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Urgent Action Needed to Protect Ancient Marpole Village and Burial Site from Destruction

by John Ahni SchertowMay 12, 2012

Musqueam Nation is calling on the British Colombia Government to protect the burials of Musqueam ancestors at the once great Musqueam village known as C?sna??m (commonly known as the Marpole Midden). The 4,000-year-old midden is being prepared for a residential condo development against the Musqueam Nation’s wishes. Below: a press statement from the Musqueam Nation, […]

Stop the Pebble Mine! Tell the Mining Giants that “No Means No”

by John Ahni SchertowApril 6, 2012

Robert Redford sounds the alarm about the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, which would endanger rare whales, the world’s greatest sockeye salmon runs and the communities that depend on them for survival. For more information and to sign the petition, visit: www.StopPebble.org Also see: www.StopPebbleMine.com, www.SaveBristolBay.org, www.SaveBristolBay.org, www.RedGoldFilm.com Tell the mining giants to […]

Boycott Weyerhaeuser – Stop Logging in the Traditional Territory of Grassy Narrows First Nation

by John Ahni SchertowDecember 18, 2011

Join the Boreal Forest Network, the Boreal Action Project and the Winnipeg Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement in calling for a complete boycott of all Weyerhaeuser forest products until the company ceases all logging and sourcing in the contested traditional territories of Grassy Narrows First Nation, or as long as there is community opposition to those […]

Still time to stop controversial 8,100 acre coal mine near Alaskan community

by John Ahni SchertowSeptember 23, 2011

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR) is now accepting public comments on the Wishbone Hill coal strip mine–a controversial 8,100-acre coal mine project that could drastically impact the health of thousands of families in southern Alaska. More than 80,000 people live downwind from the proposed mine site, which means they could be routinely exposed […]

It’s time for the Sarawak Government’s Reign of Plunder to End

by John Ahni SchertowApril 5, 2011

Ever since the chainsaws arrived on the shores of Borneo, in 1946, the island’s ancient rainforest, home to more than 40 distinct Indigenous Peoples, has been routinely burned down, clear cut, and replaced with monoculture tree plantations, agricultural land, vast crops of oil palm and hydro developments. Sufficed to say, the island has been extensively […]

Blood Tribe Members Call for Moratorium on Hydro Fracking

by John Ahni SchertowMarch 11, 2011

5,000 kilometres away from the Whycocomagh Reserve in Cape Breton–where members of the Waycobah Nation are speaking out against hydro fracking–members of the Blood Tribe have started calling for a moratorium on the controversial extraction process within their own reserve in southern Alberta. In late 2010, Kainaiwa Resources Inc. (KRI), a company that’s solely owned […]

Wixarika Authorities declare ‘total opposition’ to mining in Wirikuta

by John Ahni SchertowMarch 9, 2011

Traditional Authorities from the autonomously governed Wixarika community of Tatei Kie, this month declared the Wixarika Peoples’ “total opposition” to mining in the ceremonial center of Wirikuta in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. In a written declaration, which you can find below, the Traditional authorities state that “We will not hold back in the face of […]

Underreported Struggles #47, February 2011

by John Ahni SchertowFebruary 28, 2011

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Ngobe Leaders reach an accord with Panama, securing their land from mining and exploration; 4,000 indigenous people block entries to the oil-producing department of Arauca, Colombia; the Innu Council of Pessamit discovers a mining company illegally drilling on their territory. Underreported Struggles #47, February 2011 A BC Judge dismissed the […]

Urge Bangladesh to Ban Open-pit Coal Mining in Phulbari

by John Ahni SchertowFebruary 8, 2011

The London-based mining company Global Coal Management Resources (GCM) has managed to re-open negotiations with the government of Bangladesh over their proposed Phulbari open-pit coal mine, a project that would negatively impact, according to some estimates, up to 470,000 people. GCM fled from the Phulbari region in 2006, after the Bangladesh government promised to ban […]

Interview with Julio Parra, Huichol Medicine Man

by John Ahni SchertowJanuary 1, 2011

Julio Parra, a Huichol Medicine Man, talks about the Cerro Quemado, sacred mountain of the Huichol People, and why we should help protect it from a Canadian mining company. In October 2010, the Huichol (Wikárika) People took a stand against the Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver, demanding a moratorium on mining activities and the […]

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