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Historic Meeting on Traditional Tsilhqot'in Land

September 10, 2014.  B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Minister of Aboriginal Relations, John Rustad, met with the Tsilhqot'in Chiefs, on traditional Tsilhqot'in land, marking the first time a B.C. Premier has agreed to meet with the Tsilhqot'in Nation on their territory.  The ...

Posted by: Admin. Friday Sep 12, 2014 10:37
Categories: Tsilhqot'in | Tags: Christy Clark, meeting, rights and title, Tsilhqot'in


We Stand Strong/Flashmob Video

On December 3rd, the Tsilhqot'in people and their allies organized a mass dance ceremony in front of Taseko Mines' office in downtown Vancouver. (Photo of Linda Haig-Brown, Helen Haig-Brown, Beka Solo.) The message sent to Taseko:  "Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) people have ...

Posted by: Admin Monday Dec 16, 2013 13:46
Categories: Taseko, Tsilhqot'in | Tags: aboriginal, activism, Chilcotin, Fish Lake, Teztan Biny


Second CEAA Panel Gives New Prosperity Project Another Scathing Review

A second strongly negative CEAA Panel report released October 31, 2013 (after an initial damning CEAA Panel report in 2010 and a federal thumbs down in 2010) makes it strike three against Taseko's proposed "New Prosperity" mine.  Responses from all of us who have written, spoken ...

Posted by: Admin. Saturday Nov 02, 2013 13:25
Categories: CEAA, Tsilhqot'in | Tags: aboriginal, activism, court case, Marilyn Baptiste, Ottawa, Prosperity Mine, rights and title, Xeni Gwet'in


Tsilhqot’in Applaud Affirmation of Aboriginal Rights by BC Court of Appeal

Vancouver, B.C., June 27, 2012: The Tsilhqot’in Nation has never ceded nor surrendered our title and rights and this point was proven today. Since before the time of contact we have protected and defended our lands, waters and territories. “Taking our fight to the B.C. Court ...

Posted by: Wolfgang Zilker Thursday Jun 28, 2012 11:05
Categories: Court case, TNG, Tsilhqot'in, Xeni Gwet'in | Tags: Brittany Triangle, court case, rights and title


Taseko Mine's Libel Chill Bid to Silence Opposition Won't Work

Today the Tsilhqot'in National Government issued a news release in response to Taseko Mine's defamation suit against the Wilderness Committee, launched late last week. TŜILHQOT’IN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT 253 – 4th Avenue North Williams Lake, BC V2G 4T4 Phone (250) ...

Posted by: Admin Monday Mar 05, 2012 14:44
Categories: Taseko, Tsilhqot'in | Tags: Prosperity Mine, Taseko, TNG


Tsilhqot'in Determined to Fight

TŜILHQOT’IN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT 253 – 4th Avenue North, Williams Lake, BC V2G 4T4, Phone (250) 392-3918, Fax (250) 398-5798 TSILHQOT’IN DETERMINED TO FIGHT “NEW” PROSPERITY PROPOSAL Tsilhqot’in Territory, February 29, 2012: After a ...

Posted by: Admin. Wednesday Feb 29, 2012 09:08
Categories: Taseko, Tsilhqot'in | Tags: Prosperity Mine, Taseko, Tsilhqot'in, Xeni Gwet'in


Tsilhqot'in Nation presents report to the United Nations

Xeni Gwet'in Chief Marilyn Baptiste was in Geneva to present the Tsilhqot'in report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 80th Session."The Tsilhqot'in are prepared to go to the international level to protect our Nation's rights and title," said Chief ...

Posted by: Admin. Friday Feb 24, 2012 15:19
Categories: Tsilhqot'in | Tags: rights and title, Tsilhqot'in, Xeni Gwet'in


Tsilhqot'in Nation's report to the UN

The Tsilhqot'in Nation has submitted a report ot the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination:  Shadow Report by the Tsilhqot'in Nation on the denial of Indigenous peoples’ rights in Canada with a focus on the Extractive Sector Operating within Canada. "The ...

Posted by: Admin. Saturday Feb 18, 2012 10:47
Categories: Tsilhqot'in | Tags: rights and title, Taseko, Tsilhqot'in, Xeni Gwet'in


Tsilhqot'in Launch Court Case Against Exploration Approvals

WILLIAMS LAKE, BC. Nov. 11, 2011: The Tsilhqot’in Nation has launched a court challenge asking the B.C. Supreme Court to invalidate or suspend approvals granted by British Columbia to Taseko Mines Limited for extensive drilling, excavation, timber clearing, road construction and other ...

Posted by: Admin. Friday Nov 11, 2011 14:57
Categories: Taseko, Tsilhqot'in | Tags: court case, ecosystem, Fish Lake, Taseko, Tsilhqot'in, Xeni Gwet'in



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