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

Canadian tar sands developers to face fresh legal challenge

Posted: July 22, 2009
Cath Everett, July 21 2009, BusinessGreen--The Canadian tar sands industry became mired in yet...Read More

Dene Chief Upset Over Canadian Defence Report

Posted: July 22, 2009
Shawn Bell, July 21, 2009, SRJ Reporter--The Dene Nation has denounced a new report that claims...Read More

At what price 'white man's money'?

Posted: July 20, 2009
Shawn McCarthy, July 19, 2009, Globe and Mail--Each spring, Art Sterritt and his family gather at...Read More

First Nation signs oilsands MOU

Posted: July 16, 2009
Cassandra Kyle, July 14, 2009, Saskatoon StarPhoenix / Regina Leader-Post--The chief of the Birch...Read More

Tribal members fight Enbridge oil pipeline

Posted: July 2, 2009
John Myers, June 29, 2009, Duluth News Tribune--Saying the environmental damage to their native...Read More

Cree lawsuit would drain energy royalties: Native band says 15,000 oilsands developments planned on ancestral land

Posted: June 12, 2009
Elise Stolte, June 12, 2009, Edmonton Journal--The amount Alberta owes First Nations affected by...Read More

BC Pipeline Plans Meet Resistance: ENBRIDGE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE DOWN ACTIVIST PROPOSALS AT MEETING

Posted: June 9, 2009
Susan Kirwin, Volume 95 Number 14, in The Northern Miner--First Nations, activist shareholders and...Read More

Event Galvanizes Opposition to Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline

Posted: June 9, 2009
Alphonse Gagnon, George Poitras and Guujaaw, June 8, 2009, Moricetown, BC – Community opposition...Read More

GNWT won't call for halt to oil sands

Posted: June 2, 2009
Katie May, June 1, 2009, Northern News Services, INUVIK --The GNWT has no plans to ask the Alberta...Read More

Mixed waters signal rough road for Enbridge in BC

Posted: May 29, 2009
Eric Swanson , May 25, 2009, Dogwood Initiative--A First Nations delegation - assisted by Dogwood...Read More