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Rechten inheemse volken
De Lubicon Cree First Nation is een inheemse gemeenschap uit de Canadese provincie Alberta, die uit ongeveer 500 mensen bestaat. Ze hebben nooit een wettelijk verdrag met de federale overheid gesloten om de grenzen van hun land af te bakenen. Beloftes van de overheid om een reservaat op te richten, zijn nooit waargemaakt.
In de jaren `70 ontwikkelden de autoriteiten – zonder de toestemming van de Lubicon – grootschalige olie- en gasprojecten op hun land. Hierdoor stopten de Lubicon met jagen, waardoor ze van een zelfvoorzienende gemeenschap afgleden in armoede. De projecten leidden bovendien tot ernstige gezondheidsproblemen. De Lubicon hebben geen cent verdiend aan deze gas- en olie exploitatie. Ze hebben geen compensatie gekregen en kregen nauwelijks hulp bij het zoeken naar alternatieve bronnen van levensonderhoud. De meeste Lubicon zijn nu afhankelijk van overheidstoeslagen en hebben geen toegang tot sanitaire voorzieningen en schoon drinkwater. Woningen zijn overbevolkt en ziektes zoals tuberculose, komen meer voor dan bij de rest van de bevolking.
In uw brief aan de autoriteiten van Alberta vraagt u hen om de rechten van de Lubicon te respecteren en ervoor te zorgen dat zij hun bestaan weer kunnen opbouwen en hun eigen manier van leven kunnen hervatten
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Voorbeeld.
Name:
Addres:
Postalcode and city:
The Netherlands.
Date:
The Honourable Ed Stelmach
Premier of Alberta
307 Legislature Bldg
10800 - 97 Avenue
Edmonton , AB
Canada T5K 2B6
Your Excellency,
Please allow me to express my concern about the situation of the Lubicon Cree First Nation, in the western Canadian province of Alberta .
Unlike most other Indigenous Peoples in the province, the Lubicon have never entered into a treaty with the federal government to set out the boundaries of their land. Government promises to establish a Lubicon reserve, or legally recognized land base, have never been honoured.
Oil and gas extraction led to the rapid collapse of the traditional hunting and trapping economy, plunging the once largely self-sufficient community into extreme poverty and ill-health from which they have never recovered. The Lubicon have not benefited from any of the oil- and gas exploitations on their land. Nor have they received compensation or assistance to establish alternative sources of livelihood.
I urge you to respect the Lubicon land rights and the need for a just settlement that would enable the Lubicon to rebuild their economy and way of life.
I call on you to stop licensing new oil and gas development without the consent of the Lubicon community.
I am confident in your good will and sense of justice.
Yours sincerely,
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Stop the selling of Native American Scalps on Ebay.
30-01-2008.
The petition.
We at Tribal America and beyond, wish to draw attention to the sale of Native American Scalps on ebay, and other burial items such as burial moccassins etc, items taken from the graves of our people.
We demand this is put to an end.
ebay clearly states; Humans, the human body, or any human body parts are not permitted on eBay.
Items that contain human hair (such as lockets) as well as skulls and skeletons that are used for medical purposes may be listed on eBay.
eBay does not permit the sale of Native American skulls, bones or other Native American grave-related items, as the sale of such items may violate federal law.
Also:
Artifacts, Grave-Related Items, and First Nations' Crafts
Artifacts, cave formations (speleothems, stalactites, and stalagmites), grave-related items and any object made or reworked by humans and associated with historic or prehistoric cultures that are protected under federal laws are not permitted on eBay.
Please follow the general guidelines in the ”Some Examples” section when listing these or similar items on eBay.
Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions by eBay, including:
Listing cancellation
Limits on account privileges
Account suspension
Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
Loss of PowerSeller status
Yet ebay clearly allows Native Scalps to be placed as items for sale and other sacred items.
Someone must be held accountable for this, and we aim to see that they are.
Please sign this petition showing your support to have these items removed from ebay and to have those responsible punished by law.
Please circulate this petition as widely as possible...only together can we make a difference!
Tsisqua
(Update.....the Sioux Scalp has now been removed, but there still are other items that need to be addressed and take from ebay)
Sign the petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/NativeRigts/?e
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