of Treaty Principles: University of Alberta’s May 11th attack on students, staff, and community

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kitatamiskâtinân nikotwâsik-tipahamâtowinihk ohci, êkwa ôta otipêyimisow-askîhk ohci	We greet you all from Treaty Six territory and the Homeland of the Métis.
ôta amiskwacîwâskahikanihk ohci ôma kihci-kiskinwahamâtowikamik Alberta kâ-ayâk Garneau otipahaskânihk sisone sîpihk mîna pâhpâscês okayâsi-askîhkânihk	Here, from Edmonton (Beaver Hills House) where the University of Alberta occupies the Garneau river lot, and the old Papaschase reserve lands.
ôta askîhk kâ-tipêyihcikâtêk kihci-asotamâtowina ohci	On these lands which are governed by treaty, by sacred promises to one another.
nistam ê-pîkiskwâtitâhk	First, we say to you all,
pâyêstîniyiniwak otaskîwâhk kâkikê katipêyimisowak ohci sîpîhk isi kihcikamihk	from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
niwîci-nitiyinînânak nitaskînânihk kâkikê nika-tipêyimisonân ohci sîpîhk isi kihcikamihk mîna piko itê	From the river to the sea, and wheresoever they may be, all our Peoples will be free!

This statement, signed by Indigenous people of Treaty 6 and the Métis Homeland, as well as throughout so-called Canada and beyond, and by Treaty partners and allies, is in response to the violent attack on the peaceful, multi-faith gathering of students, staff, and community members established as the People’s University for Palestine in the main quad at the University of Alberta.

On May 11th, in the wee hours of the morning, after celebrating Shabbat together the night before, the People’s University was attacked by heavily militarized members of the Edmonton Police Services. EPS used pepper spray, batons, bicycles, and other forms of physical violence as well as property damage to clear the encampment. These are tactics that have become very familiar around the world as post-secondary students, staff, and surrounding communities raise their voices against an ongoing genocide in Palestine. The EPS is well-versed in these tactics, as they are also regularly unleashed on the unhoused of amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton), the majority of whom are Indigenous people. Canada has a long history of using militarized police forces to further settler colonialism and it should be understood that no one is safe, respectable enough, or immune to these exercises of brutalization.

This attack was undertaken at the direction of Bill Flanagan, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Alberta.

Thus it is imperative that President Flanagan, the University of Alberta Board of Directors, and the campus community be reminded of the kihci-asotamâtowina, the sacred promises which bind all who live upon these lands to live according to the principles of miyo-wîcêhtowin (good relations), wîtaskêwin (peaceful living together on the land), and tâpwêwin (speaking with truth). This treaty relationship is the only moral or legal claim the university has to the lands it occupies, to the research it conducts, and to the access it has to Indigenous lands and resources.

This university, its president Bill Flanagan, and other members of administration, violated all of these principles, and failed to uphold their Treaty obligations when they unleashed state violence upon students, staff, and community members on May 11th.

In many Indigenous worldviews, and specifically here – among the Indigenous Peoples on whose lands the University of Alberta occupies – words have power. They are in fact, actions, not merely statements with no weight. kiyâskiwina (false words) harm and fracture our community, and create rifts that will take enormous effort to heal. Before healing can even begin, and above all else, tâpwêwin (truth telling) is required.

In official statement after official statement after official statement, Bill Flanagan has violated the principle of tâpwêwin, speaking with neither truth nor precision. His false claims and hyperbolic expressions of concern for safety have been refuted by video evidence and multiple testimonials. Instead of tâpwêwin, Flanagan offers justifications for physical violence against our campus community based on post hoc interpretations of actions that did not happen, and of dangers that did not exist. He does so while claiming to be fulfilling a responsibility – which arguably is his most central duty – to protect students, staff, and the wider community. The only threat to the “safety and well-being of our students and other university community members” was university administration and their blunt weapons, the EPS.

It was hopefully missed by no one that each one of these kiyâskiwina (false statements) was issued with a Territorial Acknowledgment attached.

In addition to the careless, cynical inclusion of Territorial Acknowledgments on campus-wide messages justifying the unjustifiable, let us remember that this institution has repeatedly promised to uphold the principles of reconciliation. University administration has committed to the Braiding Past, Present, and Future: University of Alberta Indigenous Strategic Plan. These Indigenous-led principles include building relationships with Indigenous lands and nations, reconciliation, creating safe and welcoming spaces, and ethical research with Indigenous nations, peoples and lands, among others.

