by German Ocampo | Nov 18, 2019 | First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
If proposed legislation passes, British Columbia will become the first province in Canada to enact the internationally recognized standards of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (U.N. Declaration) into provincial law. Over time as laws...
by dewolfe001 | Sep 15, 2019 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
At the northern end of Clayoquot Sound, the big rain events this past winter devastated the territory of Hesquiaht First Nations. The rain events hit Hesquiaht territory hard due to the history of industrial logging in Clayoquot Sound. Since the 1950’s Hesquiaht...
by dewolfe001 | Aug 29, 2019 | Clayoquot Mining Ban, Climate Action Now, First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
This August marks 5 years since Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley mine disaster. To date, Imperial Metals has not been held accountable for causing 25 billion litres of toxic mining waste to flood into Hazeltine Creek, Quesnel Lake, and the Fraser River watershed. All...
by dewolfe001 | Aug 5, 2019 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
The 35th anniversary of the Meares Island Tribal Park Declaration of 1984 was celebrated over the Easter long weekend. Chief Moses Martin, elected Chief of Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, was also the elected chief 35 years ago. In April 1984, he declared Meares Island in...
by dewolfe001 | Jun 2, 2019 | Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
On Sunday, June 9th in Tofino, an alliance of Tla-o-qui-aht, Ahousaht, and Hesquiaht people, the Nuuchahnulth Salmon Alliance, held the “Salmon: Talking Circle and March.” The talking circle was held in front of the totem pole that Joe David raised in Tofino. Honoured...
by dewolfe001 | Apr 15, 2019 | First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
Indigenous governments, with their strong rights enshrined in the Canadian constitution and International law, are a power force in environmental politics. In B.C., Indigenous Nations have halted the Trans Mountain pipeline, defended the Great Bear Rainforest and the...
