ProtestFirst Nations Politics
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North Shore Tribal Council halts traffic to protest cuts (5/16/2012)
(Ontario) -- The North Shore Tribal Council held a march down Great Northern Road in protest over provincial cuts to social services that the council says will affect...
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A university student walks to raise awareness of Indian Act (4/30/2012)
(British Columbia) -- In B.C. – a university student is walking across the country hoping to raise awareness about the Indian Act.
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Enbridge Pipeline
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Hereditary Chief Arrest Decision to be Set for a Later Date (5/15/2012)
(British Columbia) -- The ongoing dispute for the Gitxsan First Nation for more than five months is now in the Hand of a BC Supreme court judge.
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RCMP allows Gitxsan to continue illegal blockade (5/15/2012)
(British Columbia) -- A blockade by members of the Gitxsan First Nation in Old Hazleton, B.C., has entered its sixth month and band members have no intention of backing...
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Stalemate continues at Gitxsan treaty office (5/14/2012)
(British Columbia) -- They claim the Gitxsan Treaty Society is illegal and have not let anybody inside the building since last December. This is despite an injunction...
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B.C. judge at wits’ end, compares Gitxsan protests to Caledonia (5/11/2012)
(British Columbia) -- Rarely has a judge been as blunt and outspoken in his condemnation of police and government and their reluctance to enforce the rule of law in this...
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Enbridge AGM: Pipeline protest drums pits pipelines against land, water (5/9/2012)
(British Columbia) -- The proposed Northern Gateway pipeline appears locked on a collision course, as First Nations chiefs put Enbridge officials on notice again that...
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First Nations to Enbridge: 'The war is on,' decry pipeline 'time bomb' (5/9/2012)
(Toronto) -- Scores of West Coast First Nations and supporters ended a colourful and noisy protest against a proposed Enbridge oil pipeline Wednesday with a declaration...
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RCMP spied on B.C. natives protesting pipeline plan, documents show (5/9/2012)
(British Columbia) -- The RCMP has been spying on a group of British Columbia First Nations whose vocal opposition to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline has...
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Anti-pipeline Freedom Train chugs to Toronto (5/7/2012)
(Toronto) -- The Freedom Train recently arrived in Winnipeg. The coalition of First Nations groups from British Columbia is travelling across Canada by rail in protest...
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B.C. pipeline protest finds support in Saskatoon (5/3/2012)
(Saskatchewan) -- About 100 people showed up in Saskatoon to show their support for a B.C. First Nation which is sending a delegation, by train, to Toronto to protest a...
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‘Freedom Train’ Protesting Northern Gateway Pipeline Crossing Canada (4/30/2012)
(Canada) -- As hearings continue on the Northern Gateway pipeline that would bring oil to the Pacific coast from the Alberta oil sands, a lack of trust hangs heavy in...
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First Nations resist Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline with cross-Canada Freedom Train (4/29/2012)
(British Columbia) -- British Columbia's Yinka Dene Alliance will embark on a nationwide "Freedom Train" journey on Monday to defend First Nations laws...
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Hundreds rally in Victoria against proposed Northern Gateway pipeline (4/16/2012)
(British Columbia) -- Leila Darwish says too many communities will be destroyed should the proposal for a $5.5-billion oil pipeline between Alberta’s oilsands and...
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Cheyenne River Welcomes Worldwide Participants to Anti-Pipeline Hunger Strike (4/6/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was recently the site of a two-day hunger strike, lasting from the evening of April 1 to the evening of April 3.
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Protesters force cancellation of first day of Northern Gateway hearings in Bella Bella (4/3/2012)
(British Columbia) -- Hearings on the Northern Gateway pipeline were expected to resume this week, with four days scheduled in the community of Bella Bella, British...
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First nations school protests Northern Gateway pipeline (4/2/2012)
(British Columbia) -- Public hearings on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline resume on Monday in the coastal community of Bella Bella, where the federal review panel...
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Gateway hearing cancelled after protesters greet panel (4/2/2012)
(British Columbia) -- A public hearing for the Northern Gateway Project has been unexpectedly cancelled after panel members were met by protesters at the Bella Bella...
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Pipeline review set to resume in Bella Bella after first nations protest (4/2/2012)
(British Columbia) -- The federal review of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is set to resume Tuesday after the hearings were abruptly cancelled on the heels of a...
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Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline targeted by over 2,000 protesters (3/26/2012)
(Vancouver) -- Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline protesters gathered for speeches from First Nations and environmentalists like 350.org's Bill McKibben, before...
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Labor & Unions
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23 pro-union protesters arrested at Mardi Gras Casino in Hallandale Beach (5/9/2012)
(Florida) -- Twenty three protesters were arrested Tuesday night for trespassing at the Mardi Gras when they blocked the public’s entrance to the Hallandale Beach...
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Vegas union backers hold hunger strike at casino (4/19/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Las Vegas union supporters are holding a seven-day hunger strike to protest a casino operator's alleged attempts to prevent workers from organizing.