The University of Alberta has mobilized this strategic plan to generate an unearned positive reputation among other institutions of higher learning, and within the wider community while the conditions of Indigenous students, staff, and community members continues mostly unchanged, where they have not been negatively impacted by restructuring and tuition increases.

The University of Alberta, relying always on the labour of Indigenous students, staff, and community members, also claims to commit to the indigenization and decolonization of this campus. Territorial acknowledgments, like reconciliation, are not simply words to utter, but relationships to build, and maintain. And as Tuck & Yang have clearly stated, decolonization is not a metaphor. It requires the return of Indigenous lands and lifeways. Upholding Treaty principles must be a foundational approach to the commitments the University of Alberta claims to make towards Indigenous Peoples, and this approach must be extended to all partners of the Treaty relationship.

The People’s University for Palestine embodied the principles of decolonization, by enacting the Treaty principles of miyo-wîcêhtowin (good relations), wîtaskêwin (peaceful sharing of lands as a relation rather than a possession), and of tâpwêwin (truth telling). Non-hierarchical, land-based, experiential education, supported by community, reflecting Treaty commitments in action rather than just word – this encampment should have served as an example of what is possible. Instead, its existence was perceived as a threat by the same institution that purports to champion and value these commitments.

All of this must be understood and acknowledged within the wider context of this institution’s existence as part of a white supremacist, genocidal, settler colonial nation that currently occupies the lands and lifeways of Indigenous Peoples throughout so-called Canada. We have seen that this settler nation-state is capable of recognizing and acknowledging genocide – but only ever retroactively. As Lewis Carroll put it: it’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

This institution will not be allowed to punish those who call for an end to an ongoing genocide, and then use their labour, blood, sweat, and tears, to later claim it should have listened. We demand that this institution’s memory be brought to bear on the present, and the future.

Patrick Wolfe stated that invasion – settler colonialism – is a structure, not an event. Change then must also be a structure, not a singular event. We are demanding systemic change at the University of Alberta.

The kihci-asotamâtowina, the sacred promises of the Treaty relationship, can never be upheld by words alone, they require action and constant tending. The violent attack of May 11th on the People’s University for Palestine caused real harm to students, staff, and community members, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike. To address these violations of miyo-wîcêhtowin, wîtaskêwin, and tâpwêwin, and of the Treaty itself, we demand the following, based on the principles of reconciliation that this institution has pledged to uphold:

IMMEDIATELY, AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE PEOPLE’S UNIVERSITY FOR PALESTINE:

DISCLOSE institutional and financial investments with Israeli institutions and all companies financially complicit in the occupation, and thus the current genocide of Palestinians.
DIVEST from complicit companies and all such investments.
DEFEND the right to protest by giving amnesty to any and all participants of this encampment.
DECLARE via an immediate statement its condemnation of this genocide and call on the Canadian government to end all military contracts with Israel.

FURTHER WE DEMAND:

WÎTASKÊWIN: To uphold the principle of wîtaskêwin, the creation of a system to live peacefully together on the land and within this campus community, Bill Flanagan must resign as University President and Vice-Chancellor. Also necessary is the removal and resignation of anyone else who facilitated this violent state attack on our community.
TÂPWÊWIN: To uphold the principle of tâpwêwin, truth-telling, a process must be initiated that foregrounds the sacred promises of the Treaty, to investigate the decision-making process that led to this attack on our campus community. A full report must be provided to the entire campus community and the wider community as a whole.
MIYO-WÎCÊHTOWIN: To uphold the principle of miyo-wîcêhtowin, good relations, we demand a process of reconciliation be initiated to address the harms committed by this university against students, staff, and community members, and to ensure this kind of abuse of Treaty cannot happen again.

