Indigenous Peoples

18/11/16
Author: 
First Nations Leaders

From: Yakawilas Coreen Child [mailto:coreenchild@gmail.com]
Sent: November-18-16 10:59 AM
Subject: Standing in Solidarity - Calling all Land, Air, Water and Sea protectors

 

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WATER IS LIFE – 

NORTH ISLAND PROTECTORS GATHER AT THE NIMKISH BRIDGE

 

18/11/16
Author: 
Cameron MacLean,
Kevin Hart, who co-chairs the AFN’s committee on climate and the environment, speaking at the United Nations climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco. (Source: Assembly of First Nations)

The effects of climate change disproportionately affect indigenous people around the world, although they contribute to it the least.

That’s one message Manitoba’s regional chief to the Assembly of First Nations has taken to Marrakech, Morocco, where leaders from around the world have gathered for the United Nations climate conference.

Kevin Hart, who co-chairs the AFN’s committee on climate and the environment, told CTV Winnipeg indigenous economies are built on a harmonious relationship with nature.

18/11/16
Author: 
Kennedy Stewart
Jim Carr addresses supporters on election night. (Photo: CP)

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr recently declared the federal government will not require the full, prior and informed consent from First Nations when it decides whether or not to allow Kinder Morgan to build a new crude oil pipeline through British Columbia.

14/11/16
Author: 
Rising Tide, Vancouver – Coast Salish Territories

Dear all

The e-mail I sent last week didn't have a working paypal link for credit card donations!
I am re-sending with the correct link. Funds are still being requested so Kanahus can more easily continue her work. We're about 1/6 of the way to the goal! Thanks everyone!!!
13/11/16
Author: 
kvtu
Unions break with AFL-CIO, protest Dakota Access Pipeline

OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) - Hundreds of union members and supporters gathered outside of a Wells Fargo branch in downtown Oakland this afternoon to call on the bank to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline, an oil pipeline project in North
Dakota that has become a flash point for environmental and Native American advocates.

"No Dakota Access Pipeline, water is life," the protesters chanted as they arrived, referring to concerns that the project could pollute drinking water in the area, including on land occupied by the Standing Rock
Sioux tribe.

10/11/16
Author: 
Vijay Prashad
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and their supporters opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline protesting at the site of construction near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., on September 3. Photo:Robyn Beck/AFP

Native Americans protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a multibillion venture by a corporation to carry crude and natural gas across four States that has dangerous environmental implications, face brutal state violence. But they are determined to fight on. By VIJAY PRASHAD

10/11/16
Author: 
Union of BC Indian Chiefs

NEWS RELEASE

November 10th, 2016

 

Nov. 19th Call to Action: Stand in Solidarity with Land and Water Defenders

(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – November 8th, 2016) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) calls upon our friends and allies across Turtle Island to stand with us at on November 19th to defend our land and our environment against the expansion of the Tar Sands at the expense of our territories.

09/11/16
Author: 
Chris Hatch
http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/11/08/opinion/editorial-ocean-protection-now-code-oilsands-pipelines-and-tanker-traffic

The political strategists think they have things lined up.

Trudeau’s announcement of “world-leading” marine safety measures will satisfy B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s insistence on “world-leading” oil spill response.

Approval for the Kinder Morgan pipeline will bring Alberta Premier Rachel Notley onside with a national climate plan and inoculate Trudeau against his father’s fate in “the West.”

09/11/16
Author: 
Chris Hatch
Pipeline protesters demand rejection of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion during Prime Minister Trudeau's National Oceans Protection Plan announcement in Vancouver, B.C. on Mon. Nov. 7, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth McSheffrey.

The political strategists think they have things lined up.

Trudeau’s announcement of “world-leading” marine safety measures will satisfy B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s insistence on “world-leading” oil spill response.

Approval for the Kinder Morgan pipeline will bring Alberta Premier Rachel Notley onside with a national climate plan and inoculate Trudeau against his father’s fate in “the West.”

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