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Station Casino workers give up food in protest (4/18/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Yesterday, a group of casino workers in the US began a seven-day fast as part of a continued demand to be allowed to decide whether they want union...
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New Jersey assemblyman calls on businesses to boycott Tropicana over labor dispute (4/11/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- The chairman of New Jersey’s Democratic Party is urging Democrats to join him in boycotting Tropicana Casino and Resort as long as the casino is...
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Thousands of union workers rally over pensions at Tropicana in Atlantic City (4/6/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- About 2,000 protesters gathered Thursday in front of Tropicana Casino and Resort to picket casino executives, who, they say, have illegally stopped...
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Casino workers picket over Tropicana pension (4/5/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- Thousands of workers from the city's main casino union picketed Thursday night outside the Tropicana Casino & Resort, protesting an attempt by...
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Culinary union holds demonstration at Red Rock Resort (3/23/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- The local culinary union brought in some serious help to send a message to Station Casinos: let your workers unionize. The Culinary Workers Union brought...
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Union chief considers national boycott of Station Casinos (3/23/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- The president of the national AFL-CIO said a nationwide boycott of Station Casinos is under consideration, but stopped just short of calling for one at a...
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Mining & Drilling
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Anti-Fracking Rally Through Mahwah To Unite Ramapough Tribe, Activists (5/5/2012)
(New Jersey) -- For nearly a year, a group of Ramapough-Lunaape people have been fighting against a Tennessee Gas Pipeline expansion project that is proposed to go...
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Nevada tribe fights coal plant in pollution battle (5/2/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- A Native American reservation outside Las Vegas is trying to persuade the federal government that their community faces serious health risks from a nearby...
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Moapa Paiute March 50 Miles in Anti-Coal Protest (4/27/2012)
(Nevada) -- On Earth Day, Moapa Paiute Indians arrived in Las Vegas where they were joined by Sierra Club members and others protesting the Reid Gardner Power Plant. The...
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Environmental group goes on offensive against Pebble (4/16/2012)
(Alaska) -- The campaign to stop the massive Pebble project is heating up again as two mining companies involved in the effort prepare for annual shareholder meetings.
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Fort Berthold Reservation-Bakken: Protest scheduled as oil boom creates serious problems for tribal members (4/11/2012)
(North Dakota) -- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, home of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (the Three Affiliated Tribes) sits at the heart of the Bakken oil...
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Caledonia
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Caledonia land dispute (4/29/2012)
(Ontario) -- Native and non-native groups marched in Caledonia, Ont., to draw attention to one of Canada's most contentious aboriginal land claims
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Native groups march in Caledonia, Ont., reawakening old tensions (4/29/2012)
(Ontario) -- About 500 people marched through Caledonia, Ont. - site of a long-standing and bitter occupation by native groups - on Saturday in a bid to force the...
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Keystone XL Pipeline
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Target: Tar Sands (4/24/2012)
(South Dakota) -- While Washington lobbyists continue to push for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, activists have taken the fight to their backyards.
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Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands Pipelines (4/7/2012)
(South Dakota) -- In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline...
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Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands Pipelines (4/3/2012)
(South Dakota) -- In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline...
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Native Sun News: Activists plan Keystone XL hunger strike (3/28/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- As U.S. President Barack Obama voiced concessions to the Keystone XL tar sands, crude oil pipeline on March 22, American Indian and other activists...
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Native-led oil pipeline protest draws hundreds to Vancouver Art Gallery (3/28/2012)
(British Columbia) -- Protesters marching through downtown Vancouver Monday promised to fight big oil and big government and put a stop to proposed pipeline expansions...
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Keystone XL: Native Americans outraged (3/25/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- After President Obama endorsed a southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline on Mar. 22 (which would carry oil from Cushing to Port Arthur, Texas), Native...
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Picayune Rancheria
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Tribe protests lack of federal action (4/21/2012)
(California) -- Members of a dissident group in the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians took their grievances Friday to the streets of downtown Fresno.
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Chukchansi protest in downtown Fresno (4/20/2012)
(California) -- Angry over infighting at Chukchansi Casino, members of the Picayune tribe that have been dis-enrolled, say their rights have been violated.
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Fresno protest focuses on Chukchansi tribe's leadership struggle (4/20/2012)
(California) -- About three dozen people gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Fresno to protest what they described as government inaction in the Picayune...
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Chief Wahoo
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Standing Up And Staying Put: Two Decades of Protesting the Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo (4/17/2012)
(Ohio) -- Major League baseball is a game of hallowed traditions. For the Cleveland Indians, the traditional throwing out of the first pitch every season is accompanied...
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Rite of Spring: The Annual Protest Against the Cleveland Indians’ Shameful Mascot, Chief Wahoo (4/7/2012)
(Ohio) -- Outside Progressive Field in Cleveland, a small group gathered Thursday to protest the Indians’ nickname and mascot, Chief Wahoo, a protest that’s...
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Mashpee Wampanoag
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Pocassets, Mashpees at odds over which tribe should get casino license (4/17/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The Fall River-based Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe is disputing the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s claims to historical roots in Taunton, and said...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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Anti-racino group ramps up opposition (4/6/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Some local residents are stepping up their efforts to block a proposal to bring slot machines to Plainridge Racecourse.
