Land is Life: Indigenous Defenders Speak!

Monday December 16th. Door at 6:00 pm, Event at 6:30 pm
Grandview Calvary Baptist Church, 1803 East 1st Ave (just east of Commercial Drive).
Unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.

Indigenous land defenders from across the interior and north will be converging in Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories in a few weeks for the Tsilhqot’in Mass Dance Ceremony on Dec 13 (https://www.facebook.com/events/399603263506395/) and Bring the NOIIse: A celebration of 10 years of NOII on Dec 15 (https://www.facebook.com/events/654064921282986/)

On Monday December 16th, join us in a powerful panel to hear about ongoing frontline struggles by these communities to protect their lands, to assert their nationhood, and to defend their ways of life. These communities have all been asserting and exercising traditional governance, laws, and jurisdiction and have taken up courageous actions to stop mining, oil and/or gas development in their territories.

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*** Click HERE for easy to download leaflet and handbills

*** Growing list of Solidarity Actions on Oct 17 and Oct 18
(25+ actions so far including Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Victoria, New York, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Nanaimo, Regina, Toronto, Fort McMurray, Sault Ste. Marie, Six Nations, Saskatoon, Halifax and more) :
http://www.wearepowershift.ca/stand_with_elsipogtog_actions
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AosCZUVjH-UBdF9PakZmNzFDd3RtTzYwM0FxMTlBclE

*** Sign this petition:
http://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/tell-the-rcmp-don-t-violently-intervene-in-peaceful-first-nations-protests

*** Idle No More is requesting people contact the New Brunswick Premier:
Express your concern over the government and RCMP’s actions against the Mi’kmaq.
New Brunswick Premier – David Alward
Email: premier@gnb.ca
Phone: (506) 453-2144
Fax : (506) 453-7407

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Imperial Metals Operating without Consent:
First Nations oppose mining on Indigenous lands

Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories, May 29, 2013 – Today, members of the Neskonlith Secwepemc Nation and Ancestral Pride Ahousaht Sovereign Territory will join other First Nations and allies in voicing opposition to Imperial Metals (TSX: III) operations across British Columbia.

According to Janice Billy of the Secwepemc Nation, “We will be making our voice’s heard at the companies annual general meeting in Vancouver. In our territory as elsewhere, the company has not followed Canadian or international standards and legal obligations to obtain the free prior informed consent of the Indigenous peoples affected by its projects.”

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THE UNIST’OT’EN PEOPLE MAINTAIN A “SOFT BLOCKADE” ON THE MORICE RIVER

May 28, 2013 – The Unist’ot’en People (a.k.a C’ilhts’ekhyu) of the Wet’suwet’en Nation maintain a “Soft Blockade” keeping pipeline workers and subcontractors out of their territories. The blockade is located 66km on the Morice West Forest Service Road south of the town of Houston BC.

Hundreds of supporters, volunteers, recreationalists, and mushroom pickers have been able to cross into the guarded territory by showing respect to the territory owners and answering some simple questions.

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Sacred Water Declaration

We are Speaking on behalf of our Nation and future generations, our relations, all entities, land, water, animals and plants, when we declare that our Water and Salmon are Sacred.

As Secwepemc, we are collectively responsible to take care of our land and water, to uphold all of our responsibilities and follow our Natural Laws, as was passed down to us from Tqelt Kukpi7 and our ancestors.
Therefore, we will not, under any condition, compromise the health of our water and our future generations.

We unanimously agree that all mining is detrimental to the health of our Nations’ water.

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