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• Underreported Struggles #15, June 2008

  

  July 1, 2008  1,893 views 0 Comments Share

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  A Canadian court paves the way to reclassify 16 lakes as mine waste dumps; The US Supreme court issues at least three rulings against indigenous rights; Police in Australia bar Indigenous People from visiting scared site; the O’odham of Gila River become the first Indigenous Community in the US to ratify the UN Declaration on [...]

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• Dene Sues Alberta Over Tarsands Project

  

  June 15, 2008  2,800 views 3 comments Share

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  Following the massive lawsuit filed by the Beaver Lake Cree Nation last month (and the one filed by the Woodland Cree last year), the Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation came forward on June 4th to file their own lawsuit against the Alberta government. The CPDFN say they weren’t consulted when the government leased away “the heart” [...]

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• Tar Sands and Canada’s violation of Indigenous People

  

  October 25, 2007  3,350 views 0 Comments Share

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  The Dominion has recently published it’s special issue on the Alberta tar sands; and has since last Monday , been publishing roughly one article a day about this massive, barely understood human rights and environmental disaster. Four of the articles published so far have focused on the impact of tar sands development on indigenous people. In [...]

  Filed Under Canada • Cree • Dene • Energy • indigenous • justice • land • Lubicon • mining • oil • Tar sands • toxins • Traditions

• For Rights and Land

  

  March 14, 2007  1,503 views 0 Comments Share

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  A documentary that’s still in production, For Rights and Land, takes a close look at the Buffalo River Dene Nation and their legal battle over traditional land rights with the Canadian government. The Buffalo River Dene is in danger of losing access to their traditional territories and needs the support of people interested in indigenous issues, [...]

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• Buffalo River Dene Nation Take Action Against Canada

  

  February 21, 2007  2,003 views 1 comment Share

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  Buffalo River Dene Nation International Press Release February 15 One Last Move Before Genocide : Buffalo River Dene Nation Take Action Against the Canadian Government “All our efforts at a peaceful solution have been denied and brushed aside by the government of Canada. Our long struggle has always been about the very survival of our land and our [...]

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• Regarding Projects Between First Nations and Israeli People

  

  February 24, 2006  1,290 views 0 Comments Share

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  An Open Letter Regarding Projects Between First Nations and Israeli People By Ahniwanika (John Schertow) A few months ago I read a news article about a project to create a Native Embassy in Israel (link to article below). I was suprised and confused at this development, and that in the comparison of Jewish and Native People, there was [...]

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