OrendaNehiyawak
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🌊🏕️🐻🌍🏹🌄🌅🏞️🚧Networker for clients in need; Cree Kokum, learning re Indigeneity; #MMIW #MMIM love going far into Nature, breathing forest air, remote camping; becoming aware of climate crisis & needed actions; love to travel
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... "We want to ensure priorities aligned with community and regional needs and concerns.” Various priorities within all Dene First Nations. Ɂek'wahtı̨dǝ́ (chief) Danny Gaudet of Délı̨nę Got'ınę Government said Dene Nation constitution hasn't changed meaningfully in decades.
Dene Nation to restart work on updating its constitution | CBC News
Dene Nation is working to revise its constitution, picking up on work started before the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to update the document so it reflects the realities Dene First Nations are curre...
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February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... "We want to ensure priorities aligned with community and regional needs and concerns.” Various priorities within all Dene First Nations. Ɂek'wahtı̨dǝ́ (chief) Danny Gaudet of Délı̨nę Got'ınę Government said Dene Nation constitution hasn't changed meaningfully in decades.
shorturl.at/HqFGo Nunavut’s premier delivered a clear message to a conference on Arctic security Wednesday in Ottawa saying that Canada must pay attention to the needs of Nunavummiut as it plans its strategic defence of the North. No details at all in Carney's plan, so no trust gained.
Canada must pay attention to needs of Nunavummiut when planning Arctic security
Nunavut’s premier says Canada must pay attention to the needs of Nunavummiut as it plans its strategic defence of the North.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
shorturl.at/HqFGo Nunavut’s premier delivered a clear message to a conference on Arctic security Wednesday in Ottawa saying that Canada must pay attention to the needs of Nunavummiut as it plans its strategic defence of the North. No details at all in Carney's plan, so no trust gained.
shorturl.at/oe5Vd Chief Bob Gloade says land will be used to develop homes, commercial buildings, space for new services. More than 108 years after the catastrophic Halifax Explosion caused widespread damage, the chief of Millbrook First Nation says his community is returning home.
Millbrook First Nation adds waterfront reserve land at Tufts Cove in Dartmouth | CBC News
Chief Bob Gloade announced Friday that more than seven hectares of coastal land and water lot space at Tufts Cove in Dartmouth, N.S., has been added to the Millbrook First Nation reserve.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
shorturl.at/oe5Vd Chief Bob Gloade says land will be used to develop homes, commercial buildings, space for new services. More than 108 years after the catastrophic Halifax Explosion caused widespread damage, the chief of Millbrook First Nation says his community is returning home.
shorturl.at/0ifBk Indigenous restorative justice isn’t new experiment. It's how we’ve governed ourselves since Creation. The process honours what courts often ignore, the power of intergenerational responsibility, collective healing & transformative accountability. Now full alternative to courts.
February 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
shorturl.at/0ifBk Indigenous restorative justice isn’t new experiment. It's how we’ve governed ourselves since Creation. The process honours what courts often ignore, the power of intergenerational responsibility, collective healing & transformative accountability. Now full alternative to courts.
shorturl.at/EMD0r They won’t change stance on pipeline & oil tanker ban. “We expect federal govt to abide by its commitment to free prior and informed consent, detailed in UNDRIP, & that this means that federal govt must take meaningful effort to secure consent by affected indigenous communities.
‘A no is a no’ Coastal First Nations tell Carney
The president of Coastal First Nations (CFN) delivered a firm message to Prime Minister Mark Carney at a meeting Tuesday morning that they’re standing firm against a pipeline to the northwest coast of...
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January 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
shorturl.at/EMD0r They won’t change stance on pipeline & oil tanker ban. “We expect federal govt to abide by its commitment to free prior and informed consent, detailed in UNDRIP, & that this means that federal govt must take meaningful effort to secure consent by affected indigenous communities.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... tRump administration opened Porcupine caribou’s calving grounds last fall to O&G leasing. The lawsuit claims various US Fed depts are violating numerous laws. Coastal plain is sacred to Gwich’in & opening it to O&G threatens the Porcupine caribou herd & their way of life.
Gwich’in Steering Committee and others suing Trump administration over ANWR | CBC News
In the latest act of resistance in a decades-long fight over Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, thirteen organizations have filed an amended lawsuit against the Trump administration after it re...
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January 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... tRump administration opened Porcupine caribou’s calving grounds last fall to O&G leasing. The lawsuit claims various US Fed depts are violating numerous laws. Coastal plain is sacred to Gwich’in & opening it to O&G threatens the Porcupine caribou herd & their way of life.
shorturl.at/FMfZS Treaty 8 First Nations Chiefs have emphasized that for any decisions affecting Treaty 8 Rights, the Treaty 8 Peoples must be involved up front & in all decisions or legislation that affect their land.
Treaty 8 First Nations set conditions for future pipeline project discussions
Treaty 8 First Nations Chiefs have released a statement following their meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, regardi...
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January 28, 2026 at 7:51 PM
shorturl.at/FMfZS Treaty 8 First Nations Chiefs have emphasized that for any decisions affecting Treaty 8 Rights, the Treaty 8 Peoples must be involved up front & in all decisions or legislation that affect their land.
shorturl.at/JhAvs "We have been thru colonizatn & know what it means when interests of others & more powerful nations & peoples affects us negatively & when decisions are taken 1,000s of kms away from us." Inuit want to see strong international forums such as the Arctic Council.
'No such thing as a better colonizer': Inuit emphatically reject U.S. takeover of Greenland | CBC News
Inuit advocacy groups, as well as Greenlanders who live in Canada, are emphatically opposed to American designs on their homeland. And, they say, they're tired of being used as geopolitical chess piec...
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January 28, 2026 at 7:47 PM
shorturl.at/JhAvs "We have been thru colonizatn & know what it means when interests of others & more powerful nations & peoples affects us negatively & when decisions are taken 1,000s of kms away from us." Inuit want to see strong international forums such as the Arctic Council.
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Daria Egereva fought for Indigenous voices at the U.N. Now she's in a Russian jail.
->Grist | #russia ukraine war #indigenous | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Grist | #russia ukraine war #indigenous | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Daria Egereva fought for Indigenous voices at the U.N. Now she's in a Russian jail.
Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples. Daria Egereva, an Indigenous Selkup woman from...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Caregiver program gave clear promise: provide essential care for our families & be granted granted permanent residency. That convinced 1,000s of mostly racialized women to sell homes, deplete savings & leave kids behind to come here.
Now Canada has broken its promise.
Tell Carney not to cancel!
Now Canada has broken its promise.
Tell Carney not to cancel!
Send a message to PM Carney: Permanent Status Not Precarity & Deportation - Migrant Rights Network
Migrants in Canada grow food, care for our families, heal our sick, and build our homes. Without permanent resident status, they face wage theft, unlivable homes, abuse and mistreatment that threatens...
nwmd.social
January 19, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Caregiver program gave clear promise: provide essential care for our families & be granted granted permanent residency. That convinced 1,000s of mostly racialized women to sell homes, deplete savings & leave kids behind to come here.
Now Canada has broken its promise.
Tell Carney not to cancel!
Now Canada has broken its promise.
Tell Carney not to cancel!
BC granted license to Kitsumkalum First Nation 2024 after Skeena Sawmills went bankrupt. BC top court ruled province breached duty to consult neighboring Gitanyow, which also wanted to buy the sawmill.
Gitanyow wins court battle to restart forestry licence consultation
The BC Supreme Court has set aside the transfer of a major forest licence in northwestern BC after ruling the province failed to properly consult the First Nation whose territory the licence concerns.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM
BC granted license to Kitsumkalum First Nation 2024 after Skeena Sawmills went bankrupt. BC top court ruled province breached duty to consult neighboring Gitanyow, which also wanted to buy the sawmill.
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Apologies to those who prefer the heat, but this chick needs some winter weather for consecutive weeks because I really, really, really want to use my crockpot without having to trick myself into a state of coziness by turning on the air conditioner.
#indigenous #AkNative #Inupiaq
#indigenous #AkNative #Inupiaq
January 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Apologies to those who prefer the heat, but this chick needs some winter weather for consecutive weeks because I really, really, really want to use my crockpot without having to trick myself into a state of coziness by turning on the air conditioner.
#indigenous #AkNative #Inupiaq
#indigenous #AkNative #Inupiaq
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How many Americans are anti-American genocide(s)?
Do Americans seek to deliver Justice after #Catholic church renounced the Doctrine of Discovery?
#LandBack #LGBT #VoteBlue #Indigenous #NoPrideInGenocide #RogueSCOTUS
Do Americans seek to deliver Justice after #Catholic church renounced the Doctrine of Discovery?
#LandBack #LGBT #VoteBlue #Indigenous #NoPrideInGenocide #RogueSCOTUS
January 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
How many Americans are anti-American genocide(s)?
Do Americans seek to deliver Justice after #Catholic church renounced the Doctrine of Discovery?
#LandBack #LGBT #VoteBlue #Indigenous #NoPrideInGenocide #RogueSCOTUS
Do Americans seek to deliver Justice after #Catholic church renounced the Doctrine of Discovery?
#LandBack #LGBT #VoteBlue #Indigenous #NoPrideInGenocide #RogueSCOTUS
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"Ethnographic cases illustrate respiratory distress, crop failure, and economic enclosure as mutually reinforcing forms of suffocation that push Indigenous, Quilombola, and riverine families off their lands in the Brazilian Amazon."
#soybean #glyphosate #Indigenous #HumanRights
#soybean #glyphosate #Indigenous #HumanRights
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January 11, 2026 at 6:23 AM
"Ethnographic cases illustrate respiratory distress, crop failure, and economic enclosure as mutually reinforcing forms of suffocation that push Indigenous, Quilombola, and riverine families off their lands in the Brazilian Amazon."
#soybean #glyphosate #Indigenous #HumanRights
#soybean #glyphosate #Indigenous #HumanRights
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After killing Renee Good, ICE fascists in Minneapolis have now arrested and detained 4 members of Oglala Sioux Tribe.
ICE HAS ARRESTED AND DETAINED INDIGENOUS AMERICANS.
These ICE fascists are not here to keep us safe, but to advance white supremacy. Defund and abolish ICE permanently.
ICE HAS ARRESTED AND DETAINED INDIGENOUS AMERICANS.
These ICE fascists are not here to keep us safe, but to advance white supremacy. Defund and abolish ICE permanently.
January 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
After killing Renee Good, ICE fascists in Minneapolis have now arrested and detained 4 members of Oglala Sioux Tribe.
ICE HAS ARRESTED AND DETAINED INDIGENOUS AMERICANS.
These ICE fascists are not here to keep us safe, but to advance white supremacy. Defund and abolish ICE permanently.
ICE HAS ARRESTED AND DETAINED INDIGENOUS AMERICANS.
These ICE fascists are not here to keep us safe, but to advance white supremacy. Defund and abolish ICE permanently.
The scum know no bounds!
4 members of #Oglala #Sioux Tribe detained by #ICE in #Minneapolis, president says - CBS Minnesota
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#fuckice #resist #resistance #fascism #stupidity #immigration #racism #NativeAmericans #indigenous
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#fuckice #resist #resistance #fascism #stupidity #immigration #racism #NativeAmericans #indigenous
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4 members of Oglala Sioux Tribe detained by ICE in Minneapolis, president says
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe said Thursday that he's been "made aware" that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained four of its members in Minneapolis.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:59 AM
The scum know no bounds!
For decades, section 401 has granted states & tribes authority to approve, impose conditions on, or reject federal permits for projects they decide will pollute/damage local waterways. tRump Admin wants to speed up permit process for energy & infrastructure projects eg O&G pipelines & AI facilities
New EPA Proposal Would Strip States’ and Tribes’ Authority to Block Oil and Gas Pipelines, Other Infrastructure Projects - Inside Climate News
Environmental advocates warn the changes deprive states and tribes of their rights and weaken freshwater-quality protections.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:57 AM
For decades, section 401 has granted states & tribes authority to approve, impose conditions on, or reject federal permits for projects they decide will pollute/damage local waterways. tRump Admin wants to speed up permit process for energy & infrastructure projects eg O&G pipelines & AI facilities
“It appears the [UCP] government seeks to facilitate a referendum triggered by a private citizen on a matter that is existential to the treaty relationship, heedless of the Crown’s honourable obligations and without consulting or engaging with First Nations at all.”
Second First Nation files suit against Alberta independence referendum
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation contends a separatism vote contravenes the Constitution Act
edmontonjournal.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 AM
“It appears the [UCP] government seeks to facilitate a referendum triggered by a private citizen on a matter that is existential to the treaty relationship, heedless of the Crown’s honourable obligations and without consulting or engaging with First Nations at all.”
