Posted by admin on Sep 21st, 2007
CBC News, September 20, 2007Â
Nine protesters have been arrested near Caledonia, Ont., at a demonstration at a subdivision near the site of a long simmering aboriginal land claim dispute. Witnesses say more than 100 police officers in riot gear went into Stirling Street subdivision Wednesday to make the arrests. Six Nations protesters have occupied the subdivision since last week, saying the land is theirs.
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Posted by admin on Sep 6th, 2007
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CONTENTS INCLUDE:
– A Short History of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
– Surrender 24 and the Culbertson Tract
– What Landed Shawn Brant in Jail
– A Recent History of Actions taken in Tyendinaga
– Why They Locked Him Up by John Clarke
– Union Activists Getting Involved
– Refusing to be Silent by Sue Collis
– What You Can Do
Produced by Tyendinaga Mohawk Support Committee, a group in Toronto working to gather support for the dropping of charges against Shawn Brant.
Posted by admin on Sep 1st, 2007
August 31, 2007 (Vancouver, BC) — First Nations and concerned citizens in Vancouver and Smithers today say Royal Dutch Shell’s delay of legal action against the Sacred Headwaters blockaders shows Shell is concerned about growing opposition. Members of the Tahltan First Nation are blockading Shell’s coalbed methane project in the Sacred Headwaters, the birthplace of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers. Shell was to appear in Vancouver court today to request an injunction that would allow them to have the blockaders arrested.
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Posted by admin on Aug 29th, 2007
A video concerning Royal Dutch Shell, of Niger Delta infamy, and their coal bed methane plans in the Sacred Headwaters Basin, Mount Klappan, British Columbia. Click here to watch this video.
Posted by admin on Aug 29th, 2007
DEFEND THE TAHLTAN ELDERS AT ISKUT AND TELEGRAPH!
OPPOSE SHELL’S COAL BED METHANE DEVELOPMENT!
SUPPORT THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT THE KLAPPAN SACRED HEADWATERS!
Rally and Court Support: Friday August 31 at 10 am- 1 pm. BC Supreme Court. 800 Smithe St., Vancouver
On Friday August 31, Shell Canada will be seeking an injunction in Vancouver’s BC Supreme Court to have the Elders of the Iskut and Telegraph communities forcibly removed and arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This is the latest in the ongoing struggle to oppose Shell Canada’s Coal-bed Methane exploration project in the Sacred Headwaters of the Stikine, Skeena and Nass River watershed.
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