Bananas not Bitumen: Baking in solidarity with Beaver Lake Cree
We are blown away by the ingenuity, commitment and creativity of this community that never ceases to amaze, even with the challenges... Read More
VIDEO: Behind the Scenes: An Insider’s Look at the Tar Sands Trial
Want the backstory on the Tar Sands Trial? Watch the video of a powerful discussion between Beaver Lake Cree’s Crystal Lameman, lawyer... Read More
Alberta and Canada Deny Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s Financial Poverty in their Most Recent Appeal of the Court’s Advance Cost Award
post by Crystal Lameman, Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Treaty No. 6 My home community, the Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Treaty No. 6... Read More
Reconcile This: Health, Wellness and Safety During a World Pandemic, or Concessions for Extreme Resource Extraction
by Crystal Lameman, guest author As the world faces unprecedented times, we are presented with an opportunity to change a system that... Read More
Doubling down on justice: support the Tar Sands Trial and multiply your impact!
The Beaver Lake Cree are back in court, facing down Canada to defend their treaty rights in the historic Tar Sands Trial. ... Read More
Tar Sands Trial boosted: Beaver Lake Cree awarded advance costs
(français ci dessous) This week, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench granted advance costs to Beaver Lake Cree Nation to allow it... Read More
Beaver Lake Cree powwow lifts us all up
Together with RAVEN’s executive director Susan Smitten, I was honoured to attend the Beaver Lake Cree hosted pow wow near Lac La... Read More
Job posting: Organizer with Indigenous legal defence charity
Job posting: Organizer with Indigenous legal defence charity Closing date: Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Compensation: This is a... Read More
Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s legal action to stop tar sands is a move to real reconciliation
If you held the winning card in a life or death game — would you play it if you knew it also... Read More
TarSands Trial Legal Backgrounder
Legal Backgrounder Treaty 6: In 1876, the Crown and the ancestors of Beaver Lake Cree entered into Treaty 6, whereby the... Read More