The Court of King’s Bench ruled last month that the province’s proposed referendum on Alberta independence contravenes the Charter and the treaty of aboriginal rights guaranteed under the constitution.
UCP Bill 14 removed constitutionality requirements from proposed referendum questions.
UCP Bill 14 removed constitutionality requirements from proposed referendum questions.
'Unconscionable:' Blood Tribe vows legal action against Alberta independence petition
The Blood tribe has joined other First Nations in vowing legal action against Alberta's decision to allow an independence petition.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:49 AM
The Court of King’s Bench ruled last month that the province’s proposed referendum on Alberta independence contravenes the Charter and the treaty of aboriginal rights guaranteed under the constitution.
UCP Bill 14 removed constitutionality requirements from proposed referendum questions.
UCP Bill 14 removed constitutionality requirements from proposed referendum questions.
AFN leader says ‘emergency deployments cannot become the standing response to chronic infrastructure gaps.' It's a system that failed to invest early and responsibly. The outage caused lasting infrastructure damage, such as frozen pipes, backed up sewers, and other problems.
Pimicikamak faces long road to repair after havoc-wreaking power outage - Indiginews
As the military is ordered to help the northern ‘Manitoba’ Cree community, AFN leader says ‘emergency deployments cannot become the standing response to chronic infrastructure gaps’
indiginews.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:46 AM
AFN leader says ‘emergency deployments cannot become the standing response to chronic infrastructure gaps.' It's a system that failed to invest early and responsibly. The outage caused lasting infrastructure damage, such as frozen pipes, backed up sewers, and other problems.
The Lands & Waters known as Canada are rich w Indigenous grown and manufactured foods, but they often aren’t on grocery store shelves due to high fees, challenging supply demands and efforts to balance production with cultural values. Collaboration, mentorship and community are key to success.
Why aren’t there more Indigenous foods in 'Canadian' grocery stores?
Indigenous foods are varied, delicious and plentiful — but getting them to customers can be a challenge for small producers
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January 15, 2026 at 2:42 AM
The Lands & Waters known as Canada are rich w Indigenous grown and manufactured foods, but they often aren’t on grocery store shelves due to high fees, challenging supply demands and efforts to balance production with cultural values. Collaboration, mentorship and community are key to success.
In 2019, British Columbia unanimously passed the Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. B.C. Court of Appeal ruled ruled legally enforceable. Eby says he will change the law! The idea he can unilaterally change some of its core purposes, without First Nations, to me is extremely offensive.
Frustration grows over Eby’s plans to alter ‘B.C.’ Indigenous rights legislation
DRIPA was touted as a reconciliation milestone. Now a series of court rulings has the premier wanting to change it — a plan one lawyer calls 'extremely offensive'
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January 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
In 2019, British Columbia unanimously passed the Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. B.C. Court of Appeal ruled ruled legally enforceable. Eby says he will change the law! The idea he can unilaterally change some of its core purposes, without First Nations, to me is extremely offensive.
#Indigenous
Shows the government is sidelining the health of Indigenous communities in its push to build up the economy. “Until our inherent rights are recognized within the legislation frameworks, our communities are being put at risk … It’s a struggle every day for the people living off the land.”
Shows the government is sidelining the health of Indigenous communities in its push to build up the economy. “Until our inherent rights are recognized within the legislation frameworks, our communities are being put at risk … It’s a struggle every day for the people living off the land.”
First Nations chiefs alarmed by feds’ lack of commitment to protecting source water
OTTAWA - Some First Nations chiefs say Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty's recent refusal to commit to source water protections in a promised clean water bill shows the government is
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January 15, 2026 at 2:27 AM
#Indigenous
Shows the government is sidelining the health of Indigenous communities in its push to build up the economy. “Until our inherent rights are recognized within the legislation frameworks, our communities are being put at risk … It’s a struggle every day for the people living off the land.”
Shows the government is sidelining the health of Indigenous communities in its push to build up the economy. “Until our inherent rights are recognized within the legislation frameworks, our communities are being put at risk … It’s a struggle every day for the people living off the land.”
Not new, industrialists have been trying to hide it for many decades!
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
January 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Not new, industrialists have been trying to hide it for many decades!
Appreciate this take!
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Appreciate this take!