Happy anniversary: the day Petronas blinked
On July 25 last year, Petronas cancelled their $36B Pacific Northwest LNG project, including a massive LNG terminal in the middle of the salmon nursery on Lelu Island. Faced with court challenges by four Indigenous groups: the Tsimshian tribe of Gitwilgyoots, the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, the Gitxsan House of Gwininitxw and the Gitxsan House of... Read More
Meet Young Scholars Essay Prize Winners Helen and Helena!
We’re thrilled to announce winners of this years’ Young Scholars Essay Prize. First prize is awarded to Helen Knott, Prophet River First Nation. We’ve had the privilege of working with Helen on the Site-C campaign, as she was a strong voice for Treaty 8 on the “Caravan for the Peace” that travelled across Canada from... 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 Biche on Treaty 6 territory last weekend. We were among just a handful of non-Indigenous guests who attended: mainly, the three-day event was a chance for extended families, pow wow circuit artists and... Read More
Tsilhqot’in Nation scores a win against Taseko Mines!
The Tŝilhqot’in Nation welcomes yesterday’s B.C. Supreme Court decision to grant an interlocutory injunction against an exploration permit issued by British Columbia to Taseko Mines Ltd. (TML) for an extensive drilling program in the Teẑtan Biny (Fish Lake) area. TML had planned to start the drilling work as early as next week. Everyone in the... 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 part-time contract position with a competitive hourly rate (between $30 and $50, based on skills and experience). RAVEN is looking for a seasoned organizer to seed and grow our first Ontario campaign –... Read More
Time to nail the coffin shut on the Taseko mine on Tsilhqot’in land
The Tsilhqot’in Nation is in court this week to challenge drilling permits issued to Taseko Mines Ltd. (TML) by the outgoing BC government during their last days in office in 2017. As a crowd of supporters stood in a circle on the courthouse steps the morning of June 25th with Tsilhqot’in elders and Councillor Loretta Williams,... Read More
On National Indigenous Peoples Day we are making history
Let’s celebrate 2 years since Pull Together stopped the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and tankers project!!! Based on the flawed Joint Review Panel findings, the successful court cases led to the cancelling of Enbridge on June 20th, 2016. As part of the RAVEN community, you helped to STOP THAT PIPELINE!! Thousands of people like you... Read More
Spiritual Ecology: Restoring Nature Awareness
A guest post by Josef Kuhn Our ancestors had many stories, often referred to as teachings, about creation and spiritual being. Many of these stories have survived the onslaught of modern cultures and technology. They present different visions of creation than many present-day interpretations of religious, industrial and government institutions. Modern institutional and ‘new wave’... 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 came with a price that would leave you, your family and all your relations destitute for possibly generations to come? And knowing that the price of not playing it would leave you, your... Read More
Bring Tokitae back to Lummi Nation
RAVEN’s friends south of the border are rallying with the Lummi Nation to free Tokitae. Read about the amazing totem journey they are undertaking and learn how you can help: Find a Tokitae Totem Pole Journey near you: https://www.facebook.com/totempolejourney/ May 10: Seattle Centilia Cultural Centre May 11: 612 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma May 12: Lummi... Read More