412 signatures

Chelsea Vowel, Lac Ste. Anne Métis, Faculty of Native Studies University of Alberta

Wyatt Schiefelbein, Metis, UofA PhD Candidate

Molly Swain, Indigenous (MNA/OMG Metis), University of Alberta alumnus

Fatima Saleh – Palestinian Treaty Partner

Emily Riddle, member of the Alexander First Nation and UAlberta Alumni

Jessica Johns, nehiyaw and member of Sucker Creek First Nation

Isabella MacLean, Indigenous Treaty Partner (Otipemisiwak from Lac Ste Anne), University of Alberta

Helena Gaona Aldrete, Non-Indigenous, MacEwan University

Emma – Métis – UofA student

Kenton Alook, Bigstone Cree First Nation, Cree and Métis

Hanna Hunter (Treaty 6)

Sarah Auger, Indigenous

Raven, Indigenous ally from Treaty 8, uofa Student

Christi Belcourt, Metis

Khailen Pruden- Indigenous Nursing Student of the University of Alberta

Alex Da Costa, non-Indigenous co-resistor, Prof, U of A

Dia Da Costa, non-Indigenous ally, University of Alberta

Corey Snelgrove, Treaty partner, University of Alberta

zed loseth: non indigenous treaty person and ally

Toqa Abdelwahab, MSc Student @ UAlberta, non-Indigenous ally

Stephen Raitz, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, Alumni

Lindsey Vowles, ally

Maxwell Hanic, non-indigenous

Genevieve Adam, non Indigenous ally

Judy Davidson, non-Indigenous, University of Alberta

Sarah Dowling, non-Indigenous ally, University of Toronto

Benjamin Kucher, Métis/Mohawk, University of Alberta Indigenous Graduate Students’ Association President

Tahra Haddouche, U of A alumni

Kaitlin Schilling, ally.

Christine Martineau, Cree/Metis alumna

Peter Crownfield, ally

Euan Thomson, Treaty Partner, PhD from University of Alberta

Montana Lawrence, Indigenous Nehiyaw and Anishinaabe

Megan Tipler, Métis, U of A PhD Student

Jayden Blumhagen, ally, University of Alberta

Kenzie Gordon, settler ally on Treaty 6, University of Alberta student

Muna Saleh, non-Indigenous Treaty Partner

Victoria Wharmby, non-indigenous Ally

Michael Litwack, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, Independent Jewish Voices / University of Alberta

Robert (Asher) Kirchner, non-Indigenous, Jewish ally, U. Alberta Linguistics Dept. (retired)

Shauna Penny, ally

Kyla Pascal, Indigenous, University of Alberta alumni

Hannah Louis, Montana First Nation

Keighlagh Donovan, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, Department of English, U Alberta

Amber Smith, Métis, Otipemisiwak, PhD student, UofA

Yashashwinee Parmar, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, alumnus

Katherine Sinitiere, non-Indigenous ally

Keri Cheechoo, Iskwew, Wilfrid Laurier University

Molly, ally, U of A Alumni

Mallory Chipman, non-Indigenous Treaty Partner/Ally

Matthew Britton Treaty Partner

Francine Cunningham, Cree and Metis

Juliana Montoya, an ally

Nathan Swift, Indigenous(RHT Ojibwe)

Ella thomson (Métis)

Danielle Dinovelli-Lang, non-Indigenous ally, Faculty4Palestine, Carleton University

Patricia Massy, Nêhiyaw-Métis

Kylie Calderon- non-Indigenous treaty relation

Jessie Loyer, Indigenous Engagement Librarian, University of Alberta Library (Cree-Métis)

Rob Jackson, non-Indigenous Treaty partner

Jillian Claerhout; non-indigenous undergraduate student at the UofA

Sarah Ross non-indigenous ally

Elena Basile non-Indigenous ally, sessional faculty York University/University of Toronto

Egla Martinez, Indigenous Xinka, ally, Associate Professor, Carleton University ityciate

Waniza Wasi, non-Indigenous Treaty ally, University of Alberta

Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet, Indigenous, University of Alberta Alumni

Beverly Bain Assistant Professor University of Toronto UTM Campus

Gillian Robinson, white settler, University of Alberta Educational Policy Studies,

Sara Carpenter, non-Indigenous Treaty Partner, University of Alberta

Richard Costa (non-Indigenous graduate student)

Misty Underwood, alumni University of Alberta

Shantha Roberts, ally

Julie Rak (ally), HM Tory Chair and Professor, University of Alberta

Rashmi Luther – Ally and Social Justice Educator

Byron Utinowatum NDN

Naiha Wasi, non-Indigenous ally, University of Alberta

Eli Smith, non-Indigenous Treaty partner

Lynette Shultz, non-Indigenous Treaty partner and ally, University of Alberta

Danielle Fuller (non-Indigenous ally, UoA Faculty member)

Roberta Lexier, Mount Royal University, non-Indigenous Treaty partner and ally

Kris Cromwell, Black bi-racial settler and ally, PhD student, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta

Ash, Ally.

