Chipewyan

The Chipewyan (Denesoline or Denesuline) are a Dene people in Canada, whose ancestors were the Taltheilei. There are approximately 11,000 Chipewyan living in the Canadian Arctic regions around Hudson Bay, including Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, as well as northern parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

First Nation and Metis groups denied effective access to justice

Nov 27, 2012 • November 26, 2012 Fort McMurray, AB – Today the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) received a decision from the... Read More

First Nation concerned Bill C-45 allows Tar Sands industry to destroy vital waterways and treaty rights

Oct 22, 2012 • October 18, 2012 – Fort McMurray, AB – Today the conservative government tabled a new version of Bill C-45,... Read More

Stand With the ACFN to Stop Pipelines At the Source

Oct 22, 2012 • Article Cross Posted from It’s Getting Hot in Here Any fight against the pipelines and tanker projects in BC... Read More

Interviews from Defenders of the Land 2008

Jan 9, 2010 • Recorded during the Defenders of the Land gathering in 2008, Joseph Dore, a grassroots activist and member of the... Read More

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada is no steward of the land

Nov 15, 2009 • The Auditor General of Canada, Ms. Sheila Fraser, has singled out Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) for its... Read More

Underreported Struggles #31, October 2009

Nov 2, 2009 • In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Mexican Superior Court Orders Immediate Halt to Gold mine; Amazon mega-dams stoke new wave... Read More

Former Canadian Prime Minister Suppressed Mercury studies

Oct 12, 2009 • A newly published book about Minamata disease has revealed, possibly for the first time to Canadians, that former Prime... Read More

Underreported Struggles #28, July 2009

Aug 1, 2009 • In this month’s Underreported Struggles: the Penan mount blockades against rainforest destruction; Brazil judge orders illegal settlers off Awa... Read More

We are NOT A THREAT to the Oil Industry

Jul 28, 2009 • Below, a statement by Mike Mercredi from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, on the newly-released, roughshod of a report,... Read More

Nadleh Whut’en Take Stand on Enbridge Pipeline

Apr 15, 2009 • Last week, the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation welcomed their neighbors, the Carrier and Sekani First Nations, to an independent... Read More

APTN Show on the Tar Sands and Environmental Contaminants

Feb 14, 2009 • On February 11, APTN’s current affairs talk show, CONTACT, welcomed Clayton Thomas Muller from the Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands... Read More

Defenders of the Land Gathering

Nov 12, 2008 • Organizers, leaders, and spokespeople from Indigenous communities involved in land struggles with the Canadian and Provincial Governments have assembled... Read More

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