Local Headlines - CivicInfo BC#Xatsull - Xatśūll First Nation hopes to overturn court ruling on controversial Mount Polley mine https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/first-nations-mount-polley-mine-challenge-1.7624346?cmp=rss
#Xatśull FN - Cariboo Gold Mine in Wells, B.C., gets approval, but a First Nation is opposed https://buff.ly/3V5cSqV
Cariboo Gold Mine in Wells, B.C., gets approval, but a First Nation is opposed
An operating permit has been granted for the Cariboo Gold Mine in central British Columbia, a project that's expected to process 1.1 million tonnes of gold-bearing ore a year but is still opposed by a First Nation.
Ms. Que BanhLeading the fish farms out of BC waters flotilla:
#Laichwiltach hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse (George Quocksister Jr.).
https://www.nationalobserver.com/podcast/salmon-people/occupation
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laich-kwil-tach
Chiefs who came to support:
#Homalco Hereditary & Council Chief Darren Blaney (Married to MP Rachel Blaney).
https://www.homalco.com/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-landslide-science-tsunami-earthquake-1.6075933
Bill Wilson(Kwak'wala name, Puglaas) hereditary Chief of the #Musgamgw #Tsawataineuk & part of Laich-kwil-tach, which are part of the #Kwagiulth & #Kwakwakawakw First Peoples. Married to 2nd wife, Bev Sellars, a Chief of the #Xatsull First Nation. Father of Jody Wilson-Raybould, lawyer & former MP. Bill was the first Indigenous BC Chief to travel to Ottawa to meet Prime Minister Trudeau (Pierre) to negotiate & draft 1st & only amendment to Canada's constitution in 1982(Section 35).
He helped found BC First Nations Congress, which led to creation of BC Treaty Commission (signed by Wilson, Harcourt & Mulroney).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Wilson_(chief)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakwaka%CA%BCwakw
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsawataineuk_First_Nation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/jody-wilson-raybould-reconciling-history-1.7364336
#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #IndigenousSovereignty #BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCTreatyCommission #BrokenPromises #BrokenTreaties #IndigenousRights #DemandMPAs
PhoenixSerenityCamille is inviting everyone to a #CandlelightVigil outside the #Kamloops courthouse on June 3, 9 a.m. to help raise awareness.
She said there will be #Indigenous drummers & singers there.
“I want people to know they can come and support this if they have a problem with the justice system or missing and murdered Indigenous people,” she said.
#Lillooet #MMIP #BClaw #CanadianLaw #BritishColumbia #Statlimx #Xatsull
