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June 2018

Blog Post

Can BC Learn to Break Its Cycle of Systemic Violence? Debts Pile Up As We Call for Justice

by Rita Wong “If some person were to go into the town of Fort St. John and do reckless and disrespectful damage in a cemetery, it would be completely illegal. Yet, even today we have development that does that: projects damage the gravesites of our ancestors in our traditional territories, Read more…

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Blog Post

Beyond bearing witness: stepping up to support First Nations legal challenges

By Ana Simeon Because Aboriginal and Treaty rights are written into Canada’s Constitution, Indigenous Peoples have won many major legal victories over the years. First Nations’ legal challenges have stopped intrusive projects like the Enbridge pipeline in B.C. and protected the Peel watershed in the Yukon. In the landmark Tsilhqot’in Read more…

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Interview

Mae Burrows – We must stop Site C repeating the abuses of the past

“Now I’m an adult and I insist that my representatives do not repeat the abuse by flooding Indigenous people off their land.”

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Interview

Reverend Emilie Smith: ‘the fierce struggle to preserve what is sacred’

“We must do everything in our power to stop it, each one of us in the place where we live, in our communities and workplaces.”

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Interview

Adrienne Peacock: ‘First Nations court action is our best hope of stopping Site C’

“We need public pressure, but the First Nations courageous court actions are our best hope.”

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Interview

Julian Napoleon; ‘Site C continues an ongoing legacy of cultural genocide’

“Site C is a gross violation against the spirit and intent of Treaty 8 and undermines all contemporary processes of reconciliation.”

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Interview

Gordon Christie: ‘Site C will make the exercise of constitutionally-protected rights impossible’

Call on your representatives to act honourably in upholding Treaty promises made on behalf of all Canadians.

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Blog Post

How did we get here: Site C, Treaty 8 and the courts

By Craig Benjamin, Amnesty International Canada Consider these facts: Treaty 8 protects the rights of First Nations in northeast BC to maintain their traditions and ways of life, including hunting and fishing. The Peace Valley is central to the history and culture of Treaty 8 First Nations, is a unique Read more…

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years ago
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