LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Prosperity panel wants more information from Taseko – Williams Lake Tribune – June 25, 2009
Good news for those of us concerned with the proposed mine! On Wednesday, June 24th…
UK Bank backs oilsands lawsuit – Edmonton Journal, July 5, 2009
Beaver Lake Cree claim development tramples on traditional hunting and fishing grounds. please click here…
Stop the Oilsands Boycott Launched by Ethical Consumer
Noting that the Canadian oil sands “threaten to unleash far more carbon dioxide into the…
Co-operative Bank donates funds to Beaver Lake Cree legal action
As part of the The Co-operative Bank’s “Toxic Fuel” campaign, which supports the Beaver Lake…
Podcast from CFUV about proposed mining practices and impact on Teztan Biny (Fish Lake)
Amy Crook of the Centre of Science in Public Participation is interviewed by Janelle Bandcroft…
Cree lawsuit would drain energy royalties – Edmonton Journal
“Native band says 15,000 oilsands developments planned on ancestral land” Read the full article by Elise…
Beaver Lake Cree Nation will continue to defend its treaty rights to stop the tar sands
The Beaver Lake Cree Nation issued a press release in response to Alberta and Canada’s…
Scraping Bottom – National Geographic
By Robert Kunzig – Once considered too expensive, as well as too damaging to the…
West Moberly First Nation
RAVEN is supporting West Moberly First Nation (Peace region, British Columbia), who are intervening in the Attorney General of Ontario, et al. v. Mike Restoule case pushing for augmentation of treaty annuities.
Reckoning with grief, and responsibility
Lots of people want to have a bigger conversation about the horrors being unearthed at residential school sites. It’s also clear that – though we have a mandate from Indigenous Nations to fundraise on their behalf – we have to put down our tools and allow space for mourning.
A coalition of intervenors supports mineral reform
This intervention is assisting the relevance of reconciliation through the DRIPA legislation here in BC, because of this it is also helping our Gitxaala and Heiltsuk campaigns. It may also have impacts on Attawapiskat, Neskantaga, and Grassy Narrows due to its relevance in the ON courts.
T’SKWAY’LAXW intervene on Gitxaala mining justice challenge
The Ts’kw’aylaxw First Nation (TFN) has deep experience in dealing with the adverse impacts of mining activities on its lands. The promise by the Province that it will properly consult the TFN on governmental decisions has been breached numerous times. The TFN is in litigation against the Province for failing to properly regulate mining activities on our lands.
