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As we lower our sails and anchor for the fall, we are reflecting on another successful year of Festival Afloat. We are still basking in the excitement of our adventure on the water (and land)! Thanks to the support of business sponsors, artists, volunteers, Indigenous knowledge keepers, and donors we managed to raise 55K for…
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This year’s first place Harmony Essay Prize winner is Ashton Harry of the Tsilhqot’in Nation. Ashton, a recent graduate with a Masters degree from Royal Roads University, aims to support Indigenous communities advance themselves by blending the insights acquired in Western academia with her extensive 4.5-year tenure, first as a member of Tl’etinqox band council…
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Here’s our Weekly News Round up for Oct 8 – 14th! We are using our blog and social media to amplify news that may have been missed due Bill C-18 in Canada. Share widely! This week was the annivesary of the devastating Nathan E Stewart oil spill that happened in Heiltsuk territory on Oct 13th…
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Last night 200 people gathered on the unceded territories of the SENĆOŦEN and Hul’qumi’num speaking peoples (Salt Spring Island), at ArtSpring for a live discussion with Angela Sterritt about her new book Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls. RAVEN was honoured to host this event in collaboration with…
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***TW mentions MMIWG*** Here’s our Weekly News Round up for September 29 to Oct 7th! We are using our blog and social media to amplify news that may have been missed due Bill C-18 in Canada. This week, Oct 4th, marked the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit…
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Here’s our Weekly News Round up for September 22 to 29th! We are using our blog and social media to amplify media outlets and journalists who are being censored by Bill C-18 in Canada. This week, Indigenous Nations and their supporters took to the streets of Toronto to say no to mining on their territory…
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Wednesday Sept 27, 2023, a river of solidarity coursed through the streets of Toronto. Anishinaabe and Ojibwe Nations joined forces with 6000 marchers to push back against the Ontario government’s rampant pro-mining, pro-logging, pro-industry agenda. We are overwhelmed by the support pouring in from communities ready to do what it takes to protect Indigenous rights. …
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RAVEN is awash in messages of gratitude following the Supreme Court of BC issued a decision on Gitxaała’s legal challenge against free mining in B.C. The Court’s ruling mandates the government to implement substantial changes to the existing mineral tenure system in B.C. In a 90 page decision, Justice Ross declared that the current online…
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Written by Julia Bendtsen On September 20, 2023, Salt Spring Island was treated to a magical evening. After a powerful set by the multi-talented HK aka Higher Knowledge — an advocate, rapper, and spoken word artist, whose Indigenous roots trace back to Kuskatan (El Salvador) and Collasayu (Chile) — Tia took to the stage and raised…
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Gitxaala Nation has won an important victory in the BC Supreme Court — thanks to supporters like you. Together, we’ve worked long and hard to raise $440k, inspired by one Nation’s courageous stance against a pro-business mining regime in B.C. The Gitxaała Mineral Tenure Act challenge brought together nearly 2000 donors into a coalition of committed…
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