First Nations

First Nation Shines Spotlight On Violence Against Women

July 11, 2014 Johnathan Charlton, www.thestarphoenix.com Organize! Canada, First Nations, Violence, Women's Rights

A vicious attack against Marlene Bird in Prince Albert has spurred her home community, Montreal Lake Cree Nation, to keep the issue of violence against women in the public eye. When events like this happen, they're in the news for a while and then disappear, Chief Edward Henderson said. In August, the First Nation intends to start a fundraising campaign to establish an advocacy group, the Foundation for Aboriginal Women of Canada. Then, in November, it plans to co-host the first Canadian Indigenous Women Conference, which Henderson hopes will have a global reach in years to come. The idea behind the conference and the foundation is to be proactive, rather than reactive, Henderson said. "We're inviting people to come and join us and get it organized. We haven't worked out all the details yet; I know we've got some calls from other organizations that want to get involved, see how we can combine with all the other organizations (on the) nationwide issue of violence against First Nations women."

How Idle No More Changed Canada

July 5, 2014 Barb Nahwegahbow, www.ammsa.com Resist! Canada, First Nations, Idle No More, Indigenous Rights

In the winter of 2012-2013, round dances erupted in malls, universities, airports, major intersections in cities and First Nations communities. Hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of Indigenous people and non-Indigenous allies joined hands to dance. That was part of the phenomenon that was called Idle No More (INM). On April 4, a book that documents and celebrates the INM movement in writing, poetry, photographs, paintings and posters, was launched at Toronto’s Ryerson University. About 40 people attended the Canadian launch of the book entitled The Winter We Danced. Monica McKay, director of Ryerson’s Aboriginal Initiatives and a member of the Nisga’a Nation, performed a traditional opening ceremony. The Winter We Danced has 74 contributors. The book was the brainchild of a group called the Kino-nda-niimi Collective. Among its members are Hayden King, assistant professor of Politics and director of the Centre for Indigenous Governance at Ryerson. King is Pottawatomi and Ojibwe from Beausoleil First Nation in Ontario. Among other things, King selected the photographic images contained in the book. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, who is Anishinabe from St. Peter’s Little Settlement in Manitoba, acted as the lead editor for the book. Sinclair teaches courses in Indigenous literatures, cultures and histories at the University of Manitoba.

Court Rules To Give First Nations Resource Rights

June 28, 2014 Heather Smith, www.grist.org Resist! Canada, First Nations, Oil, Pipeline

With just one court ruling, the situation of pipelines in Canada has changed in a big way. On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on a 14-year-old battle over logging rights on Tsilhqot’in Nation territory in British Columbia. Its decision says that any First Nation land that was never formally ceded to the Canadian government cannot be developed without consent of those First Nations who have a claim to it. To say that this has huge implications for the Canadian oil industry is an understatement. The only thing that stands between Alberta, the province that is the hub of the country’s oil boom, and the Pacific Ocean, which connects Canada to the lucrative oil markets of Asia, is unceded First Nations territory. The Northern Gateway pipeline, which Prime Minister Stephen Harper approved earlier this week, runs along a route that First Nations have already begun blockading, a full 18 months before the pipeline is expected to begin construction. Harper has claimed a deep respect for Canadians who want to protect their own land, and has blamed most of the agitation against pipelines in Canada on the outside influence of Americans who “would like to see Canada be one giant national park.” This ruling is going to put that respect to the test.

Vancouver Declares City Is On Unceded Aboriginal Territory

June 27, 2014 Peter Meiszner, www.globalnews.ca Create! Canada, Colonialism, First Nations, Indigenous Rights, Vancouver

Vancouver city council has unanimously voted to acknowledge that the city is on unceded Aboriginal territory. Mayor Gregor Robertson declared a ‘Year of Reconciliation’ last summer, in the hopes of building new relationships between Aboriginals and Vancouverites. “Underlying all other truths spoken during the Year of Reconciliation is the truth that the modern city of Vancouver was founded on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations and that these territories were never ceded through treaty, war or surrender,” reads part of the motion from the city. The city says it will now work with representatives from the Aboriginal community to determine “appropriate protocols” for conducting city business.

First Nations Being Courted To Back Tar Sands Refinery

June 24, 2014 Elizabeth Douglass, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Canada, Climate Change, Enbridge, Environment, First Nations

Companies behind refining proposals are trying hard to avoid the mistakes Enbridge made on Northern Gateway pipeline—but an uphill fight awaits Despite last week's approval from the Canadian government, uncertainty still dogs Enbridge Inc.'s Northern Gateway oil sands pipeline largely because of a vow from key aboriginal communities to block it. Others in the oil industry are trying hard to avoid the mistakes Enbridge made when it comes to approaching Canada's powerful First Nations about projects that could contaminate their lands and waterways. Pacific Future Energy Corp.'s recent refinery proposal is the latest example. Earlier this month, the company unveiled plans for a $10 billion refinery in British Columbia that would convert Alberta's tar sands bitumen into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel for export to Asia and other markets. Pacific Future Energy pledged to form a "full partnership" with affected First Nations, provide permanent jobs and build the "greenest refinery in the world."

