Benjamin Kucher
@truthinthesoil.bsky.social
• MA Student at the University of Alberta
•Chair of the Canadian Archaeological Association Indigenous Issues Committee
• President of the IGSA
•Chair of the Canadian Archaeological Association Indigenous Issues Committee
• President of the IGSA
Violations of international law must be named, especially when committed by powerful states.
If the law only applies to some, it protects no one.
If the law only applies to some, it protects no one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Violations of international law must be named, especially when committed by powerful states.
If the law only applies to some, it protects no one.
If the law only applies to some, it protects no one.
Reposted by Benjamin Kucher
Also, what kind of journalist would not disclose that the person he is talking about in this tweet (below)....IS HIS WIFE? Oh, right, the same kind of activist who is promoting a far-right Christian nationalist, IRS denialist conspiracy theory. You goofs are cooked.
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Also, what kind of journalist would not disclose that the person he is talking about in this tweet (below)....IS HIS WIFE? Oh, right, the same kind of activist who is promoting a far-right Christian nationalist, IRS denialist conspiracy theory. You goofs are cooked.
Reposted by Benjamin Kucher
As @truthinthesoil.bsky.social have argued, confronting this residential school denialism - ways that do not give these people the attention they are hoping to manufacture through free speech stunts like this - is an ethical and shared responsibility: theconversation.com/confronting-...
Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
theconversation.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
As @truthinthesoil.bsky.social have argued, confronting this residential school denialism - ways that do not give these people the attention they are hoping to manufacture through free speech stunts like this - is an ethical and shared responsibility: theconversation.com/confronting-...
8/ Let this anniversary be more than a memory.
Let it be a commitment: To listen. To act. To fight for justice, not just when it’s trending, but every damn day.
#Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #35YearsLater #NeverForget #LandBack
Let it be a commitment: To listen. To act. To fight for justice, not just when it’s trending, but every damn day.
#Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #35YearsLater #NeverForget #LandBack
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
8/ Let this anniversary be more than a memory.
Let it be a commitment: To listen. To act. To fight for justice, not just when it’s trending, but every damn day.
#Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #35YearsLater #NeverForget #LandBack
Let it be a commitment: To listen. To act. To fight for justice, not just when it’s trending, but every damn day.
#Kanehsatake #Kahnawake #35YearsLater #NeverForget #LandBack
7/ 35 years later, the barricades may be gone, but the struggle for land and sovereignty remains.
From Wet’suwet’en to Land Back Lane to Kanehsatake itself, the fight continues.
We remember July 11. We honour the defenders.
#LandBack #OkaCrisis #IndigenousResistance
From Wet’suwet’en to Land Back Lane to Kanehsatake itself, the fight continues.
We remember July 11. We honour the defenders.
#LandBack #OkaCrisis #IndigenousResistance
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
7/ 35 years later, the barricades may be gone, but the struggle for land and sovereignty remains.
From Wet’suwet’en to Land Back Lane to Kanehsatake itself, the fight continues.
We remember July 11. We honour the defenders.
#LandBack #OkaCrisis #IndigenousResistance
From Wet’suwet’en to Land Back Lane to Kanehsatake itself, the fight continues.
We remember July 11. We honour the defenders.
#LandBack #OkaCrisis #IndigenousResistance
6/ This was not a crisis for us. It was a revelation for Canada.
The Oka Crisis laid bare the lengths this country will go to protect settler interests. But it also showed the power of Indigenous resistance. Of unity. Of remembering who we are.
The Oka Crisis laid bare the lengths this country will go to protect settler interests. But it also showed the power of Indigenous resistance. Of unity. Of remembering who we are.
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
6/ This was not a crisis for us. It was a revelation for Canada.
The Oka Crisis laid bare the lengths this country will go to protect settler interests. But it also showed the power of Indigenous resistance. Of unity. Of remembering who we are.
The Oka Crisis laid bare the lengths this country will go to protect settler interests. But it also showed the power of Indigenous resistance. Of unity. Of remembering who we are.
5/ At Kahnawà:ke, Mohawk warriors stood in solidarity, erecting their own barricades. When a mob attacked Indigenous women and children fleeing the area, it revealed what this was really about: racism, land theft, and control.
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
5/ At Kahnawà:ke, Mohawk warriors stood in solidarity, erecting their own barricades. When a mob attacked Indigenous women and children fleeing the area, it revealed what this was really about: racism, land theft, and control.
4/ The standoff lasted 78 days.
Armored vehicles. Riot squads. Snipers. Eventually, the Canadian army was deployed. Tanks on Turtle Island. Against people whose only “crime” was refusing to watch their ancestors’ resting place become a golf course.
Armored vehicles. Riot squads. Snipers. Eventually, the Canadian army was deployed. Tanks on Turtle Island. Against people whose only “crime” was refusing to watch their ancestors’ resting place become a golf course.
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
4/ The standoff lasted 78 days.
Armored vehicles. Riot squads. Snipers. Eventually, the Canadian army was deployed. Tanks on Turtle Island. Against people whose only “crime” was refusing to watch their ancestors’ resting place become a golf course.
Armored vehicles. Riot squads. Snipers. Eventually, the Canadian army was deployed. Tanks on Turtle Island. Against people whose only “crime” was refusing to watch their ancestors’ resting place become a golf course.
3/ The Quebec police responded with tear gas and bullets.
In the chaos, Corporal Marcel Lemay was shot and killed. The state framed this as justification for escalation. But let’s be clear: this was Indigenous resistance to colonial violence, not aggression.
In the chaos, Corporal Marcel Lemay was shot and killed. The state framed this as justification for escalation. But let’s be clear: this was Indigenous resistance to colonial violence, not aggression.
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
3/ The Quebec police responded with tear gas and bullets.
In the chaos, Corporal Marcel Lemay was shot and killed. The state framed this as justification for escalation. But let’s be clear: this was Indigenous resistance to colonial violence, not aggression.
In the chaos, Corporal Marcel Lemay was shot and killed. The state framed this as justification for escalation. But let’s be clear: this was Indigenous resistance to colonial violence, not aggression.
2/ On July 11, 1990, Mohawk land defenders set up a barricade to stop the expansion of a golf course over a sacred burial ground in Kanehsatake.
The land had never been ceded, surrendered, or sold. It was their responsibility to protect it.
The land had never been ceded, surrendered, or sold. It was their responsibility to protect it.
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
2/ On July 11, 1990, Mohawk land defenders set up a barricade to stop the expansion of a golf course over a sacred burial ground in Kanehsatake.
The land had never been ceded, surrendered, or sold. It was their responsibility to protect it.
The land had never been ceded, surrendered, or sold. It was their responsibility to protect it.