#first-nation — Public Fediverse posts
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Source: CBC #news #novascotia
Eskasoni #firstnation, #capebreton homebuilder strike up joint venture
Eskasoni #firstnation and a #capebreton homebuilder have struck a joint venture they hope will help put a dent in the #housing crisis on and off reserve and improve both their bottom lines.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/eskasoni-and-cape-breton-home-builder-joint-venture-9.7201569?cmp=rss -
Source: CBC #news #novascotia
Membertou forges ahead with own cannabis law while seeking federal recognition
Retired Canadian senator Dan Christmas was recently back in front of a parliamentary committee to push for recognition of Indigenous self-government rights over cannabis sales, while moving ahead in his home community of Membertou with a #firstnation law on retailing marijuana products.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/membertou-cannabis-law-federal-recognition-9.7193191?cmp=rss -
Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick
Traditional artifacts repatriated to Bilijk #firstnation
A number of artifacts were returned to Bilijk #firstnation after historian Andrea Bear Nicholas found them while putting together a book on the community’s history.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bilijk-first-nation-artifacts-repatriation-ceremony-9.7192982?cmp=rss -
Rio Tinto has been laying off its indiginous workers lately... now this.
#auspol #enviroment #firstnation #sacred
https://michaelwest.com.au/rio-tinto-blamed-for-drying-sacred-indigenous-waterhole/ -
For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain
Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer
By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023
Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.
"While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.
" 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).
"He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.
"Something’s going on in the river, he says.
" 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.
"Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.
"The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.
"The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.
"The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.
"But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.
"Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."
#CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy
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From last year...
#OnionLake #CreeNation to proceed with its legal challenge of #Alberta sovereignty act
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press, May 15, 2025
EDMONTON - "Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a #FirstNation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier’s flagship sovereignty act.
"Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional federal encroachment into provincial jurisdiction.
"But Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief #HenryLewis said that law has always been about undermining federal authority and asserting provincial control, which goes against his community’s #Treaty6 relationship with the Crown." 'I want to respectfully remind the premier that this land that we stand on today is #Treaty land and is not yours to take or make sweeping decisions about,” he said at a news conference in Edmonton on Thursday.
"He announced the legal challenge is moving forward a day after Smith’s government passed a bill significantly lowering the threshold for citizens to prompt a referendum, including one on seceding from Canada."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qPDjh#CanPol #CanadaPol #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #Alberta #FirstNations #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #Albertans #Mining #CorporateColonialism
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Abegweit #firstnation now a formal partner in delivering emergency services in P.E.I.
Federal and provincial officials were in Scotchfort, P.E.I., on Monday to sign a first-of-its-kind agreement that recognizes Abegweit #firstnation for its emergency response management.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-abegweit-first-nation-emergency-services-agreement-9.7187303?cmp=rss -
Source: CBC #news #novascotia
#rcmp say suspects charged after police vehicles damaged, but body armour missing
Four men are facing charges after #novascotia #rcmp vehicles were damaged during a raid on a cannabis shop in Potlotek #firstnation, but the Mounties are still searching for missing sets of hard body armour.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/rcmp-body-armour-missing-suspects-charged-vehicles-damaged-9.7182871?cmp=rss -
Puting the voice to parliment up gor a vote WAS THE DUMBEST FUCKING IDEA THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER HAD.
#auspol #firstnation
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/29/evacuees-from-flooded-remote-indigenous-areas-in-nt-housed-in-compound-likened-to-a-prison-camp-ntwnfb -
“Our collective goal of a #FirstNation Sovereign Wealth Fund is to create wealth for our Nations as we realize the immense wealth of our natural #resources within our territories and ensure this balance sheet of assets can be invested in with private capital.”
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“The way that he described things is everything's connected ... There's a delicate balance or delicate scale with us and nature.”
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UPEI engineering students supporting land-based learning on Lennox Island #firstnation
UPEI engineering students have created a sap boiler, a boot and glove drying rack and a salt water tank that will all soon be used at John J. Sark Memorial School with the aim of making learning from the land more accessible.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-upei-engineering-lennox-island-land-based-learning-9.7179110?cmp=rss -
Jay is part of #TSouke #FirstNation.
Learn how the T’Sou-ke First Nation on #VancouverIsland has become a leader in the #innovative use of #RenewableEnergy in Canada and how it became the most #solar intensive community in #Canada.
There's an info video on their website:
https://tsoukenation.com/#Indigenous #BCFirstNations #SolarPower #VanIsle #Sooke #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CoastSalish #NativeBC #IndigenousInnovation #IndigenousLeadership #BritishColumbia #Climate #EndFossilFuels #SustainableEnergy #SolarEnergy
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CW: CW: Crime
Source: CBC #news #novascotia
Wagmatcook man charged with aggravated assault after youth seriously injured
#rcmp and paramedics responded to a report of an injured youth outside a school on Shore Road in Eskasoni #firstnation shortly after 4 a.m. on Sunday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/rcmp-charge-wagmatcook-man-with-aggravated-assault-9.7173605?cmp=rss -
CW: CW: Death
Source: CBC #news #newfoundlandandlabrador
Broken dreams, failed systems: Innu child protection inquiry hears details of death investigations
A report into the deaths of six youths from the Mushuau Innu #firstnation between 2015 and 2020 has found 12 systemic failings — from placements in faraway group homes, to the persistent problem of gas sniffing in their home community.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/innu-child-protection-inquiry-death-investigations-9.7172178?cmp=rss