Calgary, April 8th 2018 – Kinder Morgan Limited has announced that they are suspending all non-essential funding related to the controversial Trans Mountain Tar Sands Pipeline. Continue reading
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March for Our Lives by Michael Rios
During the chilly spring morning of Saturday, March 24, a wave of warmth came over a group of twenty Tulalip community members as they navigated the streets of Washington, D.C. to join in the March for Our Lives. Reaching their destination, 12th and Pennsylvania, the group found their wave of warmth connect with a powerful tide of uncompromising encouragement and spiritual healing. Continue reading
Indigenous people lead global divestment protest of Equator Principles Meeting
SEATTLE, WA, October 23, 2017 –Today 92 banks will meet at the annual meeting of the Equator Principles Association (EPA) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At this time, the indigenous-led divestment campaign, Mazaska Talks, is leading a global protest known as Divest the Globe. Continue reading
Faith Spotted Eagle Speaks on Settler Colonialism with Longhouse Media
Faith Spotted Eagle (Dakota: Tunkan Inajin Win[1] or Tȟuŋkáŋ Inážiŋ Win “Standing Stone”; born 1948) is a Native American activist. She is a member of the Yankton Sioux Nation who helped block development of the Keystone XL pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline. Continue reading
Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women: Statement on Loss of Savanna Greywind
Fort Yates, N.D. — Two weeks ago, we lost yet another Indigenous sister, daughter, mother, and friend. Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind became the latest in what has become a horrific epidemic amongst Indigenous communities in North America. The vulnerability and targeting of our Native women is undeniable, and we must begin looking for new ways to urgently address this plague of violence and disregard. Continue reading