The issues that are galvanizing First Nation groups in Canada are in direct response to the unsustainable and exploitative treatment of the land and resources in this country. Continue reading Idle No More protests continue to wake up a nation
The Idle Nor More campaign continues to gain steam, as thousands of people across Canada gather to protest the government’s First Nations policies. Continue reading Idle No More: First Nations speak out against Bill C-45 across Canada
Spend an evening with Survivorman Les Stroud and Indigenous Elder Dave Courchene, as they reveal the survival secrets of the world’s oldest tribes in a fundraiser to support the Vision Quest & Ma Koose Ka Win Ceremonies. Continue reading Survival of the Indigenous Spirit
Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples
Mark Dowie, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2009, 336 pages.
Over the last century, millions of indigenous people around the world have been evicted from their traditional lands in the interests of conservation. Many have been reduced to poaching and trespassing on their ancestral land, or “assimilated” into chronic poverty. The good news is that native people are beginning to shift the global conservation agenda to one that treats them fairly. In Conservation Refugees, investigative journalist Mark Dowie makes a compelling argument for people-centred conservation that recognizes native people as central to protecting biological diversity. Rich in rarely published details from every corner of the Earth, this is an important book for students of conservation, international development and native cultures. Continue reading Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples
Ottawa – Traditional knowledge held by Canada’s Aboriginal people about the Boreal Forest offers western scientists a vitally important information … Continue reading Aboriginal knowledge key to Boreal Forest conservation
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
The following is a press release from the Pembina Institute: Poznan, Poland – A unique coalition of northern Canadian Indigenous … Continue reading Canadian Arctic Indigenous Peoples and environmental groups team up for call to action
