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With July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of Oka, we really have to ask ourselves: does Canada want history to repeat itself?

Looking at recent events in Caledonia, Deseronto, Brantford and at the US/CAN border, it’s seems absurd to ask that question. After all, the government is doing exactly what it did in the weeks and years leading up to Oka.

There’s just no difference between then and now. They still trivialize our rights and the treaties and agreements that we have always respected. They still molest us with policies that …

Indigenous People, local communities and labour groups in Bolivia and Brazil have declared an emergency in response to the Madeira River Hydroelectric Complex, a series of four dams along the Madeira river.

The Activist group, Root Force, explains that “Bolivia has [already] denied permission for two of the dams, one to be built entirely in Bolivian territory and the other along the border;” however, Brazil recently began working on the two dams in its territory (map), the Jirau and San Antonio.

Once completed, the dams would “flood and otherwise devastate Bolivian communities …

Rights Action has sent a media alert concerning the safety of members belonging to the National Committee of CUC (the Campesino Unity Committee) and more than 100 Maya Keqchi families from the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala. Since June 30, they’ve faced multiple attacks and kidnappings by paramilitaries associated with the bio fuel agribusiness, Ingenio Guadelupe.

See below for Rights Action’s alert, followed by a letter you can send to the Inter American Development Bank, who promotes the bio fuel industry in Guatemala.

CUC National Committee Members Attacked by Gunfire and Kidnapped

Biofuel Agrobusinesses Violently Repress …

On Monday, about 150 Six Nations People stopped construction at a number of development projects in Brantford, ignoring last month’s court injunction that prohibits “native protests.”

“Our people have been patient and today our patience has run out,” said Butch Thomas, a Seneca sub-chief. “Any new development in this area or on our land has got to stop. Today is the first day of taking back our territory.”

The Canadian Press notes,
[This is] the first time the Confederacy chiefs — men such as Allen MacNaughton, Ron Thomas and Butch Thomas — had come …

During the last week of June, indigenous representatives from the Bismark Sea region of Papua New Guinea held a three day gathering to discuss deep sea mining and what dangers they may face as a result of this experimental mining process.

The Canadian mining company Nautilus Minerals recently gained a contract from the government to pursue such a mine, off the East New Britain Coast.

After three days of talks, the representatives emerged as the Bismarck Solomon Seas Indigenous Peoples Council, with a plan to oppose Nautilus’ and any other deep sea mining project …

Setting out on June 21, the “Walk4Justice” is now well on its way to Ottawa. That means there’s at least sixteen more stops before they reach Parliament Hill in September, where they will present a petition and demand a full public inquiry into the “scandal” of missing and murdered women in Canada.

Over the past 40 years, at least 3000 women have been murdered or reported missing. That’s roughly one woman for each kilometer the Walk4Justice will complete in its two month march.

To make sure they reach their destination, the Walk4Justice is going to need …

The Algonquins of Barriere Lake is a 41-minute documentary that illustrates the Algonquin community’s decades-long struggle to have their land and resource rights recognized by Canada and the Province of Quebec. You can find the video below…

On June 26th, Algonquin representatives and supporters from the Barriere Lake Solidarity Collective peacefully occupied the offices of Barriere Lake MP Lawrence Cannon.

The aim of the occupation, at least primarily, was to demand the MP meet the Algonquins to discuss the recent “Coup D’etat” involving Barriere Lake’s Tribal Council.

During their 2006 election, Jean …