BIO:
Ryan Bellerose is a Métis from Northern Alberta. His father, Mervin Bellerose, co-authored the Métis Settlements Act of 1989, which was passed by the Alberta legislature in 1990 and cemented his land rights. Ryan founded Canadians For Accountability, a Native rights advocacy group, and was an Idle No More (INM)* movement organizer. He is also a founding member in the Calgary United with Israel (CUWI) organization. Ryan is a self-proclaimed Zionist.
*Ryan was an INM movement organizer in Calgary, but has since parted with the group stating: "I do not share the direction they went". Read Ryan's statement about INM and his vision of how to support first nations in Canada.
Feedback from Ryan's talks:
"The crowd loved the talk...Even after the Q&A ended, audience members lingered."
- Controversial Canadian Speaker Enlivens [ZOA] Crowd, June 22, 2016, Jewish Exponent
Ryan Bellerose is a Métis from Northern Alberta. His father, Mervin Bellerose, co-authored the Métis Settlements Act of 1989, which was passed by the Alberta legislature in 1990 and cemented his land rights. Ryan founded Canadians For Accountability, a Native rights advocacy group, and was an Idle No More (INM)* movement organizer. He is also a founding member in the Calgary United with Israel (CUWI) organization. Ryan is a self-proclaimed Zionist.
*Ryan was an INM movement organizer in Calgary, but has since parted with the group stating: "I do not share the direction they went". Read Ryan's statement about INM and his vision of how to support first nations in Canada.
Feedback from Ryan's talks:
"The crowd loved the talk...Even after the Q&A ended, audience members lingered."
- Controversial Canadian Speaker Enlivens [ZOA] Crowd, June 22, 2016, Jewish Exponent
articles and interviews:
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Interviews:
About Ryan Bellerose:
- A Native and a Zionist, The Metropolitain, March 13, 2013
- Native, Jewish Bond Thicker Than Water, QMI News Agency, June 16, 2013
- Israel: The World's First Modern Indigenous State, INN, Jan 14, 2014
- Israel Palestine: Who’s Indigenous?, Israellycool, Jan 9, 2014
- Who Are The Indigenous People Of Israel? Letter to NAISA re: Israel Boycott, Israellycool, Jan 9, 2014
- Don't Mix Indigenous Fight With Palestinian Rights, Indian Country, Jan 11, 2014
- Letter from Ryan Bellerose to UCLA Students Union upon BDS Resolution Vote 2014
- Letter from Ryan Bellerose to Associated Students of San Diego State University upon BDS vote 2014
- On the theft of indigenous struggles, Times of Israel, March 24, 2014
- My First Trip to Israel, a Light to Indigenous People, INN, May 13, 2014
- Ryan's First Trip to Israel: Blog Posts, May 5-20, 2014
- Lag Ba’omer in Hebron: A Ha’aretz Fabrication, Israellycool, May 19, 2014
- Inside The Trojan Horse: Unlimited Jewish Ignorance, Israellycool, June 26, 2014
- Morality Isn’t Debatable, July 6, 2014
- This Is an Interesting Time to Be Indigenous, Indian Country, July 19, 2014
- Why I Decided To Start Wearing A Kippah, July 29, 2014
- Of Skullcaps And Asshats, Aug 6, 2014
- One Week As A Jew, Aug 10, 2014
- “Genocide”? Sure, Why Not, Sept. 29, 2014
- Reality Hits Canada, Oct 25, 2014
- It Could Always be Worse, Nov 1, 2014
- Building Bridges [Melanie Phillips review], Nov 6, 2014
- Blessed are the peacemakers? Not on my watch, Nov 10, 2014
- Offense is the Best Defense, Nov 12, 1014
- Colonizing “Settler Colonialism”, Dec 10, 2014
- Zionism, The Moral Struggle, Dec 15, 2014
- The Difference Between Fact And Opinion, Dec 28, 2014
- Dispossessed Of The Facts [On Steven Salaita], Jan 10, 2015
- Ryan’s Ark: Building A Better Boat, Jan 19, 2015
- I Stand with Israel, March 25, 2015 (Post StandWithUs Anti-BDS Conference)
