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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

@acfn_kaitaile

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation are K'ai Taile Dené ("people of the land of the willow") with Territories in northern AB, and signatories to Treaty 8

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"They abuse the nations and then... name a dam after them." - West Moberly First Nations Chief Roland Willson on BC Hydro's plan to give the Site C dam and reservoir Indigenous names

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Indigenous leaders in Fort Chipewyan are demanding the federal government cleanup and fix a federally-owned dock in the community. They also claim the government failed to inform them about what they say is cancer-causing contamination at the dock site. youtu.be/OcoIvbGqkoQ

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Indigenous leaders in Fort Chipewyan are calling on the federal government to remediate and apologize for keeping the contamination of Big Dock a years-long secret. Chief Allan Adam "called the lack of notification "environmental racism" and said his community is on a path to

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ACFN Chief Allan Adam told the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on Tuesday, “there is no trust” between the community and Transport Canada. Via Canada's National Observer: nationalobserver.com/2024/12/03/new…

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Congratulations to the 2024 cohort of the #ClimateBreakthroughAward program, including Eriel Deranger! This program supports social change leaders to develop, launch, and scale their boldest new initiative over the next few years with breakthrough potential to address climate

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Chief Allan Adam said it remains to be seen whether Anand’s promises are “just lip service to calm the public outcry” or whether something “real and tangible” will come of it. Via Canada's National Observer: nationalobserver.com/2024/12/06/new…

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PRESS RELEASE - Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam reacts to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team's (ASIRT) endorsement of RCMP violence:

PRESS RELEASE - Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam reacts to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team's (ASIRT) endorsement of RCMP violence:
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"A new analysis of a decade's worth of data kept by Alberta's oil and gas regulator suggests the agency has made unsubstantiated claims about the success of oilsands tailings spills cleanup." Read more on the damage caused by the AER's negligence: cbc.ca/amp/1.7424682

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"For years, Indigenous communities living near Canada’s oil sands have worried about the health impacts of the cloud of air pollution rising from the vast industrial mining complex. A recent study shows the problem is far worse than previously thought, with air pollution levels

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Athabasca Fort Chipewyan files lawsuit accusing Alberta of ignoring concerns over oil sands reclamation plans theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Athabasca Fort Chipewyan files lawsuit accusing Alberta of ignoring concerns over oil sands reclamation plans theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
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If industry doesn't pay to clean up the oil sands, you will. ACFN has filed a judicial review of Alberta Environment and Protected Areas’ decision to renew the rules for Alberta’s Mine Financial Security Program (MFSP). Here's why: #ableg

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"I remember always kicking myself that I didn't continue my education," said Marcel, a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. She got the chance to earn her diploma thanks to innovative programming at Therese Tuccaro Secondary School, an Indigenous-led school launched

"I remember always kicking myself that I didn't continue my education," said Marcel, a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.

She got the chance to earn her diploma thanks to innovative programming at Therese Tuccaro Secondary School, an Indigenous-led school launched
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PRESS RELEASE: UCP Makes It Easier for Albertans to Bring Forward Separation Referendum but Denies First Nations Right to Vote in Municipal Elections

PRESS RELEASE: UCP Makes It Easier for Albertans to Bring Forward Separation Referendum but Denies First Nations Right to Vote in Municipal Elections