Climate change solutions becoming a `new way of colonizing’ Indigenous peoples, Inuit rep says

By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  Dr. Amy Hudson has returned from the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) with renewed vigour to fight for NunatuKavut Inuit’s way of life in the face of climate change. Hudson, who was part of a four-member delegation from the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) to attend the forum in New York last week, says hearing stories from other Indigenous delegations who continue to struggle against Eurocentric governments was “personally humbling.” “When you come to these global spaces with Indigenous peoples from all parts of the world and you’re hearing and sharing in these realities where you see all these similarities–similar experiences and impacts of colonization, similar approaches and assertions of self-government and self-determination from Indigenous people–it’s strengthening and certainly validat(ing) in…

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