Battle To Stop Northern Gateway Pipeline Escalates

June 18, 2014 Justin Trudeau, Tom Mulcair, www.cbc.ca Resist! Canada, First Nations, Oil, Pipeline, Protest

The federal government has agreed to let Enbridge build its Northern Gateway pipeline, subject to 209 conditions recommended by the National Energy Board and further talks with aboriginal communities. Enbridge wants to build the pipeline from Bruderheim, Alta., to Kitimat, B.C. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair called it "folly" and "pure madness" to think anyone can put supertankers in British Columbia's Douglas Channel. Both Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said they would reverse the decision to accept the National Energy Board's pipeline approval.Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, environmental groups and First Nations reacted quickly to news of the federal approval, releasing statements opposing it. Al Monaco, president and CEO of Enbridge, said in a teleconference with reporters that the economic benefits of the pipeline are straightforward, but the company has some work to do in convincing the public.

Five Strategies To Stop The Northern Gateway Pipeline

June 17, 2014 Brent Patterson, www.canadians.org Strategize! Canada, First Nations, Law, Pipeline, Protest

The Harper government must announce its decision on the 525,000 barrels per day Northern Gateway tar sands export pipeline by midnight tomorrow. On CTV's Question Period yesterday, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, said, "We fully expected the Harper government to make every effort to ram this project through. But…there's enormous solidarity here in British Columbia between First Nations people, British Columbians, Canadians, and we'll do what's necessary and whatever it takes to stop this project." Even if the Harper government approves the pipeline today or tomorrow, a range of strategies are being proposed to ensure the pipeline is never built: BLOCKADE The Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en people have set up a resistance camp on their traditional and unceded territory on the pathway of the pipeline. With the support of allies they are building and living in homes and structures to block the pipeline. Given the mountainous terrain of the area south of Houston in northern British Columbia, the pipeline cannot be rerouted to avoid the Unist’ot’en camp.

NEW VIDEO: Justice For Aboriginals – It’s Time

June 15, 2014 Staff, www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com Educate! colonization, First Nations, Indigenous Rights, Video

Why don’t you people just get over it? Well, umm…. Hello? That’s the gist of this video put together by Canada’s largest labor union, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which celebrated National Aboriginal Day on June 21 by launching a new campaign,Justice for Aboriginal Peoples—It’s Time! “Aboriginal Peoples in this country have endured centuries of oppression and face many challenges in their struggle for justice. This struggle is not only for the First Peoples of this nation to take on,” the union says on its site. “Treaties were signed between First Nations and the Government of Canada—the people we elected to represent us. So we all have a responsibility to ensure that the terms and conditions of those treaties are met.”

First Nations Will Not Allow Pulp Operation To Re-Open

June 14, 2014 Aaron Beswick and Michael Gorman, www.thechronicleherald.ca Resist! First Nations, pollution, Protest, Water

One of the largest industrial employers in Pictou County remains shut down. The Pictou Landing First Nation is holding to its demand that it won’t allow Northern Pulp to reopen until they get a firm commitment from the province to remediate and clean up the Boat Harbour industrial waste treatment site. The province, which owns the site, doesn’t yet know how much it would cost to clean up the waste that has poured into the former tidal lagoon from the kraft pulp mill since it opened in 1967. “We’ve done a number of cost analyses on it, both looking at cleanup at various stages and various options,” said Premier Stephen McNeil on Thursday. However, McNeil said his government needs an update on what is actually in Boat Harbour before it can estimate the plan for and cost of a cleanup. That information, he said, might not come until later this year. But until the province commits to the Pictou Landing First Nation band council with firm timelines for cleanup, Chief Andrea Paul is maintaining that she won’t lift her community’s blockade of the site of the broken effluent pipe.

Chemical Leak In Canada Sparks A First Nations Blockade

June 13, 2014 Miles Howe, www.news.vice.com Resist! Canada, Environment, First Nations, pollution

On Tuesday morning, staff at the Northern Pulp-owned Abercrombie Point pulp and paper mill in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, observed that a pipe carrying raw effluent to its final destination of the Boat Harbor Treatment Facility had sprung a leak and was spewing its contents into the adjacent waters of Pictou Harbor. Northern Pulp spokesperson Dave MacKenzie could not verify how many hours the leak had been going on for, nor if the pipe itself had been absolutely severed — and was thus spewing its total contents into the harbor. The official mill stance is that the leak was discovered at about 7AM and the shutdown process: “began immediately and took a couple of hours.” Pictou Landing First Nation resident Jonathan Beadle, however, suspects that the leak had gone undetected through the previous night — and that the pipe itself was completely ruptured at the leak point.

