13 First Nations come together to create new forestry agreement
New partnership protects Indigenous assets, rights according to one signatory party Bryan Eneas · CBC News · Posted: Jan 14, 2019 6:00 AM CT | Thirteen First Nations, with over half the allocated and active wood supply in Saskatchewan, have come together in a new...
Pipeline battle puts focus on Canada’s disputed right to use indigenous land
Guardian - Leyland Cecco The territory of the Wet’suwet’en in British Columbia was never ceded by treaty and hereditary chiefs say they retain authority Protesters camped out for days amid bitter cold and deep snow, manning a checkpoint to prevent construction...
Pioneer gas project in Latin America fails indigenous peoples
Guardian Huge revenues generated by the Camisea project in Peru’s Amazon, but locals suffer from health epidemics and lack of clean water David Hill Many Nahua men, women and children in Peru died in the 1980s. Now they have been hit by a mercury epidemic that has led...
Coastal First Nations on front line of guarding the environment
Vancouver Sun Marilyn Slett is chief of the Heiltsuk First Nation. For almost two decades the First Nations on B.C.’s central and north coast and Haida Gwaii have been working toward rebuilding a healthy coastal economy. Coastal First Nations — Great Bear Initiative...
How to make ‘nation to nation’ relationship genuine
Toronto Star - By Noah Richler Here are five actions that should be taken to improve relationships with First Nations in Canada. Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde speaks with Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett before the start of...
The Memory Code: how oral cultures memorise so much information
The Conversation Ancient Celtic bards were famous for the sheer quantity of information they could memorise. This included thousands of songs, stories, chants and poems that could take hours to recite in full. Today we are pretty spoiled. Practically the whole of...
11 Plants Native Americans Used to Cure Almost Everything
The Native American tribe Cherokee is indigenous to the Southeastern United States. This tribe believed that they have been given a gift by the Creator which enabled them to understand and use medicinal herbs. They believed and used the benefits of nature’s pharmacy....
This pipeline is challenging Indigenous law, and White Western Law. Who really owns the land?
Smagnis Says: Traditional territories were established long before first contact This pipeline is challenging Indigenous law, and white Western law. Who really owns the land? Pipeline owners say they have consent, but Wet’suwet’en leaders are divided Justine Hunter...
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