by Murray Bush Crowd takes over lobby of TransCanada Pipelines subsiary Coastal GasLink’s office this morning in defence of the sovereignty of Unist’ot’en land. The company wants an injunction to trespass for LNG pipeline construction. More photos here!
Tagged as: Land Rights
Unist’ot’en Camp Staying Put as Company Puts on Pressure to Step Aside
by Laurie Hamelin / APTN National News Tucked within the forest down a dirt logging road in the central interior of British Columbia is the Unist’ot’en Camp. It’s the Unist’ot’en clan’s re-occupation of Wet’suwe’ten traditional lands. Freda Huson built the camp to reconnect with her Indigenous culture and to teach land-based wellness.
Some Chiefs Want Ban on Oil Tankers in Northern B.C.
by Todd Lamirande / APTN National News Senators on Parliament Hill were asked Tuesday to support legislation that would ban large oil tanker traffic off British Columbia’s north coast. “We are a salmon people; we are an ocean people,” said Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Nation. “Our
Government Document Calls Unist’ot’en Leader ‘Aboriginal Extremist’
A government report says the hereditary chiefs of Wet’suwet’en Nation in B.C. are led by “aboriginal extremist.” Photo: Kathleen Martens/APTN by Justin Brake / APTN National News Hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation say their territory and sovereignty are under attack by a pipeline company that’s turning to the courts
Divided People – Connecting Black Mesa with the Central American Refugee Crisis
Coal transportation pipeline to Peabody’s Black Mesa Coal Mine & the US-Mexico border wall, newly lined with barbed wire in Nogales, AZ from the Hecate Society Editor’s note: we intentionally chose to capitalize all uses of Indigenous, Native, Latinx/Hispanic, Dine, Hopi when referring to people(s) for consistency. Some names have been
Pipeline Company Files Injunction Application Against Individuals at Northern B.C. Camp
Warner Naziel, left, a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief and Freda Huson, Unist’ot’en spokesperson, talk to the media about their opposition to a proposed pipeline near Houston, B.C., in Vancouver on Monday April 7, 2014. Naziel and Huson are the only two named people in a recently filed Coastal GasLink injunction application.
Sky Protectors’ Win Against California’s Carbon Colonialism
by Indigenous Environmental Network / Intercontinental Cry Sacramento – Indigenous Environmental Network’s International Sky Protectors Delegation and a broad coalition of local California tribal members, environmental justice groups, fenceline communities, people of color, academics and NGOs celebrated a significant win Friday, November 16th against California’s cap and trade carbon market
Inside North Sentinel Island Where Lost Tribe Killed US Missionary with Arrows
by Chris Kitching / The Daily Mirror An islander fires an arrow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter in 2004 (Image: The Australian Sunetra Chakravartie) North Sentinel Island is home to the indigenous Sentinelese who killed American missionary John Allen Chau – who was trying to convert them to Christianity
BLM Plan would Strip Protections from Bears Ears National Monument
submitted to Earth First! Journal KANAB, Utah — As the public comment period closes today on a new management plan for the severely-reduced Bears Ears National Monument, Western Watersheds Project has submitted comments seeking to limit the damage from livestock grazing, mining, oil and gas development, and other activities that
Rojava: Between City and Village, Between War and Ecology
by Resistance is Life/It’s Going Down The Rojava Revolution is an event deeply rooted in a specific place; a place that exists on a scale that’s both personal and dauntingly immense. Rojava, or western Kurdistan, is part of the fertile crescent, the region where humanity developed agriculture and the other