Land Title and Rights
Avatar and the True Defenders of the Land
After seeing the film Avatar, the recent release by James Cameron dealing with allegorical Indigenous Peoples on an alien planet that humans seek to colonize, displace and finally eliminate in order to access the rich resources in their territories, a few reflections emerge. The first is a more than passing resemblance to the actual reality of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and beyond, the bounty of whose land and resources have cost them great suffering at the hands of colonizers and would-be-saviours.
B.C. Food Systems Network Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty Final Report
The purpose of this project was to engage Aboriginal communities in discussions that would enable individuals and groups involved with food related action to explore and identify ways that the B.C. Food Systems Network (BCFSN) - Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty (WGIFS) can support their work on increasing food security.
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- Land Access/Distribution
- Land Management
- Land Title and Rights
- Generations and Youth
- Health
- Nutrition
- Environment
- Food Related Illness and Disease
- Sustainability
- Conservation Ecology
- Protection and Direct Action
- Responsibility and Relationships
- Eco-cultural Restoration
- Economics
- Community Economics
- Bioregional Economics
1st Annual Interior of B.C. Indigenous Food Sovereignty Conference Final Report
Since the time of contact with non Indigenous settlers in the southern interior of B.C. many traditional Indigenous harvesters including hunters, fishermen, and gatherers from the Ktunaxa, Nlaka’pamux, Secwepemc, St’at’imc, Syilx, and Ts’ilqotin nations have repeatedly expressed concern about the declining health and abundance of culturally important foods in our respective traditional territories. Therefore, the Interior of B.C.
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- Land Access/Distribution
- Land Management
- Land Title and Rights
- Generations and Youth
- Elders
- Adults
- Youth
- Infants and Children
- Health
- Nutrition
- Environment
- Lifestyle
- Food Related Illness and Disease
- Sustainability
- Conservation Ecology
- Protection and Direct Action
- Responsibility and Relationships
- Eco-cultural Restoration
- Economics
- Economic Values
- Household Economics
Nakazdli News Release - Judicial review of proposed gold and copper mine
NAK’AZDLI BAND COUNCIL
P.O. Box 1329, Fort St. James, B.C. V0J 1P0
Telephone (250) 996 – 7171
Fax (250) 996 – 8010
For Immediate Release
January 7, 2010: Nak’azdli will be filing a Notice of Application today with the Federal Court of Canada requesting a judicial review of recent decisions made by the federal Minister of Environment and federal agencies regarding a proposed low grade gold and copper mine at Mt. Milligan/Shus Nadloh, which, is located 90 km north of Fort St. James.
Cultural Indicator's of Indigenous Peoples Food and Agro-ecological Systems
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to contribute to the development, collection and use of cultural indicators of Indigenous Peoples’ food and agro-ecological systems for policy, planning and advocacy purposes.
Audience: The intended users of this paper are Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations (IPOs), Government departments responsible for data collection and statistics, UN agencies, NGOs, and other development actors.
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