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06
Nov

Indigenous Border Summit Live Broadcast, Nov 7-10

Good News! The Indigenous Border Summit of the Americas, which starts tomorrow and will run until Saturday November 10, will once again be broadcast live on the internet!

To listen in, you can click on this link. (clicking it should open the audio player on your computer. If it doesn’t, you’ll have to right click it with your mouse and choose “save as” from the menu. Then, open the file.) If for some reason the link doesn’t work, head over to http://www.earthcycles.net/ for an alternative link.

Speakers at the Summit will include Bill Means, Lakota, and board members of the International Indian Treaty Council; Ron Lameman and a Delegation of Mohawks including some Women Title Holders from the Quebec region; Mike Wilson, Tohono O’odham who puts out water for migrants (see here); Lenny Foster, Navajo, speaking on …

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November 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 …

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August 29, 2007
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23
Aug

Shell blockaded in Sacred Headwaters

On Tuesday, Aug 21 Shell attempted to resume its coalbed methane operation in the Sacred Headwaters, despite previous warnings of a possible conflict if they attempt to do so. 100 People promptly came together and set up a blockade, preventing Shell from entering.

This is Shell’s first attempt to re-enter the area since 2005, when they were evicted by members of the Tahltan First Nation.

Press Release, from the Dogwood Initiative - Victoria, August 21, 2007 – Shell’s access to the Sacred Headwaters in Northwestern BC was blocked today by over 100 First Nation protesters as the company attempted to resume its coalbed methane operations in the area. This is Shell’s first attempt to re-enter the area after it was evicted in 2005 by members of the Tahltan First Nation concerned about the impact the project would have …

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August 23, 2007
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11
Aug

British Columbia: Nigeria North?

Three years ago the BC government sold Shell Canada drilling rights to explore for coalbed methane within Tahltan Lands, located in what’s now known as British Columbia, Canada.

The Talthan were never truly consulted in this business deal, hadn’t been informed of the dangers connected to Coalbed Methane, and in fact didn’t even known where Shell was planning to drill until they bulldozed an access road through a Tahltan trapper’s camp in the Sacred Headwaters region.

Once Shell completed drilling some test wells (in 2005), questions started to be asked about the potential impacts on water, wildlife and other matters important to the Tahltan—questions that should have been raised before any sort of deal was made–But of course the Government of BC neglected its responsibilities with regard to the rights of the Tahltan, and afterwards Shell did little to inform …

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August 11, 2007
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23
Jul

Help save Apache Sacred Sites from copper mining

Here’s an urgent online petition to help protect Apache Leap and numerous other Sacred sites from desecration by copper mining. The land in question is part of the ancestral lands of the sovereign Native Nations of the Apache, Yavapai, Hopi, and O’Odham.

These Nations have not given permission for this land to be mined—and yet, there’s a bill in US congress about to pass which would grant the Canadian mining Company Resolution Copper, unmitigated access to the land.

In other words, the bill will make them exempt from all NEPA mandated processes, making it legal for them to destroy and violate the land, including areas referred to by non-Indians as Oak Flat, Apache Leap and Devils Canyon. Aswell, one of the few perennial streams in Arizona will likely be emptied of all water—not to mention the ability of the People to …

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July 23, 2007
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09
May

Protecting Noavose (Bear Butte)

Following is an article by a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who discusses the effort to Protect Noavose (or Nowah’wus. Mato Paha to the Lakota)

First, some background: In early March, bulldozers broke ground for “Sturgis County Line,” a massive new biker bar and concert venue to be located on 600 acres at the base of Bear Butte. Bear Butte (on the outskirts of the Black Hills, near Sturgis, SD) is a sacred place of prayer for over thirty Native Nations across the Great Plains, as well as a state park and a national historic landmark. Each year thousands of Native people travel to pray at Bear Butte.

Arizona entrepreneur Jay Allen originally planned to name his venue “Sacred Grounds” and to erect an 80-foot statue of a Native person outside the bar. He boasted in March 2006 on his …

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May 9, 2007
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25
Apr

Tell Barrick to Stop Mining on Sacred Grounds

ALERT!! Please help protect Western Shoshone spiritual areas from Gold Mining - Sign the attached petition and forward to your friends and family.

Tell Barrick to Stop Mining on Sacred Grounds

What would you do if someone came onto your land and started drilling for gold?

It’s happening right now to the Western Shoshone people of Nevada. A mining company called Barrick Gold has been mining Shoshone lands without consent and is now expanding into Mount Tenabo and Horse Canyon, areas considered sacred to the Shoshone.

Even though the Shoshone have repeatedly protested these incursions and the UN stated last year that no companies should mine these Native American tribal lands without the Shoshone’s permission, Barrick has continued its operations.

The Western Shoshone people have invited Barrick officials to discuss the matter, but the company has refused. Even worse, Barrick has continued its activities, bringing in drilling rigs and erecting a locked …

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April 25, 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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