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At A Loss: The Unmentioned Social Risks of Keystone XL Approval
Ignoring public opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline is a lose-lose for the US Government and TransCanada Corporation [photo credit: IVN.us]Washington, DC – Protests of the Keystone XL Pipeline over...
View ArticleFinal Land Claim Agreements Supersede Territorial Legislation in Yukon
In December 2014, a Yukon court rejected the Yukon government’s land use plan for the Peel Watershed, on the grounds that it does not respect final land claim agreements with First Nations. The lawsuit...
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Webequie Chief Speaks about Ring of Fire
Development of northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire in the near future is looking more and more implausible, as Cliffs Natural Resources, the region’s leading investor, announced intentions to exit the area...
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First Nations #ShutDownCanada Demanding Justice
[photo credit: Cultural Survival] This article has been reposted from Cultural Survival, originally publish on February 18, 2015 By Emily Sanders In what promised to be the most widespread protest by...
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Mount Polley Mine: ‘Indigenous Law’ Will Now Be Enforced
This article has been reposted from Triple Pundit, originally published February 23, 2015 By Jan Lee The negative effects of extractive industry operations on indigenous communities have been obvious...
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Rape, Sex Trafficking, and the Bottom Line: Corporations’ Complicity in...
Rosa Eblira Coc Inh, one of the plaintiffs. (Photo by Roger LeMoyne, MacLeans) By Katie Cheney On January 17, 2007, 9 men entered the temporary home of Rosa Elbira Coc Ich, a Mayan Q’eqchi woman in...
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The Importance of Inclusive Engagement
A recent article published in The Guardian is accusing the Canadian government of “pushing First Nations to give up land rights for oil and gas profits.” The article cites private meetings between...
View ArticleSocial and Emotional Well-Being of First Peoples: How it’s different, why...
By Elizabeth Gunggoll Is there a half life on historical trauma? Or in other words, as Mike Myers discussed this question in an Indian Country Today article, will 500 years suffice for North America’s...
View ArticleTribes Using Treaty Rights to Challenge Pipeline
Native Americans in South Dakota continue to resist TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline. This summer, they plan to challenge the state’s recertification of the pipeline, arguing that the company should...
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