indigenous rights

Land Defenders Press on Despite BC Supreme Court Loss

Gwalgen Dent — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:00:21 +0000

Site C Protesters to Focus On Appeals

Vancouver - Land defenders at Site C, the site of a hydroelectric dam in northeastern British Columbia, have been delivered a blow via the BC Supreme Court.

Idle No More incorporates all voices, even the dissenting ones

carlaflournoy — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:23:50 +0000

Kahnawake's Mohawk Traditional Council critiques the movement at Montréal's Idle No More rally

Protest rhetoric tends to err on the side of boundless optimism, but when Stuart Myiow stood up in front of the crowd of hundreds at the Idle No More protest last Friday, he bluntly broke the mold.

On the 20th Anniversary of Oka

Maya — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:35:58 +0000

On July 11, 2010, 4 buses full of people from Montreal as well as many others from the community of Kanesatà:ke and other areas marched to acknowledge the 20 years that have passed since the event that Canadians know as the "Oka Crisis." Land claims battles are still raging, as are struggles for basic human respect, even 20 years after the highest profile armed stand-off between Mohawk and Canadia