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‘Get off the bulldozer’ and come to the table, Matawa chief tells Premier Ford
“Any activity in our territory without our consent is cultural genocide. Because, you know what? We are Cree. We're not separate and apart from the land.” — Constance Lake First Nation Chief Ramona Sutherland
Online film festival works to educate and build solidarity through shared experiences
“Feeling so distant from your own culture and identity is such a normal thing for Indigenous people to go through and is something that I struggle with everyday.” — Emily Granville
Sell your stock in Pacific Northwest LNG, chiefs tell investors
“One hundred per cent of the Skeena sockeye run passes through that terminal [site], and it is absolutely critical to the Wet’suwet’en. So if we don’t speak up for the salmon – our rights – who will?” ~ John Ridsdale (Na’moks), clan chief of Tsayu clan of Wet’suwet’en
Indigenous electrification strategy released
Cross-sector approach needed to address health and wellness in First Nations
Alberta burns as politicians refuse to acknowledge climate crisis, says activist
“It is striking how many fires, how many floods, how many earthquakes we have had in Alberta. How many air quality warnings we have had. How many water advisories we have had. How many heat wave records we have had.” — Jesse Cardinal, executive director with Keepers of the Water
First Nations try to find the balance with oil and gas growth
#DivestTheGlobe calls for banks to pull pipeline financing
Alberta News in Brief for June 15
Bellerose says chiefs standing together gives AFN strength
“The children and youth, they need the best Mother Earth that we can leave them. They need the best education, the best health. They should not be given less.” —candidate for AFN national chief Reginald Bellerose
Trudeau making a promise that leaders in B.C. won’t let him keep, they pledge
The Kinder Morgan pipeline will never be built, leaders say.