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March 18, 2019 Dorothy Field

Cowichan Conversations: Why is it that we non-indigenous value monetary profit over the well being of our kids and their kids unto seven generations?

I recently went to an exhibit of paintings by Australian Aboriginal women at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology. All abstract, several of them luminous as the milky way seen in the sky above the desert where Read more…

October 17, 2017 The Canadian Progressive

The Canadian Progressive: Lessons from the front lines of anti-colonial pipeline resistance

The recent Standing Rock standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline and eight-year Unist’ot’en resistance camp in northern British Columbia are a manifestation of “indigenous resurgence” against colonialism and fossil fuel developments, including pipelines. The post Lessons from the front lines of anti-colonial pipeline resistance appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.

August 25, 2015 Adam Clare

Things Are Good: How To Stop An Oil And Gas Pipeline: The Unist’ot’en Camp Resistance

The Unist’ot’en people have been fighting the deplorable people at TransCanada, Enbridge, and other companies who are trying to increase their capability to destroy the environment. The Unist’ot’en camp began in 2010 and has grown since to blockade the land from corporate tools trying to get pipelines through the area.