Theland’s 134km walk for children of missing and murdered indigenous women
Theland Kicknosway, an 11 year old Pottawatami Cree boy, walked-and-ran 134 km from Ottawa to Kitigan Zibi, Quebec, to "bring attention to the children of missing and murdered Indigenous women." The...
View ArticleFirst 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 ArticleRCMP planning mass arrests of indigenous Unist’ot’en activists under Bill...
Canadian rights defenders are warning that the RCMP is planning mass arrests of members of the indigenous Unist’ot’en First Nation using the country's new police state law, Bill C-51. The post RCMP...
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 ArticleCanada racially discriminates against First Nations children, tribunal rules
In a landmark decision issued Tuesday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Canada racially discriminates against First Nations children. "This is a great day for First Nations children and...
View ArticleCanada and TPP partners to sign “death sentence for Indigenous rights”
As Canada and 11 other nations prepare to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Indigenous peoples in New Zealand say the trade deal is "a death sentence for indigenous rights." The post Canada and...
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 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 Article“Indian Givers”: New Neil Young Song Honors Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance
Canadian rock legend Neil Young just unleashed "Indian Givers", a new protest song honoring the ongoing Standing Rock Sioux Tribe-led protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The post “Indian...
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 to Fight Big Oil: Join Your Neighbors
Yes! Magazine co-founder Sarah van Gelder outlines the four reasons communities led by indigenous people all over the United States are winning against the war against the powerful and deep-pocketed...
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 ArticleNational Day of Action Against Dakota Access Pipeline Draws Thousands
Responding to a call issued by the Standing Rock leadership, on November 15, thousands of indigenous activists and their allies took to the streets for a National Day of Action against the construction...
View ArticleTrudeau’s approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline a call for Standing Rock-style...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project spurred anger. We need strategy to stop the project. The post Trudeau’s approval of Kinder Morgan...
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...
View ArticleWhat will it take to get Canada’s Arctic off diesel?
The planned Innavik Hydro Electric Project will provide clean energy and propel the indigenous Inukjuak community in Northern Quebec off its dependency on dirty diesel energy. But the project faces...
View ArticleNobel Laureates Assailed Honorary Canadian Citizen Aung San Suu Kyi Over...
In a recent scathing open letter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other Nobel Laureates assail fellow laureate, human rights icon, and honorary Canadian citizen, Aung San Suu Kyi, over her country's...
View ArticleCanada’s vanishing point: Reconciliation and the erasure of Indian personhood
According to Tara Williamson, a singer-songwriter and poet from Manitoba, one of the many problems inherent in Canada's current effort to reconcile with Indigenous peoples is this: "We must be willing...
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