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

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

N.W.T. passes anti-oilsands resolution

Posted: May 27, 2009
Carol Christian, May 27, 2009, Fort McMurray-- With northern Alberta water quality concerns...Read More

Concerned About Water, Communities From Across the Northwest Territories Call for a Moratorium on Oil Sands Development

Posted: May 26, 2009
May 26, 2009, Inuvik, NWT, – The Northwest Territories Association of Communities, which...Read More

KAIROS Visit to Fort Chipewyan Seen as Successful

Posted: May 25, 2009
May 25, 2009, Fort Chipewyan - Residents of Fort Chipewyan are hailing the recent visit of a very...Read More

Protect water from oilsands or risk lawsuits: First Nations

Posted: May 19, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans, May 12, 2009, edmontonjournal.com, EDMONTON — First Nations groups warned a...Read More