First Nations Vow: No Tar Sands Pipeline

June 13, 2014 Andrea Germanos, www.commondreams.org Resist! Canada, First Nations, Pipeline, Protest

There will be no tar sands pipeline. That is the message stressed by First Nations communities who say that even if Canada's Prime Minister Harper gives the federal OK to Enbridge's Northern Gateway project, First Nations law and their "responsibilities to future generations" will stop the project dead in its tracks. A federal decision on the project, which includes a 1,200-kilometer pipeline that would carry half a million barrels per day of crude from the Alberta tar sands to coastal Kitimat, British Columbia, is expected in the coming days. Chief Fred Sam of the Nak’azdli First Nation, one of the Yinka Dene First Nations communities who have joined in opposition to the Northern Gateway, stated, "Our decision to refuse consent for the Enbridge pipeline is a decision according to our own laws. It is binding and clearly set out in the Save the Fraser Declaration." That declaration, the Yinka Dene Alliance explained, bans Enbridge's pipelines and tankers from First Nations territories.

Harper and Enbridge Face First Nations Resistance

June 12, 2014 Will Horter, www.dogwoodinitiative.org Resist! Canada, Enbridge, First Nations, Harper, Oil and Gas

It’s 2007 and we’ve been running our No Tanker campaign for a couple years. Our Oil Tankers are Loonie campaign had gone viral attracting press and supporters from around the world, but we’d never met with Enbridge. So there I am, dressed in my only suit, accompanied by a few colleagues finally meeting with the Enbridge CEO and his senior staff in a conference room in the Bentall Tower in Downtown Vancouver. The meeting was cordial – Patrick Daniel is a charming man and he attempted to assure us that he was on the side of angels by being concerned about global poverty. The initiative he was most proud of was the energy4everyone foundation he had set up to help disadvantaged communities in Africa. We told him we shared his concerns for the world’s disadvantaged, but didn’t think the best way to improve their circumstances was to take some of the world’s dirtiest oil, jam a pipeline through unceded First Nations lands, ship it across a thousand streams and put it on oil tankers bigger than the Exxon Valdez for shipment through some of the most dangerous waters for ships – let alone massive tankers. After sharing stories about working in the developing world, Patrick Daniel assured us Enbridge would only operate in communities where it was welcome. We were happy to hear this, but rightly took it as a rhetorical comment – not as an enforceable commitment.

First Nations Say Oilsands Expansion ‘Environmental Horror Story’

June 9, 2014 Les Whittington, www.firstperspective.ca Educate! Environment, First Nations, Indigenous Rights, Oil Sands

They call themselves “the people of the land of the willow” and have survived for thousands of years hunting, fishing and trapping along the Athabasca River in northern Alberta. But today the 1,200 members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) are caught up in one of the largest industrial developments on the face of the planet — the expansion of the sprawling, land-devouring oilsands operations intended to produce 5.2 million barrels of oil a day by 2030. The oilsands boom is seen by petroleum companies and the Harper government as essential to Canada’s future economic strength. But to the ACFN, it means something entirely different: Troubling cancer rates, contamination of vital waterways and damage to their homeland, livelihood and culture. “Canada has become a playground for oil and gas companies and my peoples’ traditional territory is what’s being sold,” ACFN spokesperson Eriel Deranger says. “Our entire area is going to be annihilated by this type of developmsent.” The ACFN’s conflict with oilsands developers has attracted international attention and emerged as a symbol of the struggle over Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s much-disputed approach to exploiting Canada’s energy riches.

First Nations Mount National Day Of Resistance

May 15, 2014 Staff, www.cbc.ca Resist! First Nations, Indigenous Rights

More than 1,000 people rallied in Ottawa today to protest the federal government's approach to aboriginal Canadians. They are calling it a day of resistance. While aboriginal people and supporters arrived by the busload on Parliament Hill, protesters also took to the streets in Kahnawake, Saskatoon, Sudbury and Winnipeg. The protesters said they are frustrated about the federal government's proposed education reforms for First Nations, and about Ottawa's refusal to call a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women. "When people are starting to be desperate, you see people like this turn out on the street," said Ontario Regional Chief for the Assembly of First Nations Stan Beardy. "I think we'll see more and more of that. People are getting very desperate." The protesters are determined to be listened to, something they say the Conservative government isn't doing. The poverty, social and health problems continue for many, both on and off reserve.

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