That tiny white dot reflected in the water is Pilot Bay Lighthouse, near Pilot Bay Provincial Park (49°38'54.6"N 116°56'53.1"W), British Columbia, Canada. #Ktunaxa territory.
#landscape #Kootenays #lake #mountains
#PrintPromptMonday #inmotion #WIP shots of a new #woodcut based on one of my mother's childhood stories of growing up in Taiwan, in which she ascended into the mountainside under the watchful eyes of wild cats. I carried this woodcut into the mountains on #Ktunaxa land to carve out this story.
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Photos taken by Christopher Patterson, at the Empire of Dirt artist residency in Creston, BC, on Ktunaxa land. #artresidency #ktunaxa #nativeland #asiandiaspora #asianamericanartist #taiwaneseamericanartist #chineseamericanartist #bc #britishcolumbia #pnw 💜🖼️
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Coast #Salish #FreedomFighters: From Alberta #TarSands to the #SalishSea

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews Nov. 7, 2024

SEATTLE -- "The dead birds floating in the #AlbertATarSands #TailingPonds, the #ManCamps linked to missing and murdered Indigenous girls, and the increased #OilTankers in the Salish Sea -- are all parts of the dirty oil of the #TransMountainPipeline pouring out of Alberta's dirty tar sands, bound for oil tankers in the Salish Sea.

"'We are not just #activists, we are #revolutionaries and we're radical and militant and we want to keep it that way, we don't want to get soft in our older years,' said #KanahusManuel, #Secwepemc and #Ktunaxa, describing her family's struggle to protect their land and stop the Trans Mountain pipeline.

"Speaking at the State of Emergency for The Salish Sea in #SeattleWashington on Thursday, Kanahus said, 'We are the title holders to the land.'"

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/coast-salish-freedom-fighters-from.html

#LandBack #DefendTheSacred #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #ReaderSupportedNews #IndigenousActivists #IndigenousActivism #IndigenousNews #Resistance #MotherEarth #PacificNorthwest

Coast Salish Freedom Fighters: From Alberta Tar Sands to the Salish Sea: Live in Seattle

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Join the IJC on Aug. 6 for an important public webinar on the study of transboundary water pollution in the Elk-Kootenai/y watershed. 🌊 This session will cover efforts on establishing a study board and helping develop a governance body. Your participation and questions are vital! Register now: https://bit.ly/Elk-Kootenaiy
#BritishColumbia #Idaho #Ktunaxa #Montana
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Public Webinar on the Elk-Kootenai/y Water Pollution Study. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The International Joint Commission (IJC) will host a one-hour public webinar related to the study of transboundary water pollution in the Elk-Kootenai/y watershed on Tuesday, August 6, at 6:30 p.m. MDT (5:30 pm. PDT). All interested parties are invited to attend. The webinar will include a presentation and question-and-answer period that will focus on the IJC’s activities to date related to the establishment of an IJC study board to report and make recommendations on water pollution within the Elk-Kootenai/y watershed, as well as the Commission’s role to provide assistance in the development of a Terms of Reference for a Governance Body. Please register to participate to the webinar and submit any questions or comments during the registration process or by email at [email protected]. Questions submitted in advance will be addressed during the information session. This webinar will be held in English only.

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By letters dated March 8, 2024, the Governments of Canada and the United States provided a reference to the International Joint Commission (IJC), requesting that the IJC undertake certain actions regarding the impacts of transboundary water pollution in the Elk Kootenai/y Watershed ... US Federal Register notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/26/2024-06368/international-joint-commission-reference-to-address-water-pollution-in-the-elk-kootenaiy-watershed
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Crowfoot Mountain and Glacier, Alberta, Canada. #Ktunaxa

#IcefieldsParkway #Alberta #Canada #glacier

Athabaska River, Icefields Parkway, Alberta, Canada. #Ktunaxa

#Athabaska #Alberta #IcefieldParkway #landscape #Canada