Indigenous Peoples

21/11/16
Author: 
Ben Parfitt and Stewart Phillip
The Site C dam has been approved, but major construction has yet to begin. B.C HYDRO / PNG

At a projected cost of $8.8 billon, the approved but yet-to-be-built Site C dam is the single most expensive public infrastructure project in B.C.’s history.

However, far more is at stake than just our pocketbooks when assessing the costs of Site C. So before returning to the appalling economics behind the project, consider the following:

18/11/16
Author: 
First Nations Leaders

Please forward this email on to others who may want to sign.

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
http://www.coastprotectors.ca/

Here's the full petition:

We are Coast Protectors
 

"With our voice, in the courts or the streets, on the water or the land. Whatever it takes, we will stop the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion."

18/11/16
Author: 
Chief Roland Willson

From: Roland Willson [mailto:rwillson@westmo.org]
Sent: November 18, 2016 2:51 AM
To: Don Bain <donb@ubcic.bc.ca>
Subject: FW: AN Op-ed regarding Senator Neufleds comments
Importance: High

 

Silence on Site C a Disgraceful Double Standard

 

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

 

Please share 

 

FOR RELEASE

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

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