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It’s Time To Decarbonise

June 2, 2014

Indigenous activist Winona LaDuke energized the As Long As the Rivers Flow conference with a compelling challenge to learn from Indigenous knowledge and wisdom.

Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights

Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship

June 1, 2014

In his opening remarks at the “So Long as the Rivers Flow” conference in Fort McMurray, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adams frames a way forward in the renewal of Treaty 8.

Post filed in: Indigenous Rights

Drumming for Indigenous Rights

November 29, 2010

On November 12 the Government of Canada finally endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, just over 3 years after it was adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2007. While the government’s decisions to…

Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections

Western Tour: Yellowknife – No Ice on the Big Water

June 17, 2010

Yellowknife is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake. Known as Tu Cho, or “Big Water” in Dene, it is the deepest lake in North America at 614 m, and the ninth-largest lake in the world, covering 27,200 km²….

Post filed in: Ecological Justice

Western Tour: Yellowknife – Land of the Midnight Sun

June 16, 2010

At this time of year the sun literally never sets in Yellowknife and after a long, cold, dark winter it’s easy to understand why people may shun indoor events. Nevertheless, on Tuesday night a committed group of people chose to…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice