Archive for February 2022
Despite objections, regional government narrowly approves Surrey’s plan to expand industrial lands
Board votes 69-65 to develop rural land over protests from environmentalists, Semiahmoo First Nation By Jesse Johnston| CBC News The regional government in Metro Vancouver has narrowly approved the City of Surrey’s plan to turn rural lands into an industrial park, despite objections from the Semiahmoo First Nation and environmentalists. A…
Read MoreBrent Suttie: Ministers Island, A pre-historic site
Brent Suttie, Archaeologist in New Brunswick talks about the evidence found on the island of Chamcook, Minister’s Island in New Brunswick above and below ground that Indigenous people had lived on the land 2500 years ago. These people are known as the Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) Nation. The island is a National Historic Site of Canada and…
Read MoreChief Hugh Akagi: Responsibility to our protect our waters
Chief Hugh Akagi of Peskotomuhkati Nation talks about the responsibility we have as citizens to our country, our land, to protect the waters and all that lives in them. Visit our YouTube channel for more videos and interviews like this – @Peskotomuhkatiatskutik
Read MoreFirst Nations are buying land to create urban reserves. But is it ‘land back’?
Indigenous people are fastest-growing population in Canada, and more are moving to urban areas By Kyle Muzyka | CBC Radio First Nations, Inuit and Métis people have been trying to get back land that was taken from them for hundreds of years. It has resulted in treaty adhesions, complex land claims agreements, conflicts and…
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