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Goldcorp found guilty by People's Tribunal on mining impacts

Many impacted communities testified at the People's Tribunal. (Photo: Allan Liss
Many impacted communities testified at the People's Tribunal held earlier this month in Guatemala.

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People's Tribunal on mining impacts: Why we found Goldcorp guilty
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Assembly of First Nations re-elects Shawn Atleo as National Chief

Election officials at the Assembly of First Nations oversaw three rounds of voting for the national chief. (Photo: Ben Powless)
The Assembly of First Nations has completed its annual meeting in Toronto. Shawn Atleo was elected to a second term as national chief.

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Activist Communiqué: Report back from Day Two of the Assembly of First Nations - Election Day
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Algonquins of Barriere Lake stand up against logging

Photo: Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa
Resolute Forest Products began logging near Poigan Bay, Quebec last Tuesday without proper community consultation or informed consent.

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Activist Communiqué: Algonquins of Barriere Lake in standoff with the Sûreté du Québec to prevent logging
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Indigenous movements make declaration on eve of Rio+20 UN Summit

Indigenous peoples met and signed the Kari-Oca 2 Declaration. (Photo: Ben Powless)
In advance of the Rio+20 UN Summit which opens today in Brazil, Indigenous peoples met and signed the Kari-Oca 2 Declaration.

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Rio+20: Indigenous peoples march to deliver Kari-Oca Declaration to world leaders
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On the theft and appropriation of Indigenous cultures

Photo: robotdot/Flickr
There is no fine line.

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On the theft and appropriation of Indigenous cultures
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in her own words

Keepers of the Water: A wake-up call from the North

Wollaston Lake open-pit uranium mines, Saskatchewan. Photo:Google Earth

I was very fortunate to participate in the Keepers of the Water conference in Wollaston Lake, northern Saskatchewan, in mid-August. It was my first time to this remote community, which can only be reached by barge/boat or airplane as there are no roads that go directly there. People say the water there is clean enough to drink right out of the lake, which I saw someone doing. The lake, one of Saskatchewan's largest, certainly looked beautiful, though I hesitated to drink from it like the locals.

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Colonial war and judicial murder in the colony of Vancouver Island

Date: Friday, May 24, 2013 - 7:00pm

Location

David Lam Auditorium, University of Victoria Coast Salish Territories, BC
Canada
See map: Google Maps

Camas Books presents "Colonial War and Judicial Murder in the colony of
Vancouver Island, 1863," by ethno-historian Chris Arnett.

Opening Remarks: Joey Caro, Penelakut Elder, and Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group
Communications and Historical Research Manager

Friday, May 24th @ 7pm
David Lam Auditorium, University of Victoria
Coast Salish and Strait Salish Territories
Admission by Donation

Chris Arnett is the author of "Terror of the Coast: Land Alienation and
Colonial War on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, 1849-1863." On May
24th, he will be in Victoria to discuss the hanging of four Hul'qumi'num
prisoners in Bastion Square on July 4, 1863. This is the 150th anniversary

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Crtitical Mass bike ride to PKOLS

Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 3:00pm

Location

Spirit Square Victoria, BC
Canada
48° 25' 42.3156" N, 123° 21' 56.3184" W
See map: Google Maps

Please join us on a critical Mass bike ride from downtown Victoria to PKOLS (formerly Mount Douglas) for the march and reclamation ceremony led by WEC'KINEM (Eric Pelkey) of the WSANEC Nation -- via local high schools, Camosun College and UVic.

Bring your friends!

For more information on the Reclaim PKOLS event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/521493387892189/?fref=ts

TIMELINE/ROUTE

2:30 - Gather at Centennial Square
3:00 sharp - Leave Centennial Square
3:20 sharp - Leave Vic High/Fernwood Square
3:50 sharp - Leave Camosun College (Traffic Loop by Admin Bldg)
4:10 sharp - Leave UVic First Peoples House

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Grace Islet: Sacred burial ground or development site?

Date: Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Location

Salt Spring Island Public Library
129 McPhillips Ave.
Ganges, BC
Canada
48° 51' 9.3996" N, 123° 30' 5.7168" W
See map: Google Maps

Dear friends

An ancient burial ground on Grace Islet in Ganges Harbour is being threatened by development, and local First Nations have asked us to help them reach a Salt Spring audience to express their concerns.

On May 26th - next weekend - we are hosting a gathering where respected elders from Penelakut, Saanich and Cowichan First Nations will speak, along with archaeologists involved locally in burials (see attached poster).

Coming to Salt Spring to speak is a big deal for the First Nations speakers, and says a lot about how important an issue this burial ground is to them.

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Interview with Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission

Murray Sinclair speaks about the process of the Commission gathering testimonies from residential school survivors, preparing recommendations, and what this history of genocide means for all Canadians.

Recorded 25 April 2013 in Montreal at the Quebec National Event.
More info: http://trc.ca

Video by Greg Macdougall, http://EquitableEducation.ca
for rabbletv, http://rabble.ca

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