Melissa Daniels
@DeneLegalEagle
ᑌᓀᓱᒼᕄᓀ Dënesųłiné Ts’ékui |Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation | BSc in Nursing | Recovering Lawyer | Dene Pharmacology/Astronomy | Revolutionary Medicine | Tudze
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20-12-2013 00:34:31
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Many First Nations in Canada lack clean water. In #Attawapiskat the water from our taps is contaminated & can't be 'fixed' by boiling. We collect drinking water from 1 of 2 dispensaries. My family uses 12 x 5-gallon jugs daily #worldwaterday #waterislife #firstnations #firstwater
In oil country, First Nations accuse government of ‘regulated murder’
My latest with Ricochet Media The Real News out of Fort Chipewyan:
“It’s happening upstream from us and no dollar can stop it. Nothing will ever, ever bring back the lives of the people who died from cancer. Fort…
BC Supreme Court refuses to recognize a land defender’s defence based on Indigenous law citing its failure to “comfortable coexist” with Canadian laws.
That’s some deep insight into the true intent of Reconciliation - the operative principle being comfort.
Via Amanda Follett Hosgood…
#SayHerName . #SandraBland should be celebrating her 37th birthday today. “Until justice rolls down like water...”