All posts by Sacred Trust

Treaty makes Kinder Morgan Expansion Project illegal in Coast Salish Law

COAST SALISH TERRITORY, NORTH VANCOUVER, BC; SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 – Today, First Nations from the lower mainland, Vancouver Island, and Washington State have come together to sign an historic treaty to protect the Salish Sea from tar sands oil and related threats,

Published September 5, 2014 in the Edmonton Journal

Totem pole carved in Washington state is en route to the Beaver Lake Cree Nation

EDMONTON – For the last three weeks, the same thing has happened everywhere. On the highway, curious motorists have slowed down and stared. In communities along the way,

Written by Jeff Lewis and published June 13, 2014 in the Financial Post

TSLEIL-WAUTUTH FIRST NATION, B.C. — The Destiny condo development sits high above Burrard Inlet east of Downtown Vancouver.

From here, amid neatly kept yards and freshly paved streets, a visitor can see Chevron Corp.’s Burnaby refinery on the opposite side of the waterway.

Nation says unlawful conduct of National Energy Board, including one-sided cross-examination process, could derail pipeline review

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. and COAST SALISH TERRITORY; May 2, 2014 – Today, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the “People of the Inlet”, is launching a legal challenge of the National Energy Board’s (NEB) review of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project. The Nation says that serious legal errors made by the federal Crown and NEB have led to a flawed and unlawful review process that puts Burrard Inlet and all peoples who live here at risk.