Video: Andy Everson speaks against fish farms

Published on Aug 31, 2016

Andy Everson of Komoks First Nation speaks on behalf of the wild salmon.
Video by Tamo Campos

First Nation hands eviction notice to Campbell River salmon farm

Outside the office of Marine Harvest where an eviction notice was served to the operator of a Campbell River area fish farm.

by Jessica Lepp, CTV News, August 29, 2016

An international salmon farming company based on Vancouver Island has been handed an eviction notice from Campbell River First Nations.

First Nations protesters and their supporters marched to the offices of Marine Harvest Friday to slide an eviction notice beneath the door demanding their waters back.

Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw Serves Evictions Notices to BC Fish Farms

Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw hereditary chiefs board Cermaq fish farm near Kingcome Inlet to serve eviction notices.

Orders follow a number of developments, including federal decision to extend licences.

By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, August 22, 2016

The Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw, whose traditional lands includes much of the Broughton Archipelago, have boarded two Japanese-owned fish farms and delivered eviction orders to remove their operations from unceded territories over the last six days.

On Aug. 15, three Dzawada’enuxw traditional leaders served an eviction notice to a Cermaq/Mitsubishi salmon farm on the Burdwood Islands, and on Aug. 18 boats from the communities of Gwayasdums (Gilford Island), U’kwa’nalis (Kingcome Inlet) and Alert Bay arrived at the Sir Edmund Bay fish farms run by Cermaq/Mitsubishi to conduct a cleansing ceremony.

Video: Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw board fish farm as part of eviction process

Boats from several Kwakwaka’wakw communities approach Cermaq fish farm in the territory of the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw territory near Kingcome Inlet.

“Are we prepared to die for this. I think we are now. The fight is on!”

The Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw boarded a salmon farm in their territory for the second time in three days to begin the process of cleansing their waters of the fish farm industry. This is done in the name of our children, future generations and in memory of our ancestors.

RCMP visit Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw after eviction notices served to fish farms

The RCMP came unannounced into our community of Ukwanalis (Kingcome Inlet) but our leaders stood strong and committed in standing our ground.
“You guys say you are peacekeepers but when you look at the UN Declaration and it talks about the genocide of indigenous people, and that it will no longer happen and yet this is what’s happening in our territory. The very thing that we live off of are being killed off.” -Okwilogame

Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw Cleansing Our Waters

Survivors witness demolition of dreaded First Nations residential school in Alert Bay

Demolition of St Michael’s Residential School in Alert Bay, BC, begins on Feb 18, 2015. It will take a month for the demolition to be completed.

By Sarah Petrescu, Vancouver Sun, Feb 19, 2015

ALERT BAY – Hundreds of residential school survivors and their supporters gathered Wednesday in Alert Bay for the demolition of the decrepit, looming St. Michael’s Indian Residential School building.

“It was important for me to go because I wanted to see how I would feel,” Stanley Hunt said.

He recalled the day, Sept. 4, 1944, his father took him to the school. He was five years old.

Teen girl says Mountie punched her twice during Alert Bay arrest, but RCMP disputes her account

By Nick Eagland, The Province, January 11, 2015

Police are disputing allegations made by a teenager who claims she was a victim of brutality while resisting arrest in Alert Bay.

The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, told The Province she was walking home with her boyfriend Thursday when two RCMP officers stopped them because they were drinking.

The couple were under a court order not to contact each other.

The boyfriend was taken into custody, but when the girl resisted arrest, one of the officers punched her twice, she said.

First Nations Target Copper Shaming Ceremony At Canadian Government

by Stephen Hui, Georgia Straight,  July 3, 2014

When Haida copper is smashed on Parliament Hill on July 27, the ancient shaming ceremony won’t just be sending a message to the federal government.

On the first day of the Awalaskenis II journey from Vancouver to Ottawa, Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chief and carver Beau Dick told the Georgia Straight that he sees performing the copper cutting ritual as a “challenge” to all Canadians as well.

“It’s about consciousness and about waking up to realize that, as human beings, we have a lot of things to sort out,” Dick said on Wednesday (July 2), as he marched with about 40 people on West Broadway.

First Nations ceremonial shaming rite targeted at federal government

Kwakwaka’wakw carver Beau Dick with a copper and talking stick.

By Carlito Pablo, The Georgia Straight, June 25, 2014

An ancient First Nations ritual steeped in symbolism is going to take place in the nation’s capital this summer.

A copper shield will be smashed on Parliament Hill, an act believed never to have been done before in Ottawa. Called copper cutting, the ceremonial shaming practice will evoke what many consider to be a broken relationship between the federal government and Canada’s aboriginal people.

“Our coppers are a symbol of justice, a symbol of truth, a symbol of balance,” according to Beau Dick, a renowned carver from Vancouver Island’s Namgis First Nation.

The myth of the ‘peaceful’ warrior

Apache warriors, armed and ready to fight, with Geronimo on right.

by Zig Zag, Warrior Publications, Dec 13, 2013

A warrior is a person who prepares for and engages in warfare or fighting, not for personal gain but in the interests of his or her community. A warrior defends their people, territory, and way of life. These attributes distinguish a warrior from those who fight for personal motivations, such as money or power. Ideals such as sacrifice, courage, loyalty, and honour are often associated with the warrior.