Lubna Safaa- non indigenous- faculty for Palestine Carleton University

Megan Posyluzny, UAlberta Psychology Alumni

Danielle Lorenz, settler/PhD candidate Faculty of Education, University of Alberta

Dia Da Costa, non-Indigenous ally, University of Alberta

Joseph Hill, Non-indigenous treaty partner, Associate Professor, University of Alberta

Deanna Rausch, non-Indigenous

Aiden Lorincz-Bowman, non-indigenous ally, University of Alberta undergraduate

Laurie Adkin, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, professor Emerita at University of Alberta

Sharon Farnel (ally, University of Alberta)

Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan, non-Indigenous ally, Carleton University

Irene Shankar, Professor of Sociology, Mount Royal University

Nickita Longman, Saulteaux, Winnipeg Police Cause Harm

Javney Mohr, PhD Student and International Scholar, UC Berkeley, U of A alumna

Cassandra Rain, Stoney Nakota/Cree/Métis

Myrl Eddy, nonindigenous treaty parner

Nancy Van Styvendale (white settler), Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta

Cheryl Sciorra – MNA member

Ghada Ageel, visiting professor, university of Alberta

Academic Teaching Staff Member, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, University of Alberta

Suzanne Lenon, non-Indigenous ally, University of Lethbridge

Azar Masoumi, non-Indigenous ally, Carleton University

Melanie Matté, Métis, UofC

Matthew Stepanic, non-Indigenous Treaty partner

Aeyliya Husain (non-Indigenous ally)

sakâw laboucan, woodland Cree First Nation, u of a Native Studies PhD student

Vicki Bouvier – Michif

Britt Hinzmann (accomplice, Non-Indigenous settler)

Areej Alshammiry, ally, alumni

Max Hamon UNBC

Settler Treaty partner on Treaty 7 territory, Reconciliation Action Group/Settlers’ Book Club

Shelby Cohen, ally

Cambria, non-indigenous ally

Teresa Zackodnik, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, Professor, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta

Heather Smyth, non-Indigenous UofA alumna, UWaterloo faculty

Jen Stange, non-Indigenous ally and U of A BA Native Studies alumni

Patty Wilson, non-Indigenous Treaty ally

owiskwasikis (Karrie Auger), nehiyaw (Cree), Manager, Indigenous Prison Arts and Education Project (University of Alberta)

Meenal Shrivastava (immigrant settler), Athabasca University

Yannick Desranleau, non-Indigenous ally, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta

Mary-Lee Mulholland, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, Professor, Mount Royal University

Susan Draper, non-Indigenous ally

Jennifer Sedgewick, Métis Nation – Saskatchewan

Rebecca Traquair, ally alum

Zoe Yowney, Indigenous student at the University of Alberta

Monique Ouellette

Anne-Emanuelle Birn, non-Indigenous ally, University of Toronto

Dulcie Meatheringham, Indigenous ally from Treaty 8, U of A alumnus

Kaitlyn Purcell, Tthebatti Denesuline

Graeme Emmerzael, ally, UofA Alumni

Non-indigenous (white) student at the University of Alberta

Issabel Temple non-Indigenous Treaty partner

Dr. Sara Gallagher (ally) Sessional Lecturer, University of Waterloo

Leah Baptiste, Indigenous (Dene) from Deline First Nation, University of Alberta

Melissa Bennett, non-indigenous UAB undergrad student

Saliha Riaz, ally

Elise Moser, non-Indigenous, no institutional affiliation, Tio’tia:ke/Montreal

Michelle Campos Castillo, ally

Boston Laferté, Métis

Paul Symes, non-Indigenous, Blacksheep Inn

Brandon Bacchus, ally

Subhan Rana

Aidan Gowland, non-Indigenous ally on unceeded territories of multiple nations, University of Victoria

Veronica Fuentes, Student. Salvadoran and Saulteaux Anishinaabe.

