By National Post (Canada) staff…
Sheree Trotter, group’s Maori co-director, says parallels with other First Nations are many, and welcomes Canada’s Grand Chief Lynda Prince as new envoy.
Among the tens of thousands who participated in the recent Walk with Israel event in Toronto on Sunday was a group of Indigenous supporters, some of whom had travelled halfway around the planet to stand in solidarity with their Jewish Canadian friends and colleagues.
Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem is a project of Indigenous Coalition for Israel, a global group of First Nations people lending their voices in support of Israel and its people.
Dr. Sheree Trotter, co-director of Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, spoke to the National Post from Toronto, where she had travelled to participate in Sunday’s march alongside co-director the Honourable Alfred Ngaro. A Maori and historian with a PhD from the University of Auckland, Trotter also co-founded the Indigenous Coalition for Israel in 2021.
“I was worried about the pro-Palestinian voices among Maoris,” she explains. “I was concerned about the way the Indigenous voice was being aligned. A lot of it was based on a false narrative.”
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