IDN: Current Issues
Freedom Road is a five-part documentary series that tells the inspiring story of Shoal Lake 40 Anishinaabe First Nation and their battle to build a road, after their community was forcibly relocated and cut off from the mainland over 100 years ago, so that water could be diverted to the city of Winnipeg.
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The Indigenous Environmental Network is an alliance of grassroots Indigenous Peoples whose mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining, and respecting traditional teachings and natural laws.
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Indigenous Power Struggle
There are 175 indigenous and northern communities in Canada that are not connected to the electrical grid. The majority rely on aging generator systems that run on diesel flown, trucked or shipped into the areas at exorbitant economic and environmental cost. A lack of reliable energy causes blackouts and harmful power surges and limits economic growth and desperately needed infrastructure. Many on-grid indigenous communities also face mounting energy challenges. The Agenda examines energy access and poverty within Canada's indigenous population.
We are pleased to announce the publication of Whose Land Is It Anyway?