Joanne Hammond, non-Indigenous Treaty partner

Zsuzsa Harsman – non-Indigenous ally

Grace McLean, non-indigenous

Lucinda Rasmussen, settler ally, University of Alberta

Leaf (Paul) Kyler – Ally

Jackie Larkin, settler elder

Miranda Leibel, settler Treaty partner (University of Lethbridge, Treaty 7)

Rob Taylor non-indigenous ally

Jillian Ames, Lac Ste. Anne Metis, graduate student, member of Indigenous Graduate Students’ Association

Meagan Miller, Indigenous, Graduate student and VP Admin for the Indigenous Graduate Students’ Association

Nicole Brandsma, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, U of A

Heather Atkinson, Métis

Danielle Palmer – non-Indigenous Treaty partner

shauna paull, ally

Dorothy Woodman non-Indigenous Treaty ally, University of Alberta

Corinne L. Mason, non-Indigenous Treaty partner and ally, Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, Mount Royal University

CJ Heyes, settler on Treaty 6 territory, Professor of Political Science, University of Alberta

Susan Caldwell, ally

Heather Marcoux, Settler and ally living on Treaty 6 & 7

Marty Grande-Sherbert, settler Treaty partner, U of A staff/alumnus

Emily Leslie, non-Indigenous ally, UofA Alumnus and incoming student

Shama Rangwala, non-Indigenous ally, UofA alum

Ahmed Assaf – U of A student

Sarah Nickel, Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, UofA

Zoe Wagner, non-Indigenous Treaty 6 ally, NASA staff, U of A grad student

Matthew Ward (T8 – Driftpile Cree Nation member)

Hollis McCullough, non-Indigenous ally, student of UAlberta

Nahla, Ally and indigenous Palestinian, Chancellor’s Professor, Carleton University

Anu Mangat, non-Indigenous Treaty partner/ally

Deanna Nielsen – metis

Emily DePaoli (PhD Student)

Phil Badiz, non-Indigenous ally, from Brazil

Carly Chen, ally

Muhannad Ayyash, non-Indigenous ally, Professor of Sociology, Mount Royal University

Ruth Rogers – Non-Indigenous Ally

Rachel Stefaniuk, University of Alberta Medical Student, non indigenous ally.

Alexander Dowsey, Non-Indigenous Treaty ally, UofA Alumnus 2023.

Anna Maria Stone, ally, Pacific Rim College, Victoria, BC

Lena Bou Fakhreddine, non-Indigenous ally

Lisa Moore, Métis and member of Métis Nation of BC

Andrew McWhinney (non-Indigenous ally)

Kristine Alexander (ally), University of Lethbridge

Douglas Gregory (non-Indigenous ally)

Peter Sanderson, ally

Jonathan Leggo, settler on Treaty 6 territory, Editor at Athabasca University

Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe), University of Victoria

Jude McNaughton, non-Indigenous student ally at Grant MacEwan University

Jason Purcell, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta

Claire Kraatz, Non-Indigenous Ally and U of Alberta Alum

Joveena Holmes / non-Indigenous ally

Diana Abdulhameed- Ally

Jamie Liew, Professor, University of Ottawa

Gracie Bonaise. nehiyaw iskwew ohci Little Pine First Nation. Native Studies 2026 ualberta

Nadia Abu-Zahra, non-Indigenous ally, University of Ottawa

Theo Voaklander, Indigenous alumni

K. Barnes, Haudenosaunee, UAlberta alumna

Shawn Overend (ally)

Jay De Santi, non-Indigenous person from Treaty 13 territory

Emily Pinkoski, ally, and University of Alberta BA 2022, and University of Alberta JD Candidate 2025

Nykkie Lugosi-Schimpf, Cree-Métis, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta

Sarah Kizuk, non indigenous, Skidmore college

Milan Regmi, non-Indigenous, University of Alberta

Julia-Don Edwards

SB, non-Indigenous ally, U of A alumna, precarious instructional labourer MacEwan University

Tricia McGuire-Adams, Anishinaabe & Adjunct Prof, U of A

Sirma Bilge (non-Indigenous ally), Université de Montréal

Rebecca Collins white Settler ally -Graduate Student

Dr. Kristen Gray Bos (Red River Métis), Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Yvan Deslauriers, ally, uWaterloo alumnus

Jay Laurendeau, non-Indigenous ally, University of Lethbridge

Lana Whiskeyjack, nehiyaw, University of Alberta

Marcy Cohen, non-indigenous Jewish and ally

Pamela Woodland

David Kahane, settler, University of Alberta and Independent Jewish Voices

Samuel MacKay – Ojibwe teacher, Indigenous educator, and seeker of balance

Zanne Cunningham, Mètis, Former UofA student and employee

Hisham Al-Shurafa, Ally, University of Waterloo

Indigo Underwood, non-Indigenous ally, student University of Victoria

Chris Wiebe, settler, Engel Law

Susan Gage

Larry Bird Metis nation AIMovement 1973

Audra Mitchell, non-Indigenous supporter, Wilfrid Laurier University

Kristin Burnett, nonIndigenous treaty partner

Angella Yamamoto, Ally, University of Waterloo PhD Student, University of Alberta Alumna

