Niitsitapi Water Protectors

Niitsitapi Water and Land Defenders #BlackfootConfederacy #Treaty7 #WeDoNotConsent #NoCoalMinesonNiitsitapiLand

[Niitsitapi Water Protectors @NiitsitapiWater]

Not sure who needs to hear this but.... no amount of money, community program or job can replace the the the Indigenous rights, lives, connections to land, culture, languages and ceremonies that will be lost as a result of coal development in the Eastern Slopes🏔 🌱 🦅

[Roz La Pier @RozLaPier]

Witness to the Climate Crisis: It is Time to ‘Draw the Line’ https://t.co/WOc5m9sARc

[Niitsitapi Water Protectors @NiitsitapiWater]

Yes, #GrassyMountain was rejected, but it was never just one coal mine.

Let’s also hope that Benga is forced to clean and restore lands that they desecrated during coal exploration.

#NoCoalMinesOnNiitsitapiLand

[Dr James Makokis (nehiyô), MD, M.H.Sc, CCFP 🌈 @DrMakokis]

When I read statements like “First Nations communities in Alberta” it is misleading. Nations are not communities, nor are they “in the provinces.” Provinces were created after our Nations. The Provinces are in our Nations’ Territories. This Truth is necessary for Reconciliation.

[Niitsitapi Water Protectors @NiitsitapiWater]

Well would you look at that.

[GC Newsroom @NewsroomGC]

The Government of Canada decided the #GrassyMountain Coal Project is likely to have significant adverse environmental effects that cannot be justified and the project cannot proceed. Find out more by reading the Minister’s Decision Statement:
https://t.co/PQjVvUs20L

[Terrill Tailfeathers @Terrilltf]

On this #HeritageDay I hope Canadians reflect on Canada’s real heritage of dispossession, oppression and genocide for unfettered access to Indigenous people’s land and resources that still reverberates and is ongoing to this very day.

[🧘🏽‍♂️Dark Angel 👣 @NSharpAdze]

@NiitsitapiWater
The frank slide disaster should be a constant reminder of the dangers of not listening to first nations when providing warnings about over extraction.

[Niitsitapi Water Protectors @NiitsitapiWater]

Blood Tribe update on Grassy Mountain Coal Mine

[Siksika Nation @Siksika_Nation]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2021
Statement by Siksika Nation on Grassy Mountain Appeal

[Last Star Radio 89.9 F.M. @LastStarRadio81]

No amount of money can replace or restore the Oldman Watershed...

[Niitsitapi Water Protectors @NiitsitapiWater]

@authenticV 7 mines actually (& counting)

[Brian E Noble @ArticulateBeings.bsky.social @ArticulateDinos]

Climate Change Wake up call to the Wealthy Land-owning Classes

In fact all land pictured is unsurrendered Indigenous land.

Peoples who have had care for sustainable relations as cultural-natural political commitments

⁦@RussDiabo⁩ ⁦@Terrilltf⁩ ⁦@XRLambeth⁩

[First Peoples Law @FirstPeoplesLaw]

“This is certainly just the foot of the mountain in terms of the work that needs to be done. This is a generational struggle.” #1492LandBackLane update 1 year out @BrettForester @APTNNews #IndigenousRights #cdnpoli
https://t.co/NfSirzu272

[The Narwhal @thenarwhalca]

BREAKING: Here are some emerging details about a victory for press freedom in court, related to the RCMP’s treatment of journalists at Fairy Creek logging blockades: https://t.co/laND9W76Ak #cdnmedia #cdnpoli #journalismmatters

[Niitsitapi Water Protectors @NiitsitapiWater]

😤😡

[CPAWS Southern Alberta @cpawssab]

Did you know that the Government of Alberta, without public consultation, just privatized the forest management of over 3,500 km2 of public land in southwest Alberta, including in the Livingstone and Porcupine Hills? Read more here: https://t.co/5MgUIBf2UO

[Niitsitapi Water Protectors @NiitsitapiWater]

No amount of money can replace or restore the Oldman Watershed and the spiritual integrity of the land.

Y’all forget that tribal governments don’t speak for the land. We will keep speaking up until the Oldman watershed is safe and protected 💙 https://t.co/rPR46L5bBx

[CPAWS Southern Alberta @cpawssab]

Grassy Mountain Update: Benga has filed a request to appeal the rejection of its Grassy Mountain Coal Project. https://t.co/4HgYh7U4Ih

[Torrance Coste @TorranceCoste]

Every square centimetre of what we call Canada is Indigenous land.

These guys still aren’t getting it.

#CancelCanadaDay #LandBack

[Kanahus Manuel @KanahusFreedom]

New @intercepted: Stealing children to steal the land https://t.co/VhtmBd5t9V by @NaomiAKlein

[Torrance Coste @TorranceCoste]

Is it a coincidence that widespread understanding of what the climate crisis has in store for us is lining up with a moment of national reckoning about what Canada really is?

Given the deep connection between colonialism and the climate crisis, this feels like a moment.

[Niitsitapi Water Protectors @NiitsitapiWater]

Destroying the Eastern Slopes and Oldman Watershed is a hateful act of colonial violence.

These lands hold Niitsitapi creation stories, language, culture & life.

A church can be rebuilt… sacred lands, water and children can not be 🏔

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

I visited the burned-out remains of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church in Morinville to express my sorrow and solidarity with the local community, Franco-Albertans, and Catholics across the province.

We must all reject hateful acts of violence whenever and wherever they occur.