Jun 24, 2014
New Troubles at Elsipogtog
Krystalline Kraus
The seismic testing trucks were once again moving along Highway 26 in Kent Country, New Brunswick.
Mi'kmaq First Nation
Jun 11, 2014
Mi'kmaq continue to fight to protect their territory from environmental devastation with a new blockade
Krystalline Kraus
This is not the first time land defenders of the Mi'kmaq territory have erected blockades in an attempt to protect their traditional territories from corporate mining and resource acquisition threats.
Mar 31, 2014
Mi'kmaq women shut down N.S. Energy Minister event
PowerShift Canada
Several Mi'kmaq women shut down a Maritimes Energy Association briefing in Nova Scotia to protest the Energy East tar sands pipeline and increased fracking pushes in Atlantic Canada.
Feb 17, 2014
Activist Communique: Elsipogtog - The Fire Over Water Mi’kmaq Speaking Tour
Krystalline Kraus
Members of the Mi'kmaq Warriors Society who have been arrested and incarcerated are on a speaking tour to raise awareness about their struggle against fracking.
Jan 9, 2014
Indigenous peoples have the law, but government has the power
Brian Ward
The Elsipogtog Nation's protests have forced SWN to leave the province until 2015 when they will continue their fracking. What continues to drive these colonial projects across Canada?
Nov 12, 2013
Activist Communique: Four men still in custody after October 17 demonstration against SWN Resources
Krystalline Kraus
SWN Resources – a Texas-based resource company – has been interested in the natural resources under traditional Mi’kmaq and Elsipogtog territory near Rexton, New Brunswick for some time.
Nov 12, 2013
Activist Communique: New Brunswickers call for a referendum and moratorium on shale gas exploration as fight with SWN heats up
Krystalline Kraus
At one site near the town of Rexton, New Brunswick, there is an ongoing battle to stop fracking in order to protect the water – which is Mother Earth’s First Medicine.
Nov 11, 2013
Activist Communique: Activists fear SWN will resume resource exploration as early as Wednesday November 12, 2013
Krystalline Kraus
Mi’kmaq First Nation and Elsipogtoq First Nation and their allies fear another fight in looming as they struggle to protect the water for the next seven generations.
Nov 2, 2013
Activist Communique: SWN Resources to sue anti-shale demonstrators
Krystalline Kraus
SWN intends to sue thirteen anti-shale demonstrators.
Oct 30, 2013
Activist Communique: Traditional Longhouse Erected in Support of the Mi’kmaq and Elsipogtog First Nations
Krystalline Kraus
In support of their kin in the front lines of the anti-fracking demonstrations against SouthWestern Energy Company (SWN Resources), a traditional Indigenous longhouse has been erected,
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