Gillian Roberts, settler from Algonquin and W̱SÁNEĆ territories, University of Nottingham

Nisha Nath, racialized Treaty partner, Athabasca University

Robert Loren non-indigenous ally President Madres de Nicaragaua

Susanne Luhmann, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, University of Alberta

Carolyn Sale, University of Alberta, non-Indigenous treaty partner

Cameron Archer, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, U of A grad

Linda Mulhall, Esquimalt United Church, Victoria BC

Olivia McCotter, Niitsitapi, University of Alberta Undergraduate Student

Joey-Lynn Wabie, Wolf Lake First Nation

Jane Allred — non-indigenous ally, Ph.D Candidate at University of Alberta

Sarah Alemu, ally, UAlberta Alumni BSc 2019

Hannah Morikawa, ally

Moriah Crocker (Metis)

MIYO-WÎCÊHTOWIN: Jetske Sybesma (ally),

Karyn Ball, University of Alberta

Nathan Lapierre, ally, student at u of a

Colin Combs, Ally

Judith A. Garber, non-Indigenous ally and Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta

M. Vechil

Lauren W – Métis

Liz Page, Metis

Cleo Nguyen (non-Indigenous ally, University of Saskatchewan)

Arista Schemma, white settler and treaty partner

Lizette Gerber, non-Indigenous ally, University of Alberta

Janet Hatcher, ally

Logan, ally

Beth Capper, Assistant Professor, non-Indigenous Treaty partner

Alana Zdichavsky, Ally

Patrick McCaw, ally, UofA alumnus

Harveer Mangat, Non-Indigenous Treaty Partner, UAlberta Student

Tracy Campbell, Principal, Calliou Group, Michel First Nation, Treaty 6

Nina Paulovicova, non-Indigenous Treaty Aly, Athabasca University

Storm Blakley, settler, Yukon

Marc Higgins, non-Indigenous treaty partner, associate professor, U of A

Karla Villanueva Danan, non-Indigenous Pinay Treaty partner, University of Calgary alum

orçun turan / ally / PhD candidate at York University

Amelia Fay, non-Indigenous Treaty partner

Jennifer Cypher, ally, U of A alum

Lindsay Ashmore, Metis, Alumni

Rod Olstad, Treaty Partner, U of A Alumni

Maia Berryman-Kamp, Te Arawa ki Aotearoa, PhD Candidate VUW

Crystal Rye ally

Lana Whiskeyjack, nehiyaw, associate professor, University of Alberta

Sara Clements, Ally

Savannah Ribeiro, Non-Indigenous Treaty Person, U of Alberta

Hannah, non-Indigenous, University of Alberta alumna/University of Washington alumna

Jordan Hocking, Indigenous band member Sweetgrass FN Treaty 6; UBC alumni

sasha weiss, ally from indiana university liberated zone on unceded miami, potawatomi, shawnee & lenape lands

Irina Ceric, ally, University of Windsor

Claudia Kobayashi, non-Indigenous ally

Naved Bakali, non-indigenous ally

Susan Campbell (ally, ‘British Isles’ ancestry)

Omar Yaqub, Settler+Ally, Alumni, Past Instructor

Ricky Chand

Rose-Eva Forgues-Jenkins, non-Indigenous ally, University of Alberta alumni

Neil Balan, settler bound by good relations and respect for treaty

Beth Murray, Ally

Jennifer Long, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, MacEwan University

Sarah Dharshi. Non-Indigenous racialized ally.

