“Clean up and get out!” Gitxaala tells Banks Island Gold

Posted on July 28, 2015 | Comments Off on “Clean up and get out!” Gitxaala tells Banks Island Gold

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Posted in Aboriginal Title and Rights, Fisheries, News

Gitxaala, Mountain Goats, and Alpine Anthropology

Posted on June 25, 2015 | Comments Off on Gitxaala, Mountain Goats, and Alpine Anthropology

I had an opportunity to speak with Carolin de Ryck of CBC Daybreak North in early June about new research into Gitxaala’s alpine territory.

You can also take a look at some photos here on our K’tai photo album.

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Posted in Aboriginal Title and Rights, Media Interview, Research Projects

Impact Benefit Agreements, LNG and the Lax Kw’alaams community vote

Posted on May 11, 2015 | Comments Off on Impact Benefit Agreements, LNG and the Lax Kw’alaams community vote

Liquid ‘Natural’ Gas (LNG) production and export is a major issue that touches all the hot buttons: environment, jobs, money, First Nations, and provincial elections.  Recently one north coast BC First Nation began consulting it’s membership regarding a 1.1 billion dollar 40 year deal with a foreign owned export consortium.  Much to a great many people’s surprise the community meetings have unanimously voted down the agreement.  I had the opportuity to address some of these issues and the bigger question of First Nations and BC’s economic development on BC Almanac on CBC radio.

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Posted in Aboriginal Title and Rights, Climate Change, Fisheries, Media Interview