The Keystone XL oil pipeline will damage the environment of the Dene First Nations people in Canada if it goes ahead, says their Chief, Bill Erasmus, speaking with Sian Griffiths.
Articles by Sian Griffiths
Interview with Adam Beach
The Canadian First Nations actor, star of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and US TV dramas Big Love and Law and Order, talks to Sian Griffiths about the importance of being a role model for young aboriginal kids.
- July 1, 2011
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Reclaiming a lost identity
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is working to heal a century of trauma caused by a policy of assimilation which saw thousands of indigenous children sent to boarding schools to be indoctrinated in white culture.
- January 5, 2011
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'Equal rights is not a reality'
Sian Griffiths talks to Sima Samar, once Afghanistan’s most powerful female politician and now a fervent women’s rights campaigner.
- August 11, 2010
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Norway snatches Indian children from their parents
2012-01-2345 Mari Marcel ThekaekaraTwo young Indian children have been taken into care in Norway because their mother fed them with her fingers. Mari Marcel Thekaekara is appalled.
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Re-colonizing Africa?
2012-01-3115 Mari Marcel ThekaekaraIndia's plans to buy up land in Africa are shameful, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
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Nigeria’s fuel subsidy: the spark that lit the fire
2012-01-0612 Sokari EkineBy cutting the fuel subsidy the Nigerian government has snatched away the main benefit to the people from the country's oil wealth, says Sokari Ekine.
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Occupy your soul! The Christian Left gets active
2012-01-2511 Symon HillWith a ring of prayer planned to protest the eviction of the Occupy camp at St Paul’s, the Christian Left is coming of age, says Symon Hill.
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Save Yasuní - sign the petition
2012-01-2410 Jo LateuAdd your name to those urging the UK government to support Ecuador's initiative to keep the oil in the ground.
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