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State Recognition
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American Indians launch protest over TN state recognition (3/26/2012)
(Tennessee) -- Some Tennessee residents that are members of various American Indian tribes across the nation said they’d be protesting in front of Rep. Mark Pody...
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Indian tribes seek recognition (3/26/2012)
(Tennessee) -- Established American Indian tribes worry an effort to gain recognition by three self-described ancestral tribes will undermine efforts of established...
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Other News
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Split Lake protest decries First Nation living conditions (5/16/2012)
(Manitoba) -- Protesters on the Tataskweyak Cree Nation in Split Lake, Man., are demanding the resignation of their chief and council over what they say are poor living...
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Haskell, KU students walking to underscore environmental, Native American spiritual issues of trafficway (5/16/2012)
(Kansas) -- A group of Kansas University and Haskell Indian Nations University students had made it to Brunswick, Mo., on Wednesday evening in their effort to walk from...
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Native American rights activists bring nationwide walk to Asheville (5/16/2012)
(North Carolina) -- The Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights was going to walk right through Asheville until a last-minute change of plans landed them in Pritchard Park.
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Students protest South Lawrence Trafficway in ‘Trail of Broken Promises’ walk (5/15/2012)
(Kansas) -- Streams of gray smoke from burning sage and cedar swirled into the air, and an American Indian intertribal honor chant rose above the chirp of birds at...
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Group protests at Sioux San (5/8/2012)
(South Dakota) -- A group of concerned citizens voice their opposition to leadership and the level of care at Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City. About 20 members of the...
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Peltier walk coming to Cherokee (5/7/2012)
(North Carolina) -- The Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights is coming to Cherokee on Friday, May 11. The group, comprised of American Indians from several tribes, will...
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Killing of bald eagles divides Native American tribes (5/3/2012)
(Wyoming) -- A plan by a Native American tribe to kill two bald eagles for use in a religious rite has drawn the ire of a fellow tribe, which says it doesn't want...
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Lystek, Six Nations at odds over planned biofertilizer plant (5/2/2012)
(Ontario) -- Has the First Nations consultation process for a biofertilizer facility in Dundalk started, or is the project moving forward prematurely? The answer appears...
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KSS students protest against casino (4/28/2012)
(Montreal) -- Kahnawake Survival School students walked out of class today and marched to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake to protest the proposed casino project and to...
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Colin Firth Campaign for Brazilian Tribe Breaks Records (4/28/2012)
(Brazil) -- Colin Firth's appeal has generated more than 10,000 protest emails. A campaign launched by Colin Firth to save the world’s most threatened tribe...
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Native Sun News: Native activists oppose Canada's land grab (4/26/2012)
(Ontario) -- A trio of First Nations citizens have taken a bold – but peaceful – stand against the Canadian government in protest of a $307 million land-...
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Native protesters asked to leave (4/25/2012)
(Ontario) -- A First Nation solidarity camp on Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum property must be removed, museum stewards say. Without permission, three Anishinabe...
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AIM-West Leads Protests against "Chief Wahoo" at Oakland Coliseum (4/23/2012)
(California) -- Members of AIM-West, the Occupy Movement and American Indian community members in the Bay Area, protested all weekend long in a non-violent fashion...
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Moapa Paiutes rally against power plant (4/23/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- An estimated 100 Native Americans, members of the Sierra Club and others rallied at the Lloyd D. George U.S. Federal Courthouse here on Earth Day, Sunday...
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Front Door Stripped off Mobile Home As Forced Evictions Reach New Low in Bakken Oil Patch (4/19/2012)
(North Dakota) -- Forced evictions, of local residents from their mobile homes in the New Town area, to provide housing for predominately out-of-state oil workers has...
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Lenni-Lenape lecture in Bridgeton back on (4/17/2012)
(New Jersey) -- Following an indefinite postponement, Dr. Marshall Becker will be speaking here about Native Americans in the Lower Delaware Valley on April 29 —...
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Winnemem Wintu Tribe Protests, Demands Forest Service Office Stop Harassment at Coming of Age Ceremonies (4/17/2012)
(California) -- Outside the towering, gray walls of the U.S. Forest Service’s office in Vallejo, California, April 16, the Winnemem Wintu’s War Dance song...
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The Battle to Save Tom-Kav–Local Tribes Fight to Preserve Cultural Heritage (4/17/2012)
(California) -- What if a developer bought up the cemetery where your grandparents were buried and started forging ahead to build a brand new housing development and...
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Little Colorado Water Rights Bill Met With Protests From Navajo and Hopi Communities (4/14/2012)
(Arizona) -- Protests on the Navajo Nation have been in high gear ever since last week, when tribal members and activists got wind of a proposed settlement that aims to...
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New Town mobile home park residents protest eviction for workers (4/14/2012)
(North Dakota) -- About 50 people paraded through this northwestern city of 2,000 people Saturday chanting “People over profits” and carrying signs such as...
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