Comments on: Indigenous and water rights activists protest Canadian landfill

By: water filter compare

water filter compare — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:38:38 +0000

The buyer has need of a hundred eyes the seller of but one.

By: An Indigenous Olympics? | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:02:24 +0000

[...] In fact, while the Olympics imagery implies some sort of harmony between natives and non-natives in Canada, there actually are various ongoing native land claim conflicts in this country. In Ontario, indigenous activists helped to wage a defensive campaign which was a relatively high-profile land claim conflict here in Ontario, during the summer of 2009. [...]

By: “An Indigenous Olympics?” | Toban Black

“An Indigenous Olympics?” | Toban Black — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:12:09 +0000

[...] May, I had published a post about some native activism, and I had gotten very involved in pro-native campaigning against the tar sands — for the [...]

By: Guest Post: An Indigenous Olympics? » Sociological Images

Guest Post: An Indigenous Olympics? » Sociological Images — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:32:27 +0000

[...] In fact, while the Olympics imagery implies some sort of harmony between natives and non-natives in Canada, there actually are various ongoing native land claim conflicts in this country. In Ontario, indigenous activists helped to wage a defensive campaign which was a relatively high-profileland claim conflict here in Ontario, during the summer of 2009. [...]

By: Expropriation and devastation (and resistance) | Toban Black

Expropriation and devastation (and resistance) | Toban Black — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:37:42 +0000

[...] change has been successfully pressed through the powers that be. (The apparent success of a recent Ontario campaign against a dump site on an acquifier near indigenous land is one case in point.) But the tide ultimately hasn’t been turned… [...]

By: Toban Black

Toban Black — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:45:27 +0000

An update -

The moratorium was granted (yesterday, I believe).

Tiny Township’s mayor has said that there only will be a dump site out there if “they can prove it’s safe.”

Yet, one Council of Canadians campaigner has said that “much work remains to be done.”

By: Landfill sites — and wider questions about our waste | Toban Black

Landfill sites — and wider questions about our waste | Toban Black — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:09:22 +0000

[...] A post that I wrote for the Waging Nonviolence web site – “Indigenous and water rights activists protest Canadian landfill” [...]

By: Toban Black

Toban Black — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:03:07 +0000

The photos in this post are from this set -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allseeingcuttlefish/sets/72157619018223402/
(The photos were posted by “All-Seeing Cuttlefish” – http://www.flickr.com/photos/allseeingcuttlefish/)

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Here’s another set of photos — from a late July rally -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdaddyhame/3760728360/in/set-72157621725648917/

You can see more photos if you follow links in the post here.