Posts By Jocelyn Cheechoo

Jocelyn - who has written 3 posts on Rainforest Action Network Blog.


Mercenaries, Mining & Martyrs

By Jocelyn, February 12 2008

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Mercenaries, Mining & Martyrs

At the end of January leaders from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation began sentencing proceedings for contempt of court charges in Ontario provincial court. The road to this point has been interesting and groundbreaking for KI and their supporters. In the past 2 years KI has been battling Platinex Inc. and the court system to [...]

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Everyone’s Downstream Part 2

By Jocelyn, December 4 2007

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Everyone’s Downstream Part 2

Snow is gently blowing across the runway during our takeoff into the clear cold night sky. Under the brilliant bright moon, the darkness of the trees contrasting with the brightness of the ice and snow are beautiful. Soon after takeoff I spy an orange glow in the horizon. Multiple plants are the size of small [...]

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Everyone’s Downstream

By Jocelyn, December 2 2007

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Everyone’s Downstream

The Alberta tar sands are the biggest oil development in Canadian history. Last weekend, I attended the conference “Everyone’s Downstream: Realities and Resistance” in Edmonton, Alberta to learn about resistance to unrestrained expansions of the tar sands among First Nations and to present lessons learned from our solidarity work with Grassy Narrows First Nation. My [...]

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