Defenders of the Land: a network of Indigenous communities
and activists in land struggle across CanadaNovember 2008 – Winnipeg - 13 interviews -133 minutes
Vancouver’s gold-medal holder in Olympic critique has lambasted the
Vision Vancouver-led city council for approving “an extremely
contentious bylaw that is going to come back and bite them in the ass
in 2010”.
Chris Shaw, a UBC neuroscientist, was referring to council’s vote today (January 22) to approve Uqalimakkanirit
More than two-and-a-half years have passed since the “Battle of the Bluffs”, when 23 protesters were arrested by West Vancouver police for blockading the expansion of the Sea-to-Sky highway through the Eagleridge Bluffs.
Oil Sands Truth exists to disseminate information regarding the
environmental, social and economic impacts of tar sands development
projects being proposed and currently in progress.… Uqalimakkanirit
Part 3 focuses on the grassroots actions the indigenous communities have been undertaking to defend their land and right to self-determination. It also highlights the criminalization of Indigenous resistance.
Part 2 is about elder, Harriet Nahanee, and her struggle against the destruction brought on by the development of the Sea to Sky Highway Expansion, a main artery from Vancouver city to the Whistler ski resort (a 2010 venue).