Aboriginal Rights

Many aboriginal groups are being left out of the process and run over in the race for development of the tar sands. First Nations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories have claimed that traditional lands are being destroyed for tar sands exploration and extraction, and First Nations are not being included, or properly compensated for their lost and destroyed lands and water supplies.

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Aboriginal Rights Articles

Aboriginal Peoples call for Canada to support action on climate change

Posted: April 30, 2008
Indigenous Environmental Network, April 28, 2008, Straight Goods -- Seven Aboriginal groups decry...Read More

Alberta aboriginal group protests proposed pipeline at TransCanada meeting

Posted: April 28, 2008
Lauren Krugel, April 25, 2008, Canadian Press -- The chief executive of TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP)...Read More

Manitoba native group asks Hugo Chavez for help fighting pipelines

Posted: April 22, 2008
Ronald Nurwisah, April 18, 2008, Financial Post -- After praising Hugo Chavez for its fight with...Read More

Marie Smallboy speaks about Fort Chipewyan

Posted: April 16, 2008
Our Creator speaks to us in the spirit of the Fort Chip community. The warning signs are there. The...Read More

First Nations Perspective: Climate change

Posted: April 14, 2008
Thahoketoteh of Kanekota, April 2, 2008, thepeoplesvoice.org -- The global climate change argument,...Read More

Tar sands: environmental justice and Native rights

Posted: March 25, 2008
Clayton Thomas-Müller, March 25, 2008, Rabble News -- The application of treaty rights as a legal...Read More

Hunting charges dropped against Sask. Métis man

Posted: March 13, 2008
Chuck Chiang, March 12, 2008, Fort McMurray Today -- The provincial government has dropped charges...Read More

Tar Sands: Environmental justice, treaty rights and Indigenous Peoples

Posted: March 11, 2008
Clayton Thomas-Müller, March/April 2008, Canadian Dimension magazine -- The application of treaty...Read More

Those touched by cancer on Alberta reserve tell their stories at legislature

Posted: March 4, 2008
Canadian Press, March 2, 2008 -- Janelle Vermillion owns a house in the tiny northern Alberta...Read More

The Lubicon Cree Nation Fights Genocide

Posted: March 4, 2008
February 29 2008 -- The Lubicon Nation is a small aboriginal society living in north-central...Read More

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