Columnists
Jackson Browne, Indigo Girls among musicians banding together against Dakota Access Pipeline
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Musicians are rallying with the land and water protectors at Standing Rock to pressure oil billionaire Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, which owns the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Make Muskrat Right activists celebrate cautious victory
Cory Collins | Action over Muskrat Falls gained momentum following occupation of the project's work site. Premier Dwight Ball met with Aboriginal leaders on Tuesday, which ended with an agreement on the project.
Columnists
Science bears out Muskrat Falls protesters' demands. Governments should listen.
Ole Hendrickson | Protesters at Muskrat Falls are demanding that Nalcor Energy clear away vegetation and the surface soil layer from the area to be flooded in order to reduce poisoning by methyl mercury.
Columnists
Unrestrained resource extraction isn't ancient history -- it's a crime still in progress
Naomi Klein | We have a new federal government, a new tone around First Nations and the environment. But when it comes to concrete action on lowering emissions and respecting land rights, much remains the same.
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Fifth annual Downtown Eastside powwow shifts focus to future generations
Megan Devlin | Organizers this year emphasized that simply bringing people together is a form of resistance.
Columnists
Indigenous land defenders face down bulldozers to block Dakota Access pipeline
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | A petroleum pipeline, called the Dakota Access pipeline, is being built, threatening the Missouri River. A movement has grown to block the pipeline, led by Native American tribes.
Columnists
Salmon or LNG? What's at stake in the Pacific Northwest decision
Duncan Cameron | The federal environment minister is sitting on a big decision. In the face of opposition from First Nations, she is charged with granting environmental approval for an LNG project on Lelu Island.
Blog
Iroquois Caucus in Quebec and Ontario oppose the Energy East pipeline
Brent Patterson | Indigenous opposition is growing across Canada against the Energy East pipeline, which would pass through Mohawk territory including the Seigneury of the Lake of Two Mountains and the Outaouais River.
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Demonstrators demand Canadian government speak up for murdered Indigenous activist
Fernando Arce | Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the constituent office of the Ministry of International Trade in Toronto to condemn Canada's commercial involvement with Honduras.
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Wolastoq Nation joins Treaty 3, AMC and Kanehsatà:ke Mohawks in opposing Energy East
Brent Patterson | There is a growing wall of Indigenous opposition to the Energy East pipeline.
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Watch: Pamela Palmater on taking back Canada
Pamela Palmater | Pamela Palmater presents her vision of how First Nations and Canadian allies can take back Canada.
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Lax Kw'alaams First Nation unanimously rejects LNG terminal
Brent Patterson | In the third and final vote this week, the Lax Kw'alaams First Nation voted against the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal, despite a $1 billion offer to them to accept it.