Glaizem Garcia (non indigenous ally)

Jackie Seidel, ally, university of calgary

Weslyn Gray B.Ed. Bill C-31 Sawridge First Nation alum living in Treaty 6

Malini Guha, ally and non-Indigenous Treaty partner, Carleton University

Caitlin Elm, nehiyaw

Nadia Van Der Vinne, Ally, Alumni

Zain Ul Abideen, Non-Indigenous

Samantha Matters, Métis

Gulzar R. Charania, non-Indigenous ally, University of Ottawa

Kadie Hughes, Ally

MG (settler ally), University of Alberta

Vincent Wong, Ally, University of Windsor

Alexandra Zybinova, settler, ally, daughter, student, and a fellow human

Emily Hoven, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, U of A PhD candidate

Teresa Zackodnik, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, Professor, University of Alberta

Sam Kriviak, non-Indigenous Treaty person, U of A alumni, Registered Paychologist

Whess Harman, Indigenous (Carrier Wit’at)

Jess Buckley, Moose Cree, BES from York University

Meika Taylor, Metis Nation, First Nations University of Canada

Tasha Diamant, MEd, former contract faculty U of L, Lethbridge College., RRU, ally

Nadia Boudreau, Metis

Taylor Jackson, ally

Carrie Karsgaard, white settler, alumni

Brianne Island, Treaty 8

Casi Hutcheon Full-Status Band Member Enoch Cree Nation, Faculty of Education Student

John Carlson, Anishinaabe (Red Rock Indian Band), Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa

Jamelie Bachaalani, non-indigenous treaty partner

Kat Kahnert-Wolchak (non-Indigenous, York University student)

Karen Murray – Denesųłiné/Nêhiyaw U of A Native Studies undergraduate

Natasha Wiebe, non-Idigenous, Treaty 6

Rhonda Ashmore. Metis. U of A student and staff.

Amy Champagne, non-Indigenous educator

Red River Métis citizen, MA student at Concordia University, Montréal

Samantha Roan~ Indigenous Alumna from Treaty 3 and Current PhD student Trent University

Cam Laforest, Treaty Ally, Librarian at University of Alberta

Torin McLachlan, settler ally, UBC

Gym Pangilinan, UBC (settler of colour)

Odette Lloyd, Settler Ally

Hannah Bayne, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, University of Alberta Graduate Student

James Collier, non-Indigenous treaty partner, UAlberta Alumni

Shawnee Buffalo, Indigenous – Plains Cree

Sonya Bird (non-Indigenous ally, University of Victoria)

Sara Villa (Non-Indigenous Ally)

Paige Hildebrandt, ally, university of Alberta faculty of Native Studies and Education

Lydia Sokol, Treaty Partner, University of Alberta

François Villeneuve, non-Indigenous ally, member of Toronto world BEYOND war

Claire Brandenbarg, non-Indigenous settler & Treaty partner, University of Alberta staff

Dave McKinnon, settler Treaty 6 & 8, UofA alumnus

Richard Moran, non-Indigenous Treaty partner

Anne McKinnon-Yeomans, ally, UofA alumni

John R. Miller, Métis, University of Toronto

Sandra Wong, University of Alberta alumna

Laurence J., non-Indigenous ally

Dina Al-Kassim, Indigenous Palestinian

Lyana Patrick, Indigenous, Simon Fraser University

Jaysin Masse – non-indigenous ally, University of Alberta alumnus

Rebecca Gray, Dene, PhD Candidate University of Alberta

Isabelle Bilous, non-Indigenous Treaty partner and ally, as well as a University of Alberta alum

Ariel Kroon, non-Indigenous ally, independent scholar (U of A alumna)

Bear Adamcik non-Indigenous ally

Denise Spitzer, ally, University of Alberta

Paul Raun, non-Indigenous Treaty ally

J.A.Sybesma, PhD. U of A (ally).

Cory Greenlees ally

Raj Rajakumar – IslamicFamily

Rachel Bryant, treaty partner, university of new brunswick

Sylvie Vigneux (settler&Anishinaabekwe), University of Alberta alumni and sessional instructor

Mary Lysecki, non-Indigenous Treaty 1 partner, Anglican Church of Canada

Chelsey Campbell, white settler, Assistant Lecturer (University of Alberta)

Raine, non-indigenous ally and student at uvic

Erin O’Neil, settler ally, U of A alumna

Batul Gulamhusein, non Indigenous Treaty partner

Erin, non-Indigenous ally, graduate student, University of Alberta

Jeremy Appel, non-Indigenous ally

Stacie Swain, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, U of A Alumnus, UVic PhD Candidate

Devonn Drossel, Métis (Métis Nation of Alberta), MA Student, University of Alberta, University of Calgary Alum

Marcus Peterson, non-Indigenous, University of Alberta Alumnus

Héloïse Torck, non-Indigenous ally, CILLDI, University of Alberta

Alexina Noël, Ally & CILLDI Event Coordinator

Laura DeHaan (ally)

