A Measure of Integrity: First Nations Respond to the Bitumen Reference Case Decision
Who gets to regulate the flow of bitumen through boundary-traversing pipelines: the province or the federal government? That’s been the... Read More
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Indigenous Peoples' legal defence fund to protect their constitutional rights.
Learn MoreWho are we?
RAVEN is a non-profit 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.
Urgent Cause
Unist’ot’en
Coastal Gas Link’s LNG pipeline project through Northern BC does not have the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of the Wet’suwet’en Clans and Houses on their unceded traditional territory. Stand with Indigenous Peoples to protect Indigenous rights in the face... Read More
Our Vision
RAVEN’s vision is a country that honours the ancestral laws, rights and stewardship values of Indigenous Peoples and their equitable access to the justice system within a thriving natural environment.
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Get Clear on Wet’suwet’en Law: Unpacking Canadian Court and Media’s Confusion
There has been a lot of confusion in the media and even within the B.C. government about the place of... Read More
Understanding the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Everyday
The worldwide drive to extract and develop minerals and fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal), coupled with the fact that... Read More
Act NOW in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en: Tell Coastal GasLink to Uphold Indigenous Rights
We need all hands on deck to support the Wet’suwet’en, whose rights and title to their unceded territory in northern... Read More
UN Human Rights Body Calls on Canada to Halt TransMountain Pipeline, Site C and Coastal GasLink
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued an “Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure” requesting that construction... Read More
Words From Our Community
“As a member of one of the Nations taking this issue to court…and as a passionate organizer with deep community roots, let me say this: Pull Together is making a difference. We know what we have to do; you are helping us to do it. We know how big this task is; you are giving us hope.”
, Elected Councilor, Heiltsuk First Nation
“RAVEN occupies a unique niche in the NGO community in Canada by creating legal defence funds for First Nations who must continuously defend their lands and livelihood from the onslaught of rampant industrial development. This small group is incredibly successful… ”
, Nobel Laureate and Founder of Nobel Women’s Initiative
“It’s not every-day that we come across an organization such as yours that would assist First Nations with such a cause as ours. Mahsi cho for all your efforts and Ravens Trust for providing fund raising and support to the Peel Land Use Planning court session. It has been an honor to work with you on this initiative.”
, Chief, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in
“This small group is incredibly successful, given their lean resources and organizational structure. We want to see them expand because it seems clear that litigation is going to be one of the key ways that we protect our planet.”
, Founder of Creatively United for the Planet
“This could be the most powerful ecological precedent ever set in a Canadian court.”
, Renowned Native Law expert speaking on the Beaver Lake Cree Case