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

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

NGOs Send a message to the Environment Committee: Uphold Treaty and Human Rights before Corporate Rights

Posted: May 13, 2009
May 13th, 2009, CALGARY — As the House of Commons Environmental Committee holds Oil Sands and...Read More

Feds Won't Put Oil Sands Developments on Hold

Posted: May 11, 2009
Peter Zimonjic, Sun Media, May 7, 2009, OTTAWA — The federal government has rejected calls by...Read More

Indian Activists Vow to Fight Northern Minn. Oil Pipeline

Posted: May 11, 2009
Stephanie Hemphill, May 6, 2009, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, Minn. — Some Indian activists...Read More

First Nations Worry Oilsands Linked to Cancer

Posted: May 11, 2009
Peter Zimonjic, Sun Media, May 5, 2009, OTTAWA — First Nations and environmental groups are...Read More

BC First Nations at Enbridge Annual General Meeting: No to Tar Sands Pipeline

Posted: May 6, 2009
Gillian McEachern, Eric Swanson, Alphonse Gagnon, and Tara Marsden, May 6, 2009, TORONTO– The...Read More

Indigenous youths offer their take on climate change

Posted: April 28, 2009
Mary Pemberton, April 22, 2009, Anchorage Daily News -- Members of the world's next generation of...Read More