- Palestinians have become obsessive “tragedy tourists”, September 2015, CIJNews (Hebrew version)
- Indigenous Status Matters: Here's Why, September 20, 2015, Israelycool
- Judaism: Indigenous Mode Of Spirituality, Identity, Ethnicity And Nationhood, Jan 12, 2016, Israellycool
- Unassailable, Feb 14, 2016, Israellycool
- On Intersectionality, March 6, 2016, Israellycool
- Ryan at AIPAC 2016, March 27, 2016, Israellycool
- Crimes, March 30, 2016, Israellycool
Interviews:
- StandWithUs Presents: "Why the Jews are Indigenous to Israel" (VIDEO), March 6, 2016
- Native American Rights Activist, Israel Supporter, A Jewish Israel, Dec 25, 2013
- Battling the Boycott (VIDEO), The Source w/Ezra Levant, Dec 20, 2013
- Former head of pro-Palestinian student group accused of hate speech over violent martyrdom posts on Facebook, National Post, Jan 9, 2014
- 'I will soak a koffiye with your blood': former pro-Palestinian student leader slammed for Facebook posts praising violence against Israel, The Blaze, Jan 12, 2014
- 'My Body and Soul are Ready to Fight and Die', Israel National News, Jan 14, 2014
- Who is Indigenous: the Native-Jewish Bond (RADIO), "Heart to Heart" w/Lorelai, Jan 16, 2014
- Interview: The Jews are Indigenous like the Native Americans, Rachel Avraham, Jerusalem Online, May 22, 2014
- The 'Ryan Mervin Bellerose' Talk In Israel (AUDIO), IsraelMuse, May 24, 2014
- Insights & Influence with activist Ryan Bellerose (AUDIO), Dave Gordon, Landmark Report
- Ryan Bellerose: Conversation with a Metis About Israel, CIJR, Nov 2014
- How Native Americans Find Hope in the Story of Israel's Rebirth (AUDIO), Voice of Israel, Lion's Den, Feb 22, 2015
- Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights, Times of Israel, May 9, 2016
About Ryan Bellerose:
- A Native-American Zionist Has Some Words, News and Views from Jews Down Under, January 14, 2014
- Native American Tribal Support for the State of Israel, United with Israel
- Native Activist Fed Up with Anti-Israel BS Exploiting his Cause, Philippe Assouline's Blog. Justice in the Middle East, June 17, 2013
- Why Canadian Jews Must Show Solidarity With Natives, Philippe Assouline, Huffington Post, July 1, 2013
- Are the Jews of Israel and Aboriginal People, Prof Henry Srebrnik, JT, Jan 28, 2014
- Canadian Aboriginal Stands With Israel, Diane Bederman, Times of Israel, May 14, 2014
- Recognition of Jewish indigenous rights to Eretz Yisrael, Bat-Zion Susskind-Sacks, Times of Israel, May 20, 2014
- Hearing First Hand Of Ryan’s Adventures In Israel, Brian of London, Israellycool, May 20, 2014
- Haaretz 'Fabricated' Story About 'Settler Attack' in Hevron, Ari Soffer, INN, May 19, 2014
- Arutz 7 ‘No Fact Checking’ Policy Ends in Premature Rebuke of Leftist Rag, Yori Yanover, The Jewish Independent, May 20, 2014
- Haaretz Corrects: Palestinian Grove Wasn't 'Torched', Tamar Sternthal, Camera.og, May 20, 2014
- Native Canadian activist: Jews are Israel’s indigenous people, Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, June 13, 2014
- Once We Were Warriors, Nathan Elberg, Quantam Cannibals, August 11, 2014
- Is Influence Transferable, Varda Meyers Epstein, Sept 2014
- There Was No Academic Freedom For Ryan Bellerose at AASUA Salaita Talk, Patrick Ross, Examiner, Jan 17, 2015
- Israeli Students Fearlessly Face Vicious Anti-Israel Protestors in Washington [Re: AIPAC 2016], Atara Beck, Jewish Press, March 23, 2016
- Controversial Canadian Speaker Enlivens Crowd at Mikveh Israel, Jewish Exponent, June 22, 2016
- Indigenous Activist - Ryan Bellerose - Is The New 'Face' Of B'nai Brithi Canada, Hillel Kuttler, JTA, Sept 27, 2016
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