REDOIL and Rising Tide Alaska ...

Aug 9, 2013 by

REDOIL and Rising Tide Alaska will host an Action Camp

Palmer, Alaska on August 17th-21st, 2013. The goals of the training camp are: 1) Bring together a diverse group of people including...

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Joint Collective Statement -In...

Jun 2, 2013 by

Joint Collective Statement -Indigenous people’s rights and safeguards in projects related to REDD

United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples 12th Session May 18-31, 2013 Joint Collective Statement by Bruce “Tom”...

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International Outcry against C...

May 8, 2013 by

International Outcry against California’s Forest Offset Scam

Global civil society rejects REDD in climate law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2013 Contacts: Miya Yoshitani, Asian Pacific...

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Global Alliance of Indigenous ...

May 7, 2013 by

Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Climate Change against REDD+ and for Life

May 7th, 2013 Dear California REDD Offsets Working Group; Dear People of the State of California; Dear Honorable Jerry Brown, Governor...

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IEN Draft Recommendations to C...

May 7, 2013 by

IEN Draft Recommendations to California REDD Offsets Working Group

May 07, 2013 INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK COMMENTS TO THE CALIFORNIA REDD OFFSETS WORKING GROUP (ROW) DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS Re:...

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Stop California REDD Now!

Apr 26, 2013 by

Stop California REDD Now!

Citizens of the World,   Please sign this petition to Stop California REDD, which is the model for doing REDD throughout the...

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Chief Spence takes fight again...

Feb 24, 2013 by

Chief Spence takes fight against C-45 to the United Nations

By Brent Patterson, Friday, February 22nd, 2013 The Attawapiskat First Nation and the International Indian Treaty Council have sought...

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Pipeline industry pushed envir...

Feb 21, 2013 by

Pipeline industry pushed environmental changes made in omnibus bill, documents show

Heather Scoffield ~ The Canadian Press When the Harper government included a radical overhaul of the Navigable Waters Protection Act...

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Chief Theresa Spence and Attaw...

Feb 21, 2013 by

Chief Theresa Spence and Attawapiskat First Nation file ‘urgent action’ with UN committee

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence isn’t giving up her fight for a fully inclusive meeting between the Crown, the prime minister...

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Ta’Kaiya Blaney on First Natio...

Feb 7, 2013 by

Ta’Kaiya Blaney on First Nations: “We’re Awake and We’re Standing Up”

She’s only 11 years old, but she’s already been working for environmental justice for a few years now. Here, she addresses the...

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International Treaty to Protec...

Jan 27, 2013 by

International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects

Signed on January 25th 2013 International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects The representatives from sovereign...

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Occupy Talks: Indigenous Persp...

Jan 23, 2013 by

Occupy Talks: Indigenous Perspectives on the Occupy Movement – Media Wrench (Toronto)

by Clayton Thomas-Muller on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 9:03am Hello Friends, I am re-posting this panel that was organized last...

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Gathering to Protect the Sacre...

Jan 9, 2013 by

Gathering to Protect the Sacred From the Tar Sands and Keystone XL

January 3, 2013 Treaty Councils Oceti Sakowin Makoce Anpetu Waste Mitakuyepi: The Ihanktonwan Oyate Treaty Steering Committee is...

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Mikisew Cree First Nation and ...

Jan 7, 2013 by

Mikisew Cree First Nation and Frog Lake First Nation to challenge C-38 and C-45 in Federal Court

The Globe and Mail reports, “The Mikisew Cree First Nation and the Frog Lake First Nation will file documents in Federal Court on...

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Rising anger of Canada’s...

Jan 6, 2013 by

Rising anger of Canada’s First Nations over living conditions

Chronic underfunding of essential services and fears over land losses prompt Attawapiskat chief to go on hunger strike When images of...

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Canadian PM to meet First Nati...

Jan 6, 2013 by

Canadian PM to meet First Nations leaders after protests

Idle No More movement began as campaign by four women against changes to Indian Act and environmental deregulation The Canadian prime...

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Defenders of the Land: Indigen...

Jan 6, 2013 by

Defenders of the Land: Indigenous Peoples have clear demands for real change

January 5, 2013 Defenders of the Land, a network of Indigenous communities and activists in land struggle across Canada, including...

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Help the Guna of Panama Save T...

Jan 3, 2013 by

Help the Guna of Panama Save Turtles

Indigenous Music to Save Turtles The Guna have been doing conservation the right way for hundreds of years It is only...

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Canada’s Indigenous Move...

Jan 2, 2013 by

Canada’s Indigenous Movement Gains Momentum

Are the country’s First Nations groups being denied their rights and being targeted by the government? Canada’s Idle No...

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Haudenosaunee Hold Idle No Mor...

Dec 29, 2012 by

Haudenosaunee Hold Idle No More Round Dance in Syracuse

Citizens of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and their non-Native supporters joined hands in a flash mob Round Dance...

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Awake, Hungry and Idle No More

Dec 26, 2012 by

Awake, Hungry and Idle No More

By Naomi Klein, NaomiKlein.org 26 December 12 I woke up just past midnight with a bolt. My six-month-old son was crying. He has a cold...

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Clayton Thomas-Muller #IdleNoM...

Dec 22, 2012 by

Clayton Thomas-Muller #IdleNoMore Ottawa Rally

Harper said sorry for residential schools…yeah, we remember that sound bite! Harper is not the first white man to try to placate...

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Thousands expected at Ottawa p...

Dec 19, 2012 by

Thousands expected at Ottawa protest on Friday

First Nations people and their supporters are uniting under the banner Idle No More against the federal government’s changes to...

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No plans for formal consultati...

Dec 10, 2012 by

No plans for formal consultation on water protection rule changes

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has no formal plans to consult with stakeholders on new regulations or partnerships to...

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Water protections lost under H...

Dec 10, 2012 by

Postmedia News reports, “The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has no formal plans to consult with stakeholders on new regulations...

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