First Nation group and allies resist re-opening of Mount Polley mine
Secwepemc Woman's Warrior Society leads a strong movement against the re-opening of Imperial Metals' Mount Polley mines following catastrophic 2014 spill. The post First Nation group and allies resist...
View ArticleCanadian law experts applaud Tsleil-Waututh Nation snub of Kinder Morgan...
Several Canadian law experts released this statement applauding the Tsleil-Waututh Nation's snub of Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker expansion proposal The post Canadian law experts applaud...
View ArticleTRC report: Canadian party leaders avoided term “cultural genocide”
Last week's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report called Canada's residential school policy "cultural genocide". Reacting, both Trudeau and Mulcair avoided mentioning the two loaded words. The...
View ArticleEnergy East: “Treaty and Aboriginal rights must be respected”
Energy East must respect treaty and Aboriginal rights, says the Ontario Energy Board in its just-released review of TransCanada's proposed pipeline. The post Energy East: “Treaty and Aboriginal rights...
View Article100 groups urge Trudeau to halt Canada’s “broken” tar sands pipeline approval...
More than 100 groups from across Canada and the U.S. have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging him to halt Canada's "broken" tar sands pipeline approval process. The post 100 groups urge...
View ArticleClimate Change Threatens Coastal British Columbia First Nations Fishing...
A new study says climate change threatens fishing traditions that have sustained First Nations along Canada's Pacific coast for thousands of years. The study found that climate change could reduce fish...
View ArticleIn Alberta, First Nations engage in a complex dance of resistance to and...
In this illuminating piece, Seattle journalist Erika Lundahl examines how, in Alberta, First Nations are forced to "engage in a complex dance of resistance to and cooperation with" Big Oil "in order to...
View ArticleTPP Threatens Indigenous Peoples Rights, Says UN Special Rapporteur
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement threatens Indigenous land rights, says Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Rights. The post TPP Threatens Indigenous Peoples...
View ArticleTruth and reconciliation: First Nations kids won, now it’s time for a better...
Kids won when the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Canada racially discriminates against First Nations children. Andrea Auger discusses the tribunal's findings on racial discrimination in...
View ArticleFirst Nation Chief to Trudeau: “You can demonstrate that Indigenous lives and...
Last week, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation Chief Erwin Redsky welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to his community by reminding him that "unfortunately, we have a whole museum full of fine Canadian...
View ArticleOlivia Loccisano: Kind like a tree, calm like a river in the First Nations...
Freelance writer and aspiring filmmaker Olivia Loccisano reflects on her decision to dedicate her life to the First Nations town of Conklin in Northern Alberta, population 350, as a mentor teacher to...
View ArticleSquamish Nation files Federal Court challenge against Trans Mountain pipeline...
The Squamish Nation has launched a court challenge against the National Energy Board's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The British Columbia-based First Nation filed the...
View ArticleCourt overturns Canada’s approval of Northern Gateway pipeline
In a decision that's already being hailed as a major victory for First Nations and the planet, the Federal Court of Appeal recently overturned the Canadian government's 2014 approval of Enbridge's...
View ArticleOver 1280 archaeologists and historians denounce Dakota Access Pipeline
At least 1281 archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, students and museum directors from the US, Canada and other countries recently signed a letter condemning the destruction of Standing Rock...
View ArticleDavid Suzuki: Confronting the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and...
David Suzuki on the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and the "hard work and leadership of Indigenous women and communities who have spent decades calling for an...
View ArticleHow a controversial dam threatens rights of Canada’s indigenous Innu people
The controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador, Canada, "relies on local Innu people giving up their own lands." It "joins a long history of dispossession in North America." The post...
View ArticleManitoba Chiefs Suing Trudeau Over Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline Approval
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is suing the Trudeau government over its approval of Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands pipeline. First Nations leaders have repeatedly stated that no genuine reconciliation is...
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