Welcome to RAVEN
RAVEN is a charitable organization that provides financial resources to assist Aboriginal Nations within Canada in lawfully forcing industrial development to be reconciled with their traditional ways of life, and in a manner that addresses global warming or other ecological sustainability challenges.
RAVEN’S CURRENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES:
We are currently raising funds to support the Beaver Lake Cree in their massive legal action to stop the destruction of their traditional hunting, trapping and fishing lands from the devastating march of the Alberta tar sands industries. Watch video of Chief Al Lameman describing the impact on his people. Jack Woodward of Woodward & Company LLP explains how this lawsuit will work to stop the expansion of the tar sands industry. By enforcing Canada's Constitution, which guarantees the Beaver Lake Cree the rights to hunt and trap on their ancestral lands, the 17,000+ permits that have been issued become illegal.
Now more than ever we need donations - Canada and Alberta want to kill this legal action. The battle takes place December 6th - 12th in an Edmonton court. It will cost $150,000 to mount the legal argument necessary to get past this delay tactic. Please donate today!
And you can also help by writing letters of support to the Prime Minister and Environment Minister telling them the time is now to Save the Caribou and Stop the Tar Sands!
RAVEN also raises funds to support the Tsilhqot’in National Government and Xeni Gwet'in First Nation in their legal action against Taseko Mines' Prosperity Project which proposes to turn a pristine lake that is part of the Fraser River watershed into a dump site for mine waste.
During recent public hearings held by a federal environmental review panel, the Tsilhqot'in Nation actively opposed the project, with elders, members and even school children describing the unfathomable loss that this destruction would mean for their communities and traditional way of life. For a sense of what is at stake, watch Blue Gold: The Tsilqhot'in Fight for Teztan Biny.
The federal panel has now issued its report, which concludes the Prosperity mine would result in significant adverse environmental effects on fish and fish habitat, on navigation, on the current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes by First Nations and on cultural heritage, and on certain potential or established Aboriginal rights and title. This is a victory, but to win the war we must convince the federal government to accept the non-binding recommendations in the CEAA report. Please act now by writing to support this important cause! An email list and sample letter are provided. There are also several inspiring letters of support!
HOW WE CAN BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY:
What happens in one part of the planet affects all others!
Assisting the Beaver Lake Cree Nation in their efforts to stop the ecologically disastrous tar sands development is a chance to reverse a trend toward destroying the natural systems of the planet. The destruction of the boreal forest and the wasteful use of energy for the extraction of dirty oil combine to make expansion of the tar sands one of the greatest threats to the future of our planet! The Beaver Lake Cree need your help to fund their monumental challenge to not only the government, but also some of the biggest companies in the world.
Photo courtesy of Garth Lenz
Assisting the Tsilhqot’in Nation is a chance to prevent ecological disaster before it takes place. Teztan Biny (known as Fish Lake by settler communities) is being reviewed to become an industrial dump site for the Taseko Mines Prosperity Project.
This is a huge national issue. The practice of turning Canada's fresh water lakes into toxic waste dump is a matter that concerns everyone. The Canadian federal government is not only allowing for this practice, but also there are 20 more lakes across Canada facing the same fate as Teztan Biny. Your tax deductible donations are crucial to help this small band stand against those who prefer gold to water.
LATEST POSTS...
RAVEN has a science-based blog series about the tar sands by writer Max Ritts. The latest post and fifth in the series is now online: An Interview with Petr Komers.
Check out the rest of Max's fascinating columns: Rant Number One: Billboards, Image Fatigue and the Via Activa, Active Maps and Captive Caribou., Reclamation Stories: Fables from the Tar Sands and Talking with Nicholas Blomley.
Max Ritts recently obtained his MA in Geography from the University of Toronto, where he wrote his Master's Thesis on the political ecology of the Tar Sands. He has written freelance for various publications, and will begin his PhD in Geography in the fall at UBC.
RAVEN’S CURRENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES:
We are currently raising funds to support the Beaver Lake Cree in their massive legal action to stop the destruction of their traditional hunting, trapping and fishing lands from the devastating march of the Alberta tar sands industries. Watch video of Chief Al Lameman describing the impact on his people. Jack Woodward of Woodward & Company LLP explains how this lawsuit will work to stop the expansion of the tar sands industry. By enforcing Canada's Constitution, which guarantees the Beaver Lake Cree the rights to hunt and trap on their ancestral lands, the 17,000+ permits that have been issued become illegal.