Rebecca Godderis, Non-Indigenous Ally, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

Sam Pearson, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, former Director of the U of A Sexual Assault Centre

Kit Rempel non-Indigenous ally

Eduan Breedt, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, graduate student at the UofA

Mike Gouldhawke (Métis-Cree, family from Treaty 6 territory)

Wendy Tiemer, non-Indigenous treaty partner, UAlberta alum

Tianne Jensen-DesJardins, Michif, Simon Fraser University MA student

Jordon Hon – ally

Nicki D’Angelo, non-Indigenous Treaty 6 ally

Juan Vargas, non-Indigenous treaty partner and ally

Andrew Benson, non-indigenous, former sessional instructor in the faculty of art & design at the university of Alberta

Chen Chen, non-indigenous visitor, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, University of Alberta alum

Manisha Bharadia, Ally

Sarah, non-Indigenous person practicing allyship on Treaty 6 land

Emma Jackson, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, University of Alberta

Andy Luu, Ally, UofA Alumni & Staff

Sara Martin non-Indigenous ally

Dean Sinnett, formerly a student of the “Passpasschase” surrender case in Regina, 1974

David Lischuk, non-Indigenous ally, U of A alumnus

Charlie Peters, non-Indigenous Treaty relative

Andrea J, U of A alumni and non-Indigenous Treaty partner

kevin bell, settler, alumnus

Kirsten Lindquist, Métis Nation of Alberta, PhD Student, Faculty of Native Studies

Dwayne Donald, amiskwaciwiyiniwak / pâhpâscês, Professor, University of Alberta

amy leigh (white settler), Undergraduate student, Department of Fine Art and Design (‘25)

jacob nikkel, non-Indigenous, alum

LB (ally), University of Alberta.

Roxanne Felix-Mah, Non-Indigenous Ally, Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta And Managing Partner, Equity in Action

Royce Howland, settler ally, U of A graduate BSc 1987

Franki Harrogate, non-Indigenous Treaty partner, Athabasca University alumnus

Tanya Ball, Métis, PhD student University of Alberta

Ken Tieu

Holly Hesk Jones – non-Indigenous ally, Treaty 11

Megan Pham-Quan, settler/non-Indigenous ally

Katy Fulfer, non-Indigenous treaty partner, University of Waterloo faculty

B. Watson

Kristin LaGrange, non-Indigenous ally, UAlberta Alumna

Derek Horneland, non-Indigenous Treaty partner and public school teacher

Marwan Khyree, ally, University of Alberta student

Makere Stewart-Harawira, Indigenous (Aotearoa New Zealand), University of Alberta

Selina McGinnis, non-Indigenous ally in BC, affiliated with BCcampus

Kathryn Tyson, non-indigenous, student at the university of winnipeg

Keshab Thapa, University of Manitoba

Dr. Shalene Wuttunee Jobin (ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐤ nehiyaw iskwew)

12 Comments

patrick mcelligott · May 14, 2024 at 9:13 am

Once again, officials try to return to an oppressive past, in order to deal with peaceful protest!

KD King · May 14, 2024 at 9:32 am

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Phil Badiz · May 14, 2024 at 12:06 pm

I’d love to sign, but I live a few thousand miles south of the border.
Your message is powerful and truly insightful, and I especially loved the the Treaty principles of miyo-wîcêhtowin, wîtaskêwin, and of tâpwêwin. The utterly shameless, violent colonial response to wîtaskêwin is sadly of no surprise to pretty much everyone who understands settler history, in Canada, in the US and a few thousand miles further south of the border.

âpihtawikosisân · May 14, 2024 at 12:42 pm

This is open to all, around the world to sign, if they resonate with it.

Phil Badiz · May 14, 2024 at 1:04 pm

thank you for the clarification.

Dale Wilson · May 14, 2024 at 5:27 pm

Dale Wilson, non indiginous, father, grandfather, great grandfather, ally.

vvc · May 14, 2024 at 12:14 pm

Actions such as this give me hope.

Valerie Tootoosis Bull · May 15, 2024 at 8:51 am

Thank you for the detailed information – the UofA “Executive” need to listen and respond in a supportive, constructive way to the democratic and moral right of students and faculty to protest all Genocidal Oppression throughout our World and specifically in this case their rightful peaceful protest against the Netanyahow Party killing peaceful Palestinian men, women, children in Gaza.

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