The Beaver Lake Cree are fighting to defend their treaty rights and force limits on the expansion of Canada’s toxic tar sands.
Since the New Year, the Beaver Lake Cree legal team has been working flat-out, devoting every waking hour to preparing for the Feb 19 hearing on Advance Costs.
That date is fast approaching, and we want to make sure the Beaver Lake Cree enter that courtroom with full legal and grassroots support.
Sign and send a message of support, to be delivered to the chief and elders on the courthouse steps on February 19th.
What people are saying:
“Nature is our most important resource, we have to stop the development of this industry, it has gone too far. Good luck, I believe in you.” M.L., Quebec City
“Thank you so much to the people who have spent generations defending their land and protecting the water.” G.G., Edmonton
“I am immensely grateful that Beaver Lake Cree and others fight for environmental rights – for all of us.” E.M., Vancouver
In RAVEN’s ten- year history, our collective impact has been enough to stop pipelines, push back against open pit mining and secure the protection of thousands of hectares of land for future generations. Thank you for standing with us.
We are in this together. Though you may feel over-burdened with the enormity of the task in front of you, those of us in cities far and wide across Canada are with you in spirit. I am close to the sea, on the south end of Vancouver Island. We want to protect our ocean and river waters from oil. We want climate change to see a reversal as we bring damaging industries back in check. Your caring part during the tar sands trial will help our Mother Earth for generations to come…thank you for your protection.
I’ve been sending money as well…but my spirit is with you throughout this. With love, Lorraine
Thank you for taking a stand. There is nothing more important. You have my complete support and deepest gratitude. Love to the land and all who stand for it.
All global citizens must rise up against the tyranny of the fossil fuel industry which is destroying our ecosystem and has corrupted our democracies. Many thanks to the Beaver Lake Cree for standing strong by our side, we stand with you.
Every day I realuze more and more that all of our lives depend on Nature.
We cannot live without the lives of our plants, animals, bacteria, fungus, pollinators, nor can we enjoy life without its beauty.
Thank you for protecting the life that tar sands would destroy.
We stand with you
We are standing with you all, in love and support. The destruction of your lands will not be allowed to continue! Please remain strong and steadfast in your fight.
From my grandchildren, and my children, we say thank you, we are grateful, we send many wishes for a good outcome as you defend our precious mother earth, our life support system.
Thank you so much for fighting for Mother Earth. She has been so good to us who have taken her for granted and mistreated her badly. She must be protected now before it is totally too late!
Thank you Beaver Lake Free Nation for protecting our sacred earth!
TAR SANDS = BITUMEN= BENZENE = GROUP 1 CARCINOGEN = TARGETS HEMATOPOIETIC (blood forming) SYSTEM, LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, NERVOUS SYSTEM, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (teratogens and cause birth defects) = Chronic inhalation of minute levels of benzene causes leukemia and other types of cancers. LIFE Does not RECOVER. Extraction results in carcinogenic pollution in air, earth, soil. #HazardousEmissions #Neurotoxins #mercury #lead #cadium #arsenic
#FIGHT to #CONTAIN the expansion of Canada’s tar sands. #EndGlobalCorpTyranny #SafeCleanAirSoilWater #NoCarcinogens #NoPoison #NoPollution
#BeaverLake #TarSandsTrial #Solidarity
hay’ch qa for standing up for the land. We here on the Coast stand with you in love, strength & solidarity.
Thank you for your brave work on behalf of the people of this planet!!!
We have to believe in the face of the darkest lies.I can’t tell you how grateful I am to know how many of us care and despite feeling overwhelmed from time to time we must carry on.
Thankyou for standing up to companies that care more about money than future generations.
Greed will destroy us all of we don’t stand up against it so thanks for doing your part
I heard of your struggle here in Manchester (UK) when Chief Al Lameman and the “MsChief” visited ona speaking tour sponsored by the Co-op. We protested outside the RBS and forced their office to lockdown. Since then I’ve kept an open ear for your struggle and reminded people of it- the reason we changed our bank account from RBS.
I send you encouragement in the face of powerful oppression. May you be blessed as your struggle is our struggle here where we are threatened by fracking.
Sir, you are standing up for all of us and for our planet. I salute you. May your cause prevail.
Standing with you
Thank you for your courage working to save our planet
I am thankful for what are trying to do to keep our environment safe and secure. We all need to start making environmental friendly choices or our children and grandchildren may not have a world they want to live in. Know that I am there in spirit and 🙏 s for a better world. ❤️
Thank you for risking everything and protecting land air and water. Bless you dear people. You are in my prayers.
Thankyou for all you do. Water is life.
Standing with you from Western Australia
I stand with an Nation that wants to stop the destruction and devistation left behind and pollutes the waters and land and kills all living species on mother earth.
I am a BIGSTONE CREE woman. My thoughts and prayers be with all who want to protect the land’s and waters for the future generation’s come.
Prayers of love and support for the people standing up against the tar sands. It is so extremely toxic & is a colonization problem. “Reconciliation Manifesto” clarified my understanding of what FN’s are up against, and it’ll be good to achieve self-determination for all life. Stay strong, knowing many others are in support of protecting your land. Thank you.
Thank you for your courage and deep commitment to Mother earth!!!
Stand strong !!!
Wishing you all the very best in your actions to defend the Earth as a place that can be lived in. With much respect from the UK
No one should have the right to despoil land and water, but in particular, no one should have the right to do this to other people’s territory, in the interests of short term resource extraction. Fossil fuel companies not only devastate the land they mine, they leave the clean up to others…..much like patriarchal white men leave the actual work of feeding and caring for the earth’s children to women………..fossil fuel corporations dump it on the public taxpayer.
Thank you to everyone with the courage and love to stand with our indigenous population as they fight this culture of extraction in court. Goddess speed.
Best of luck…those of us who still believe we have a future, are watching this court case, and doing what we can to encourage transition to a sustainable way of life. Earth blessings.
Thank you for standing tall and brave for our environment and our future. As a grandmother, I appreciate what you are doing for all our children.
Thank you. Stand firm. All power to you.