In March, a small #nonprofit in #BritishColumbia cut 10 cheques worth approximately $5,500 each & hand delivered them to as many #FirstNations on southern #VancouverIsland. The money, collected in the second half of 2023, is the first annual installment of #voluntary#rents paid by residents & business owners who live & work on the First Nations’ homelands.
Indigenous climate activists honored for defeating offshore drilling effort
Each year, the Goldman Prize awards scientists, activists and artists for their work for environmental causes.
We speak to Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mbuthuma two of this year's winners from South Africa's indigenous Wild Coast community, who banded together to defeat an offshore drilling effort
A Manitoba First Nations has declared a state of emergency in response to the ongoing health crisis impacting the community. The chief of Peguis First Nation, in Manitoba’s Interlake area, says the crisis is directly linked to devastating floods, the worst of which came in 2022....
Run as a branch of Kw’umut Lelum - an #Indigenous agency which serves families & children in 9 #FirstNations on #VancouverIsland — centre provides 20 #SubstanceUseTreatment beds for youth aged 12-18 yrs old. 10 beds are reserved for short-term #detox & stabilization & 10 are for those taking part in a 10 wk residential #wellness & #healing program.
Some 540 Peguis First Nation residents still displaced after 2022 flooding (winnipeg.citynews.ca)
A Manitoba First Nations has declared a state of emergency in response to the ongoing health crisis impacting the community. The chief of Peguis First Nation, in Manitoba’s Interlake area, says the crisis is directly linked to devastating floods, the worst of which came in 2022....