Indigenous Nations Rise: The Time Has Come to Reclaim Political Space
The time for symbolic gestures is over.
From coast to coast, Indigenous people are being erased from the political landscape of our own land. Not slowly—rapidly. Look around. There are more East Indian politicians in Canadian office right now than there are Canadian Indians. And while the government parades its so-called “diversity,” our voices are drowned out in bureaucracy, our communities remain neglected, and our sovereignty is still denied.
Let’s be clear: this isn't about race. It's about replacement. It’s about a system that uses multiculturalism as camouflage to continue the colonial project—silencing the first peoples of this land while uplifting any group that plays by Ottawa’s rules.
We are witnessing Colonization 2.0—and if we don’t act now, we may be erased from the national conversation entirely.
This Election, Let’s Flip the Script
This isn’t just about casting a ballot. It’s about asserting sovereignty, presence, and power in every political space across this land.
Here’s the call to action:
🔴 Run: Every First Nation, Métis, and Inuit person who feels the fire—step up. We need our warriors in suits and bandanas, not photo ops and puppets. Municipal, provincial, federal—take the space. Flood the system.
🔴 Vote: If you’re not running, vote smart. Don't vote for parties that pay lip service to reconciliation while pushing pipelines, ignoring boil water advisories, and funnelling billions to foreign causes while our communities suffer.
🔴 Mobilize: Organize in your communities. Create election watch groups. Hold “leaders” to their promises. Knock doors. Make noise. Use the Indian Act they chained us with to legally outmaneuver them at the polls.
🔴 Pressure Your Reps: They work for you. Call them, email them, show up at town halls. Ask them where they stand on land back, treaty enforcement, and Indigenous self-governance. Demand answers. If they ignore you—expose them.
🔴 Expose the Lie: Diversity is not inclusion when the original peoples of this land are excluded. Canada’s game is one of optics. Our job is to break the illusion.
We’ve Waited Long Enough
You think reconciliation is real? Look at who holds the power. Look at where the money flows. Look at the empty promises from Trudeau’s broken cabinet. They parade truth but deliver nothing but more red tape, more RCMP raids, more environmental devastation, and more sellout band councils.
And now they expect us to stay quiet while others claim the mantle of representation?
Hell no.
We were here before Canada. We signed the treaties. We hold the land, the law, and the lineage. And we will be here after this system rots from the inside out—but only if we rise now.
So This Election, Don’t Just Vote. Invade.
Invade the ballot box. Invade the councils. Invade the legislatures. Invade the conversation. Make it impossible for them to ignore us any longer.
We are not looking for a seat at their table.
We are here to flip it over and build a better one—for our people, by our people.
Time to Remember Who We Are
Not victims.
Not tokens.
Not diversity hires.
We are Nations.
We are Warriors.
And we are done waiting.
Darren Grimes