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• A coalition of Indigenous Nations are taking Ontario and Canada to court over rampant development in the vast carbon-storing peatlands in Northern Ontario. Donate to their legal challenge! raventrust.com/breathing-lands

• Indigenous Nations are taking Ontario and Canada to court to say “no” to rampant development in the Breathing Lands: the lungs of the planet. Donate to support their legal challenge: raventrust.com/breathing-lands

❗CALL TO ACTION ❗RAVEN is calling on supporters to stand with Indigenous People’s efforts to protect the precious forest, wetlands, peatlands that give us all life. Right now the “Yehewin Aski" or Breathing Lands are at risk of industrial development by the Ontario government. A coalition of Indigenous communities are coming together to take Ontario and Canada to court to press for co-jurisdiction in Treaty No. 9 territory, giving them greater decision-making power over resource extraction projects on their lands.

The Breathing Lands coalition is breaking new ground in the growing movement for justice and environmental protection: a victory will uphold Indigenous rights and achieve climate justice for future generations.

Legal challenges are expensive, and the settler governments that the Plaintiff Nations are facing in court have deep pockets. The fate of the ‘lungs of the north’ depends on the Plaintiff Nations' ability to access justice. It’s up to everyone — individuals, organizations, and businesses — to come together to back this strategic legal challenge. 

Donate to their legal challenge at raventrust.com/breathing-lands

❗CALL TO ACTION ❗
RAVEN is calling on supporters to stand with Indigenous People’s efforts to protect the precious forest, wetlands, peatlands that give us all life.

In the Anishinaabemowin language the name given to the vast peatlands of Ontario’s north is Yehewin Aski: The Breathing Lands. It’s a powerful evocation of the life-giving role of this vital ecosystem. 

Now, First Nations are launching a historic case in Ontario court against the federal and provincial governments. The case is a head-on challenge to the Crown governments’ purported unilateral jurisdiction and decision-making control throughout Treaty 9 Territory.

The heart of the case is the interpretation of Treaty No. 9. as it concerns co-jurisdiction. The written version of Treaty No. 9 says that First Nations under the Treaty must “cede, release, surrender, or yield up their rights to the land." This interpretation contradicts what the Plaintiff Nations understood when signing the Treaty. This case breaks new ground in the movement for Treaty rights, environmental protection and Indigenous justice.

A victory here will impact every treaty Nation, everywhere.  This strategic treaty-rights case aims at protecting the largest intact boreal forest in the world — a carbon storehouse as globally significant as the Amazon rainforest. RAVEN is supporting Breathing Lands Nations! Donate now to support Nations to protect the land and water that gives us all life.

To donate, visit https://fundraise.raventrust.com/breathinglands

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