Indigenous Foods Go Digital
The Nuu-chah-nulth Traditional Foods Toolkit—a six-booklet collection now available online. Continue reading Indigenous Foods Go Digital
Tag: First Nations
A Healing Walk past toxic tailings ponds north of Fort McMurray
This is not a protest, but a way to help heal what has been destroyed and to give each other the spiritual strength to carry on. Continue reading A Healing Walk past toxic tailings ponds north of Fort McMurray
Alberta groups support Dene Suline in their battle for traditional territory
Greenpeace and Sierra Club Prairie have offered their support to the Dene Suline who have erected a Peace Camp just north of Cold Lake, Alberta. Continue reading Alberta groups support Dene Suline in their battle for traditional territory
Groups call for removal of Bruce Carson from Tar Sands panel
Edmonton – Following the launch of an RCMP investigation into Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former senior policy advisor Bruce Carson, Alberta environmental and Indigenous groups are calling for the immediate and permanent removal of Carson from the provincial tar sands water monitoring panel. Continue reading Groups call for removal of Bruce Carson from Tar Sands panel
First Nations’ Opposition to Site C Dam Submitted to BC Legislature
Victoria – Today opposition energy critic John Horgan submitted a declaration from 23 First Nations into the Legislature opposing the development of the Site C Dam, a large-scale hydroelectric project proposed by the BC Government.The earth-fill dam – estimated to cost $6.6-billion – would be the third dam on the Peace River in Northeastern BC. Continue reading First Nations’ Opposition to Site C Dam Submitted to BC Legislature
We have much to learn from our elders – Science Matters
As I approach my 75th birthday, I find myself often thinking about mortality. I’m in the last part of my life, and that’s reality. This is the time when we must fulfill our most important duty: to reflect on a lifetime and then sift through the detritus of experience, observation, and thought in order to winnow out lessons to pass on to coming generations.
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New carbon forest takes root in Ontario
Image via Wikipedia Strathroy, Ontario – TD Bank Financial Group (TD), in partnership with Tree Canada and the Munsee-Delaware Nation, … Continue reading New carbon forest takes root in Ontario
Project Down2Earth
Vancouver – Aarrow Productions Inc., producers of the environmental documentary series Down2Earth, will be honouring Aboriginal environmental leaders in British … Continue reading Project Down2Earth
US Oil Spill Swells BC First Nations Opposition to Tar Sands Pipeline and Tankers
CALGARY, AB – Enbridge‘s pipeline and tanker project to British Columbia’s coast isn’t going to happen. BC First Nations made … Continue reading US Oil Spill Swells BC First Nations Opposition to Tar Sands Pipeline and Tankers
Enbridge Confronted Over Controversial Pipeline to West Coast
Proposed Pipeline Route Through Wet’suwet’en Nation Territory Media Release by the Dogwood Initiative: January 14, 2010 (Victoria, BC) — Grassroots … Continue reading Enbridge Confronted Over Controversial Pipeline to West Coast
Reconciliation: First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia
Reconciliation: First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia Tony Penikett Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre 2006, 303 pages. The Supreme Court … Continue reading Reconciliation: First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia
CPAWS-Yukon Celebrates with all Conservationists
On December 2, 2009, the Peel Watershed Planning Commission released their Recommended Plan for the Peel watershed. Continue reading CPAWS-Yukon Celebrates with all Conservationists