Indigenous territory

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Indigenous peoples

Wolastoqey Nation names NB forestry companies in title claim

PV January 11, 2022

Denis Boulet On November 30, the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick filed a new version of their title claim to the Court of Queen’s Bench which included New Brunswick’s major forestry companies. The companies...

10 Minutes

Indigenous peoples

Colonialism and the criminalization of Indigenous media

PV October 7, 2020

Special to PV On September 2, Karl Dockstader from One Dish One Mic Indigenous media was arrested while covering the land defense at 1492 Land Back Lane near Caledonia, Ontario. People’s Voice editor Dave...

8 Minutes

Indigenous peoples

Indigenous resistance and “law and order” – the struggle at 1492 Land Back Lane

PV September 21, 2020

By Karl Dockstader On July 19 in the evening, land defenders moved onto unceded Haudenosaunee lands that were close to being heavily developed. Free, prior and informed consent to develop these lands was not attained....

2 Minutes

Canada Indigenous peoples

East coast Indigenous nation asserts right to harvest wood

PV April 9, 2020

The second-largest Indigenous nation in New Brunswick is suing the provincial government for depriving it of a treaty right to harvest timber. The Wolastoqey Nation, which occupies the watershed of the Wolastoq (Saint John)...