Now more than ever we need donations - Canada and Alberta want to kill this legal action. The battle takes place December 6th - 12th in an Edmonton court. It will cost $150,000 to mount the legal argument necessary to get past this delay tactic. Please donate today!
And you can also help by writing letters of support to the Prime Minister and Environment Minister telling them the time is now to Save the Caribou and Stop the Tar Sands!
RAVEN also raises funds to support the Tsilhqot’in National Government and Xeni Gwet'in First Nation in their legal action against Taseko Mines' Prosperity Project which proposes to turn a pristine lake that is part of the Fraser River watershed into a dump site for mine waste. During recent public hearings held by a federal environmental review panel, the Tsilhqot'in Nation actively opposed the project, with elders, members and even school children describing the unfathomable loss that this destruction would mean for their communities and traditional way of life. For a sense of what is at stake, watch Blue Gold: The Tsilqhot'in Fight for Teztan Biny.
The federal panel has now issued its report, which concludes the Prosperity mine would result in significant adverse environmental effects on fish and fish habitat, on navigation, on the current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes by First Nations and on cultural heritage, and on certain potential or established Aboriginal rights and title. This is a victory, but to win the war we must convince the federal government to accept the non-binding recommendations in the CEAA report. Please act now by writing to support this important cause! An email list and sample letter are provided. There are also several inspiring letters of support!
HOW WE CAN BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY:
What happens in one part of the planet affects all others!
Assisting the Beaver Lake Cree Nation in their efforts to stop the ecologically disastrous tar sands development is a chance to reverse a trend toward destroying the natural systems of the planet. The destruction of the boreal forest and the wasteful use of energy for the extraction of dirty oil combine to make expansion of the tar sands one of the greatest threats to the future of our planet! The Beaver Lake Cree need your help to fund their monumental challenge to not only the government, but also some of the biggest companies in the world.
Photo courtesy of Garth Lenz
Assisting the Tsilhqot’in Nation is a chance to prevent ecological disaster before it takes place. Teztan Biny (known as Fish Lake by settler communities) is being reviewed to become an industrial dump site for the Taseko Mines Prosperity Project. This is a huge national issue. The practice of turning Canada's fresh water lakes into toxic waste dump is a matter that concerns everyone. The Canadian federal government is not only allowing for this practice, but also there are 20 more lakes across Canada facing the same fate as Teztan Biny. Your tax deductible donations are crucial to help this small band stand against those who prefer gold to water.
LATEST POSTS...
RAVEN has a science-based blog series about the tar sands by writer Max Ritts. The latest post and fifth in the series is now online: An Interview with Petr Komers.
Check out the rest of Max's fascinating columns: Rant Number One: Billboards, Image Fatigue and the Via Activa, Active Maps and Captive Caribou., Reclamation Stories: Fables from the Tar Sands and Talking with Nicholas Blomley.
Max Ritts recently obtained his MA in Geography from the University of Toronto, where he wrote his Master's Thesis on the political ecology of the Tar Sands. He has written freelance for various publications, and will begin his PhD in Geography in the fall at UBC.
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Donations are tax deductible.
Latest News
Thursday Sep 02, 2010
Tsilhqot'in National Government: First Nations demand Prosperity Mine be rejected
Tuesday Aug 17, 2010
Enviro groups ask feds to protect AB caribou - Edmonton Journal
Wednesday Aug 04, 2010
Economic Impact Review of Prosperity Mine Must be Independent - Media Release
RAVEN'S MISSION
Our mission is to assist Aboriginal peoples within Canada in protecting or restoring their traditional lands and resources and addressing critical environmental challenges such as global warming by strategically enforcing their Constitutional rights through the courts in response to unsustainable settlement or industrial exploitation supported by the State.
Our mission is to assist Aboriginal peoples within Canada in protecting or restoring their traditional lands and resources and addressing critical environmental challenges such as global warming by strategically enforcing their Constitutional rights through the courts in response to unsustainable settlement or industrial exploitation supported by the State.
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