February, 2008

• Drilling suspended on Minago Nickel Project

  

  February 29, 2008  1,174 views 0 Comments Share

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  After meeting with the Chief and Council of Norway House, representatives from Manitoba's Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines announced they will be suspending a drilling permit issued to Victory Nickel for their Minago Nickel Project. To date, the Manitoba government has issued three permits to Victory Nickel, however they did not consult or [...]

  Filed Under business • Canada • Cree • Indigenous Peoples • mining • Successes

• TransCanada Investors concerned over Lubicon rights abuse

  

  February 28, 2008  2,345 views 1 comment Share

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  In their plans to build a jumbo pipeline across unceded Lubicon territory, TransCanada's failure to consult and address the concerns of the Lubicon Cree has begun ricocheting back at the company. According to a Press Release by the Friends of the Lubicon dated February 26, TransCanada shareholders have learned of the failure and are now [...]

  Filed Under Canada • Cree • Energy • Indigenous Peoples • Lubicon • moratorium • oil • struggles • toxins

• Chavez Orders Immediate Liberation of Indigenous Peoples

  

  February 27, 2008  1,435 views 0 Comments Share

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  Over the weekend, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was informed that Agroflora, an affiliate of the British Vestey Group, illegally set up a fence that encircled 200 Yaruro indigenous people. According to the denunciations filed by Representative Cristóbal Jiménez, "the farm put up a fence around them and they can't get out without permission from the [...]

  Filed Under business • Indigenous Peoples • justice • Successes • Venezuela

• People of Candarave say NO to mining

  

  February 25, 2008  1,068 views 0 Comments Share

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  A popular consultation (referendum) was held in Peru last week, drawing out some 7500 people from the Province of Candarave to vote on whether or not they would support the initiation of new mining activities in the region---and if they would agree to the use of underground water resources for those mining activities. Despite an [...]

  Filed Under business • Indigenous Peoples • mining • Peru • referendum • struggles

• The Fluoride Deception

  

  February 23, 2008  2,074 views 3 comments Share

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  Have you ever wondered why the government puts fluoride in Water? Or perhaps, just where that fluoride comes from? How about other uses? Can fluoride do more than "fight cavities?" If you've asked such questions, than I trust you won't be surprised to hear that fluoride--the same ingredient in your toothpaste--is also used to enrich [...]

  Filed Under business • toxins • uranium • video

• Tribal Forest Rights Act is just the first step

  

  February 22, 2008  2,865 views 2 comments Share

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  On January 1st of this year, the government of India took a major step toward respecting Indigenous Rights. They enacted the Tribal Forest Rights Act, a law which has been often said to correct the "historical injustice" where India's forest dwelling indigenous population has been systematically excluded from having rights, and forced to abandon their [...]

  Filed Under business • India • Indigenous Peoples • struggles

• Indigenous participants withdraw from mining workshop

  

  February 20, 2008  1,325 views 0 Comments Share

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  Rights Action reports that, after a delegation of indigenous representatives were invited to take part in a workshop to discuss "mining exploration and exploitation in Guatemala," they learned the workshop was being co-financed by... "Goldcorp (Montana Exploradora de Guatemala), Skye Resources (Compañía Guatemalteca de Níquel), the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and the Prospectors and [...]

  Filed Under business • Canada • gold • Guatemala • Indigenous Peoples