Aboriginal Rights

Aboriginal Rights

Many aboriginal groups are being left out of the process and run over in the race for development of the tar sands. First Nations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories have claimed that traditional lands are being destroyed for tar sands exploration and extraction, and First Nations are not being included, or properly compensated for their lost and destroyed lands and water supplies.

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Aboriginal Rights Articles

Interview Regarding Enbridge Profile

Posted: June 9, 2010
Check out the recent interview with Polaris Institute Research Coordinator, Richard Girard, about...Read More

First Nations groups tell Enbridge they don't want pipeline on their land

Posted: May 6, 2010
Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press, May 6, 2010, CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. aims to file a regulatory...Read More

A Community Based Video by Rebecca Garrett and the DEHCHO First Nations

Posted: May 5, 2010
If you are in Ottawa join the film screening and discussion about the film: "Fighting For Our...Read More

Alberta First Nations To Deliver Message about Tar Sands Abuses at UN Forum on Indigenous Issues

Posted: April 23, 2010
April 23, New York City –George Poitras, former chief of the Mikisew Cree of Alberta, and Clayton...Read More

Alberta First Nations Take Legal Stand on Oil Sands

Posted: April 12, 2010
April 9, 2010-- Peace River Alberta Two more Alberta First Nations are seeking the assistance of...Read More

Protest of “Alberta Clipper” Pipeline planned

Posted: March 31, 2010
Indigenous Environmental Network, Press Release(Cass Lake, MN) , March 30, 2010-- A protest is...Read More

First Nations Given Tainted Bison Meat in Alberta

Posted: March 24, 2010
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Press Release, March 24, 2010--First Nations have been given and...Read More

Pipeline To Tranport Tar Sands Oil to Kitimat 'Is Dead'

Posted: March 24, 2010
Suzanne Fournier, The Province, March 23, 2010--An “unprecedented” alliance of more than 150...Read More

First Nations Concerned About Survival; Alberta Government Ignoring Treaty Rights

Posted: March 24, 2010
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Press Release, March 19, 2010–The Athabasca Chipewyan First...Read More

Natives Vow ‘Whatever It Takes' To Stop Pipeline Projects

Posted: March 24, 2010
Mark Hume and Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Mar. 23 2010--Major resource projects in British...Read More