Answer: "No."

Most #CriticalMinerals are on #IndigenousLands. Will miners respect #TribalSovereignty?

by Taylar Dawn Stagner, March 26, 2025

"#Mining — whether for #FossilFuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of perpetuating violence against #IndigenousPeople. Forcibly removing tribal communities to get to natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception, for centuries.

"Today, more than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition — including #lithium, #cobalt, #copper, and #nickel to make things like #batteries and #SolarPanels — are found near or beneath Indigenous lands.

"In 2007, the United Nations adopted a resolution called the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [#UNDRIP] that included the right to free, prior, and informed consent to the use of their lands, a concept known as #FPIC. This principle protects #IndigenousPeoples from being forcibly relocated, provides suitable avenues for redress of past injustices, and gives tribes and communities the right to consent to — and the right to refuse — #extractive industry projects like #mining.

"There’s a lot at stake: When followed, FPIC promises a process that gives Indigenous peoples a voice in how their homelands are used, as well as the right to say no to development altogether. And when it’s not, which is the vast majority of the time, #TribalCommunities are further #disenfranchised, facing #violence and #ForcedRelocation as their #sovereignty and rights are ignored.

"There are an estimated 5,000 tribal communities around the world, encompassing roughly 476 million people across 90 countries, according to the U.N. Different tribes have different opinions on mining, but rarely is their legal right to refuse extraction projects recognized, even under the 2007 declaration.

"Grist talked with five experts to better understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of mineral extraction. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity."

Read more:
https://ictnews.org/news/most-critical-minerals-are-on-indigenous-lands-will-miners-respect-tribal-sovereignty/

#CanPol #CanadaPol #BigOilAndGas #LandBack #IndigenousSovereignty #TribalSovereignty #LithiumMining #RecycleLithium #LithiumAlternatives #RecycleCopper

“We really want to be the kind of organization that builds bridges in a landscape that's pretty divided…where #Indigenous communities and #mining companies could meet as partners to enable safe dialogue...”

#FirstNations #economy #FPIC #CAMA

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/first-nation-engineer-named-new-president-national-mining-organization

Just published:

"Evolution of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights as Human Rights: Contribution of Sámi Rights Cases at UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies"
– by Martin Scheinin & Mattias Åhrén
https://doi.org/10.1080/18918131.2026.2639220

#OpenAccess
#IndigenousPeoples
#humanRights
#culture
#selfDetermination
#nonDiscrimination
#positiveObligations
#intergenerationalRights
#climateChange
#NordicCountries
#SámiPeople
#UNHumanRightsTreatyBodies
#FPIC
#UNDRIP

Trudeau was criticized by some who thought his policies somehow acquiesced to every demand by any First Nation. But really what his Ministry did first was show that there was a way of communication of respect and dialogue.

Clearly the new Federal Minister of Energy has some learning to do if he wants the Federal government to have any chance at a relationship that results in them achieving any of the government's goals.

#CanPoli #CdnPoli #FirstNations #Respect #FPIC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/energy-minister-hodgson-apologizes-zoom-comment-coastal-first-nations-9.6997207

To fix the climate, simply empower #Indigenous people

by Kiki Taufik, 10 Nov 2025

"Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this year’s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of #Belém, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings. I saw it firsthand in the forests of #WestPapua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula in the company of #IndigenousYouth from the Amazon, the #CongoBasin, and #Borneo.

"They showed me a truth that the world has been overlooking: one of the most effective climate solutions lies in empowering Indigenous people.

"In this way, we can prevent an immense amount of carbon emissions from #deforestation and preserve priceless #biodiversity and all the benefits we reap from it. It’s a strategy that more than pays for itself."

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/to-fix-the-climate-simply-empower-indigenous-people-commentary/

#SolarPunkSunday #MongaBay #SiraDeclaration #ClimateChange #UNDRIP #FPIC #AmazonRiverBasin #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousSolutions #TraditionalIndigenousKnowledge

“Redwashing is the gap between a company’s marketing and its reality. A company cannot ‘redwash’ its operations by sponsoring a community festival while simultaneously ignoring its duty to obtain consent on a project.”

#Indigenous #FPIC #legal #law #risk #OSC #CSA #TSX #industry #majorprojects #development

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/ignoring-indigenous-consent-poses-real-financial-risk-investors-securities

“If you can fine a company for lying about its environmental claims, you can and must use those exact same anti-misrepresentation powers against a company that lies about its Indigenous partnerships.”

#Indigenous #redwashing #FPIC #FirstNations #ONpoli #Ontario #reconciliation #securities #regulators

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/ignoring-indigenous-consent-poses-real-financial-risk-investors-securities

“Favorable Lake is a constant reminder of what happens when governments and companies walk away from their responsibilities. #Ontario has still not cleaned up that mine. If they couldn’t manage old contamination, how can we trust them to manage new development under a weaker process?”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #ONpoli #mining #consultation #FPIC

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/opinion/north-spirit-lake-first-nation-calls-ontario-halt-one-project-one-process

SVENSKA KYRKAN - SLUTA SKÖVLA SKOGEN!

Tidigt igår morse gjorde aktivister från Extinction Rebellion en aktion mot Svenska kyrkans skogsbruk. Banderoll hängdes upp på Umeå stadskyrka, Uppsala domkyrka, Storkyrkan i Stockholm och Göteborgs domkyrka med krav om att skydda 30% av skogsinnehavet, bruka resterande 70% med naturnära skogsbruk och respektera samernas urfolksrätt till fritt informerat förhandssamtycke (FPIC, Free, Prior and Informed Consent) vid alla skogsåtgärder i Sápmi.

Vårt första krav i XR är att tala klarspråk. Våra krav på Svenska kyrkan är precis vad som behövs i ett planetärt nödläge för både klimat och biologisk mångfald, samt för att vara i linje med internationella konventioner om mänskliga rättigheter och miljö. Svenska kyrkans skogsutredning, som föreslår 20% skydd, 33% naturnära skogsbruk och 47% fortsatt kalhuggande, samt renskötselanpassning på enbart en tredjedel av marken i Sápmi, är helt enkelt otillräcklig.

Kalhyggen är oerhört skadliga för både klimat, biologisk mångfald och renskötsel, och Svenska kyrkan kan aldrig bli en trovärdig förkämpe för miljö och mänskliga rättigheter om de fortsätter kalhugga. Att förvärra pågående existentiella kriser genom sitt kalhuggande är också skadligt för en organisation som säger sig vårda människors själar och är en plats för livets största existentiella frågor. Att inte fullt ut respektera urfolksrätten i skogsbruket gör också att Svenska kyrkans ursäkt till det samiska folket för sina historiska övergrepp blir meningslös.

Fram till på söndag är det kyrkoval, och alla medlemmar i Svenska kyrkan från 16 år kan rösta och påverka Svenska kyrkans skogsbruk. Vi i XR är partipolitiskt obundna, men vi uppmanar alla nomineringsgrupper ("kyrkopartier") att ta ställning till våra krav, samt alla medlemmar i Svenska Kyrkan att rösta för 30% skyddad skog, 70% naturnära skogsbruk och att FPIC respekteras fullt ut i Sápmi.

#kyrkoval #kyrkoval2025 #röstaikyrkovalet #röstaförskogen #svenskakyrkan #skog #fpic #klimat #biologiskmångfald #skogsbruk #naturnäraskogsbruk #kalhyggenärmord #urfolksrätt #frittinformeratförhandssamtycke #skyddaskogen #30x30 #talaklarspråk #skogsutredningen