Idle No More & Defenders of the Land stand in solidarity with Chippewas of the Thames First Nation in their legal challenge against Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline project. Last April, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (COTTFN) filed with the Federal Court of Appeal to challenge the National Energy Board (NEB) approval of Line 9, […]
Idle No More supports and stands in solidarity with the families of the missing Ayotzinapa students following Mexico’s mid-term elections. Several months ago the families of the 43 missing students denounced yesterday’s midterm election, stating that the conditions would not allow a fair and transparent election due to the evidence of links between organized crime […]
May 21st, 2015 International #AntiChevron Day of Action Toronto Solidarity Committee – Day of Action On May 21st, 2015 the Canadian Solidarity Committee, Chevron’s Dirty Hand organized the second #AntiChevron International Day of Action outside of the R.B.C. in downtown Toronto. Allies from Six Nations of the Grand River, the migrant community, and labour movement reps joined in […]
The world had its eyes on Canada this week as the final gathering for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission convened in Ottawa, unceded Algonquin Territory. The gathering brought together residential school survivors, their descendants, and other concerned citizens to review the long-awaited final report of recommendations that resulted from a 5-year investigation into the genocidal […]
The Red Jam Slam Society exists to host events, celebrations, and annual festivals that promote and feature emerging and seasoned aboriginal artists and performers. We are creating a five day Radio festival celebrating Aboriginal Week airing live from five venues in Vancouver beautiful British Columbia and will be broadcasted from station-to-station and coast-to-coast in Canada. […]
Join Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson for a launch of “Unsettling Canada.” “Unsettling Canada” chronicles the modern struggle for Indigenous rights covering fifty years of struggle over a wide range of historical, national, and recent international breakthroughs. “Unsettling Canada” is built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders, Arthur Manuel and […]
Why do we walk? To protect our community. To oppose the tar sands and the Energy East pipeline Because this 42-inch diameter export pipeline also implies a 150-hectare tank farm situated right in the middle of the rural community of Red Head, a 183-hectare marine terminal complex and some supertankers carrying 2.2 million barrels of oil […]
The Migration Water Walk 2015 will begin from the land of the Wabanaki, on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Matane, Quebec and end at Madeline Island in Wisconsin on or around August 20, 2015.We will arrive and set up camp on June 22nd, have pipes smoked, share our creation stories and especially the Original Great […]
An Environmental Camp-out will be held from June 10 – 16, 2015, at the Reva Gap Campground on state Highway 20, between the towns of Buffalo and Reva . Board member, Harold One Feather, will be coordinating the event with day trips to where the Keystone XL Pipeline plans on entering South Dakota, to the […]
Join our water walk from Eagle Lake to Shoal Lake in Treaty 3/Ontario along TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline route. The Walk will take place beginning on August 3 to 7 2015. Hosted by the Grassroots Indigenous Water Defence, we are a group of concerned citizens that want to protect water, land and climate for the […]