Algonquins of Barriere Lake hold protest in Ottawa, 2010
By Shiri Pasternak, APTN National News, May 27, 2017
Before the axe dramatically fell on Barriere Lake’s customary government in August 2010, there were many forewarnings that the customary band’s days were numbered.
As early as 1995, during the first leadership crisis with the IBC, the Department of Indian Affairs debated imposing Section 74 of the Indian Act onto the community as an exit strategy to the Trilateral Agreement. In March 2008, an internal report summarizing impact scenarios of Ratt council recognition over the Nottaway council also offered the possibility of not recognizing both councils and instead imposing Section 74 on the community. Read the rest of this entry
Aaron Shawn Turgeon, also known as Prolific the Rapper.
by CAROLINE GRUESKIN, Bismarck Tribune, May 25, 2017
A Dakota Access Pipeline protester accused of endangering a police plane with his drone was found innocent of all charges on Thursday.
At the conclusion of a one-day bench trial, Judge Allan Schmalenberger determined that Aaron Shawn Turgeon, also known as Prolific the Rapper, did not put the pilot of the surveillance plane or the protesters below at substantial risk of bodily injury under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
Police arrest a protester against the Dakota Access Pipeline near Cannonball, North Dakota, December 2016.
by Alleen Brown, Will Parrish, and Alice Speri, The Intercept, May 27, 2017
A shadowy international mercenary and security firm known as TigerSwan targeted the movement opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline with military-style counterterrorism measures, collaborating closely with police in at least five states, according to internal documents obtained by The Intercept. The documents provide the first detailed picture of how TigerSwan, which originated as a U.S. military and State Department contractor helping to execute the global war on terror, worked at the behest of its client Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline, to respond to the indigenous-led movement that sought to stop the project. Read the rest of this entry
Aboriginal recruits are given a tour of HMCS Fredericton. (Canadian Armed Forces)
Member of HMCS Fredericton taunted Aboriginal recruits during an introductory training program
By Elizabeth Chiu, CBC News, May 26, 2017
The head of the Royal Canadian Navy on the East Coast apologized Friday to a group of Indigenous military recruits who were offended by a “war cry” a sailor made on board HMCS Fredericton earlier this month in Halifax. Read the rest of this entry
Protesters face off with RCMP officers outside the annual general meeting of Imperial Metals in Coquitlam B.C. on May 25, 2017. Photo by Bethany Lindsay
May 25 2017
A dozen RCMP officers have been called to the scene. (FarrahMerali/CBC)
A dozen RCMP officers called to scene
CBC News, May 25, 2017
One person has been arrested, and three others forcibly removed after entering Imperial Metals’ annual conference at the Coquitlam Executive Plaza Hotel.
At least a dozen RCMP officers were called to the scene after a group of protesters gathered outside the hotel and entered one of the conference rooms. Read the rest of this entry
Hereditary chief Bill Wilson, Jody Wilson-Raybould’s father, says the commissioners of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls inquiry should be replaced. (Facebook)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘should fire these people,’ says hereditary B.C. chief
By Catharine Tunney, CBC News, May 24, 2017
Bill Wilson, a hereditary chief and the father of federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, says the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is a “bloody farce” and the commissioners leading it need to be replaced. Read the rest of this entry
by Unist’ot’en Camp, May 24, 2017
And so it begins! the skies are busy above camp today. The Construction Crew who are working on the Healing Center are constantly being interrupted by chopper activity flying overhead. Read the rest of this entry
NoDapl Protectors Dangle from the ceiling at the Vikings Bears game, January 1, 2017. Adam Bettcher – Getty Images
US Bank releases new guidelines that are indigenous people friendly
No more Dakota Access Pipelines (DAPL) for U.S. Bank.
The giant bancorporation has just amended its Environmental Responsibility Policy to ban funding oil and gas pipelines.
According to its new guidelines, “The company does not provide project financing for the construction of oil or natural gas pipelines. Relationships with clients in the oil and gas pipeline industries are subject to the Bank’s enhanced due diligence processes.”
