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06
Oct

Fort Mackay: Effects of the Tar Sands

In the video below you’ll find Celina Harpe, an Elder who’s lived in Fort MacKay for all her life, talking about the reality faced by her people today.

Fort MacKay is a community located in Northern Alberta that’s populated by about 500 (mostly Cree) People–a community that exists on top of, and literally surrounded by naturally occurring tar sands (also known as oil sands).

In the 1960’s Companies began to arrive in Fort Mackay to extract the oil. At first there were only a few, but the gettin’ was all too good.

There’s about 30 companies operating in the region today, who’ve altogether transformed this once-pristine environment into an arid desert.

To illustrate, I turn to an article written by Mcdonald Stainsby titled The Richest First Nation in Canada:

“Where there was once a muskeg forest, there is now sandy …

Published on
October 6, 2007
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29
Aug

Injunction sought against Tahltan Elders Defending Klappan

On Friday August 31, Shell will be seeking an injunction in Vancouver’s BC Supreme Court to have the Elders of the Iskut and Telegraph communities forcibly removed and arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

There is a Support Rally on the same day, August 31 at 10am-1pm at the BC Supreme Court House, 800 Smithe St., Vancouver.

You can call 778 885 0040 for issues related to the rally.

* For more information, you can go to sacredheadwaters.com/commentary/ and www.skeenawatershed.com

* Or contact:
Shannon McPhail: info@skeenawatershed.com or call 250-842-2494
Rhoda Quock: (250) 234-3023 Email: peterandrhoda@yt.sympatico.ca

DEFEND THE TAHLTAN ELDERS AT ISKUT AND TELEGRAPH!
OPPOSE SHELL’S COAL BED METHANE DEVELOPMENT!
SUPPORT THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT THE KLAPPAN SACRED HEADWATERS!

On Friday August 31, Shell Canada will be seeking an injunction in Vancouver’s BC Supreme Court to have the Elders of the Iskut and Telegraph communities forcibly removed …

Published on
August 29, 2007
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19
Aug

Sharbot Lake Update: August 17

As of August 17, The Ardoch Algonquin First Nations and Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nations were given two working days to remove themselves (and anything they brought with them) from the protest site on Hwy #509.

This is the injunction that Frontenac has been pursuing, but as I understand it the injunction was not formally served…. Furthermore, on July 14 (before the injunction was issued), Chief Doreen Davis and Co-Chief Paula Sherman wrote an open letter to the Premier of Ontario (see the letter below), stating that both Nations will no longer participate “with the Court process as it relates to Frontenac Venture’s motion for an injunction” which effectively makes the injunction groundless…

They also requested the Premier intervene in this situation with Frontenac, and are now calling for a moratorium on uranium mining on their territory…

The Ardoch Algonquin and Shabot Obaadjiwan have both restated that they have no …

Published on
August 19, 2007
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29
Apr

Declaration of Durugubuti

[translated for RA by Rosalind Gil. Links added by me. See here for the Declaration in Spanish]

Declaration of Durugubuti
Garífuna, Lenca and Vía Campesina representatives have come together as part of the Foro de Biodiversidad: Territorio y Cultura (Forum on Biodiversity: Lands and Culture) to declare that we honour the spirits of our ancestors who were massacred seventy years ago during the dictatorship of Tiburcio Crías and we declare that:

Faced with the offensive of the neo-liberal Plan Puebla-Panamá, a plan to reinforce neocolonialism amongst our peoples and to spread the powerful neo-liberal transport and maquila network, we raise our voices once again against the sacking of our lands and the breaking up of our social and political organizations; all of which is designed to expand the domination of the industrialized countries and their multi-national companies in Central America.

Destructive projects for so-called “integration and development” implemented by international …

Published on
April 29, 2007
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21
Feb

Buffalo River Dene Nation Take Action Against Canada

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 people”, said Buffalo River Dene Nation (BRDN) spokesman Adelard Blackman. “Unabated resource development is killing the land, our water, and our people. We’ve asked for a moratorium and discussions to address the issues. Silence and inaction have been the response. We have no where to turn, but to the international arena and plead for help and support from other nations and nation-states. This is our last move as the tide of genocide turns against our people. When our land is no more then we are no more.”

Buffalo River Dene Nation (BRDN) have pursued …

Published on
February 21, 2007
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31
Jan

Dehcho, Chipewyan nations call for oilsands moratorium

From www.cbc.ca - Northern First Nations are calling for a halt to further development in Alberta’s oilsands, saying the massive industrial growth is hurting their land, their water and their people.

Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief Herb Norwegian told a news conference in Fort McMurray Tuesday the effect of the massive development can be felt downstream along the Mackenzie River system.

“When our people go visit their fish nets or harvest their waterfowl they’re definitely seeing a problem with the water,” said Norwegian, who is meeting with native leaders from northern Alberta this week.

The health of the Mackenzie River system is paramount to the Northwest Territories’ Dehcho people, who still rely on fishing and hunting, he said.

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation band councillor Allan Adam said Lake Athabasca’s water level has dropped nearly three metres in the past 20
years.

“You can walk all the way to the south shore of Lake Athabasca with probably …

Published on
January 31, 2007
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26
Jan

Grassy Narrows Declares Moratorium on Industrial Development

January 17, 2007 - Grassy Narrows community leaders declared a moratorium on all industrial activity within their traditional territory without community consent. The moratorium rebukes a Provincial plan to increase clear-cut logging and asserts that any development proposals must gain community consent and participation. (www.ran.org/)

From: Grassy Narrows Chief and Council, Environmental Committee, Blockaders, Trappers, Clan Mothers, Elders, Youth

To: Abitibi Consolidated Inc., Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Companies sourcing from the Grassy Narrows Traditional Territory, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Hon. David Ramsay, Ontario Minister of Natural Resources and Aboriginal Affairs, Prime Minister Steven Harper, Regional Director of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Hon. Howard Hampton, Member of Provincial Parliament for Kenora-Rainy River, Governor General Michael Jean, Retailers, Customers, Investors, Builders, Home Buyers.

Re: Moratorium on industry in our Traditional Territory, and opposition to MNR tender process.

For decades Abitibi Consolidated has clearcut our Asubpeeshoseewagong Traditional Territory (in the Whiskey Jack forest) without our consent and …

Published on
January 26, 2007
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Eight Mayan Women

Eight Mayan Women is a story of continued resistance to the Canadian mining company Goldcorp.

For the past three years the company has been extracting gold and silver in the municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala. The people of San Miguel have been opposed the operation, primarily out of a concern that it is destroying the environment and draining the region of its water. Many also say they were deceived and forced into selling their lands, and that …


Underreported Struggles #20, November 2008

In the month’s Underreported Struggles: Talisman decides to ignore warning from the Achuar to “get out now”; A spontaneous tribal uprising forms in West Bengal; Vedanta Resources gets chased away by more than …


I Am A Defender of the Rainforest

Known as ‘Soy defensor de la selva’ in Spanish, I am a Defender of the Rainforest is an award-winning documentary that was filmed, edited, and directed by members of the Sarayaku community in southern Ecuador.

The film shows how the …


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