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Numerous social movements and organizations exist today which attempt to respond to the colonial mindset left from the era of colonization in North America. Closely associated with indigenous peoples of these lands, the organizations use communal activism and online resources in an attempt to share their messages. This article will attempt to briefly highlight some of those movements. There are several other present day decolonial movements that are not discussed below, and further research and contribution to this article is necessary.

Methods and Tactics
Many present day decolonial movements spread their messages through protest, political activism, news media and internet resources. Indigenous groups and allies alike are turning to the internet to reach a larger audience. Some of the movements examined in this article were founded online and some have since organized events and discussions outside of their internet origins.

Idle No More
Founded in 2012, Idle No More is one of the most significant modern Indigenous movements based in Canada. The movement focuses on action through peaceful activism. They tackle the decolonial process through honoring Indigenous sovereignty and working to protect the environment. The movement supports teach-ins, protests, and rallies across Canada in an effort to bring attention to environmental injustices such as natural resource extraction on Indigenous lands.

American Indian Movement
American Indian Movement (AIM) approaches the decolonial process through activism that enhances the lives of Indigenous people of the United States (LINK). Originally formed to address sovereignty and treaty issues relating to American Indigenous groups, AIM focuses today on environmental justice including response to the 2015 Climate Conference in Paris. The group has also recently focused attention on abuses by U.S. Border Patrol officers. The group continues to be committed to improving conditions of native peoples living in the United States.

Seeds of Peace Collective
Seeds of Peace is a movement that came out of the 1986 Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament. According to their website, the movement's goal is to provide basic necessities like food, water, and medical assistance, to individuals and groups protesting. They approach the decolonial process through the support organizations and movements that work to stem nuclear proliferation, promote indigenous self-determination, resist capitalism and neoliberal globalization, and demand environmental and climate justice.

Honor the Earth
Honor the Earth is an organization that works to promote awareness and raise funds for Indigenous peoples fighting for environmental justice. Founded by prominent Indigenous activist Winona LaDuke, this movement approaches the decolonial process through recognition and protection of Indigenous peoples and their land.

Online Movements
In recent years, many decolonial movements and educational resources are being created online. The convenience and accessibility of the internet has allowed movements to share their decolonial messages with a significantly larger audience. These are a few of the movements and resources attempting to educate and inform others on the decolonial process through online activism.

Unsettling America
Unsettling America works at the heart of the decolonial process. According to its website, the movement is “an emerging decentralized network of autonomous groups and individuals dedicated to mental and territorial colonization throughout Turtle Island and the Americas.” (Source). The group seeks to decolonize thought on an individual and spiritual level rather than through large-scale political activism against governments. Like many other movements, it works to promote sovereignty and self-determination for Indigenous peoples.

The website provides resources and links to other books, blogs, videos, and movement websites that focus on the decolonial process. It has a section, Allyship and Solidarity Guidelines, that focuses on educating non-Indigenous people on how to successfully and respectfully support this movement. The website also provides information on events and actions within the movement.

The Decolonial Atlas
Created in 2014, The Decolonial Atlas pursues the decolonial process through visual activism and the creation of alternative maps. The website attempts to “challenge our relationship with land, people and state,” (Source) by recreating maps, many of which are heavily influenced by colonial era cartographers. The movement argues that most maps used today reinforce colonial perceptions of the Earth. The Decolonial Atlas attempts to decolonize thought by recreating maps of the world.

Solidarity with Six Nations
Solidarity with Six Nations is a blog that educates and reports on the struggles of the Six Nations in Canada. The blog attempts to bring awareness about the continued effects of the colonial process against Indigenous peoples. The movement is closely aligned with the Six Nations Solidarity Network.

Indigenous Solidarity Network
The Indigenous Solidarity Network is a community group addresses the decolonial process by educating society about indigenous issues in Canada and the broader Turtle Island. The movements website provides resources for a community based workshop called “DECOLONIZE!” (SOURCE) which focuses on the capitalist aspects of the decolonial movement.

Indigenous Action Media
Founded in 2001, Indigenous Action Media (IAM) provides media support and action in an attempt to address issues affecting Indigenous peoples. By assisting Indigenous peoples through workshops, web design services, and youth empowerment projects, IAM is contributing to the decolonial process. They focus on media justice from an anti-colonial and anti-capitalist framework (SOURCE).