A woman or girl was killed every 2.5 days on average in Canada last year, according to an inaugural report on femicide that argues the issue must be better understood in order to reduce the number of slayings. Read the rest of this entry
Warrior Publications Update
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Tsekame (Cedar Man) mask, red cedar, red cedar bark, and acrylic paint.
I’ve been pretty busy over the last few months with work and travel that I stopped updating the website. If my schedule settles down I may return to regular posting of news and articles, however for the foreseeable future I’m simply too busy. Here are some pictures of work I have been doing recently…. Read the rest of this entry
Violence in Akwesasne as protestors clash with Mohawk police over dispensary raid
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Police car burns on the Akwesasne Mohawk territory, Feb. 22, 2019.
by Alan S. Hale, Standard Freeholder, February 23, 2019
AWKESASNE — The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) is pleading for calm after a protest in front of the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service headquarters became violent on Friday night, resulting in a police SUV to be stolen by protesters and burned on an international ice bridge that connects different portions of the community. Read the rest of this entry
Australia: Aboriginal protesters explain motivations behind Canberra sit-in
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders protesting in the Marble Foyer at Parliament House in Canberra.
About 100 Indigenous people and supporters called for an end to fracking, coal mining and water sharing.
NITV, Feb. 13, 2019
Bradley Farrar had never been on a plane before he made the journey from the Northern Territory to Canberra to join a sit-in about environmental issues.
The clan leader of the Alawa tribe felt compelled to come and represent his people, who he says will suffer if planned gas fracking projects eventuate. Read the rest of this entry
Wet’suwet’en Strong shirts dominate All Native Tournament opening ceremonies
Committee vice-president says the basketball tournament in Prince Rupert shouldn’t be about politics
Shannon Lough, Coast Mountain News, Feb. 11, 2019
The 60th All Native Basketball Tournament opening ceremonies wasn’t without controversy.
Entire teams dressed in T-shirts with “Wet’suwet’en Strong” printed on the front and “Unceded” on the back. Some players held signs reading “We stand with Wet’suwet’en” as they paraded through the court. Read the rest of this entry
Wet’suwet’en hereditary leaders, supporters call for stop work order on Coastal GasLink pipeline
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Pre-construction work on the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline is underway along the Morice Forest Service Road near Smithers in northern B.C. (Chantelle Bellrichard/CBC)
Pre-construction work underway in territory past Unist’ot’en camp
Woman or girl slain every 2.5 days in Canada in 2018, new report finds
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CP train blocked in Toronto, March 12, 2014.
The report found that 148 women and girls were killed in 133 incidents in 2018
Wet’suwet’en complaints about pipeline builder to be probed by government, police
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President of Coastal GasLink pipeline Rick Gateman leaves the Office of the Wet’suwet’en after meeting with RCMP members and hereditary chiefs in Smithers, B.C., on Jan. 10. (Chad Hipolito/Canadian Press)
Wet’suwet’en say traplines and tents destroyed, archeological impact assessment not yet done
Huge crowds attend Invasion Day marches across Australia’s capital cities
by Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian, Jan 26, 2019
Scott Morrison has said 26 January 1788 was “pretty miserable” for his ancestor, in a speech defending the celebration of Australia Day, while tens of thousands of people joined Invasion Day marches around the country calling for the public holiday to be abolished. Read the rest of this entry
Coastal GasLink stops work on pipeline in northern B.C. due to trappers accessing animal traps
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RCMP officers look on as contractors pass through their roadblock as supporters of the Unist’ot’en camp and Wet’suwet’en First Nation gather at a camp fire off a logging road near Houston, B.C., on Jan. 9. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
Company blames shutdown on hunters accessing animal traps within work boundaries