Kim Petersen

July Books

Non-fiction by Prince, graphic novel by Hill

Can There Be a Salmon People Without Wild Salmon?

Norwegian Farms Poison the Wild Run

BC's salmon stocks plunge; sea lice, salmon farms to blame

Unceded, British Columbia

From Potlatch to Welfare

Lutz on historical "dialogue" and the subordination of Indigenous economies in the Pacific Northwest

Sea Fare

Cooking, Nuu-chah-nulth style

The Right to Whale

First Nations encounter barriers to traditional whaling

Land & Jail Part III

Challenging the disproportionate incarceration of First Nations in Canada

Home, Moldy Home

Victoria paper investigates West Coast Indigenous housing crisis

Land & Jail Part II

Canada's incarceration strategy

Land & Jail

Ipperwash, official racism and the future of Ontario

Boiling Point!

Polaris report finds water in First Nations communities a “violation of fundamental human rights”

South Koreans Have a Beef

Crackdown on demonstrations against US beef imports

Corporate Rights Trump Indigenous Rights in Ontario

Indigenous Rights and the Mayan Victory in Belize

Implications for Indigenous Title Rights in Canada

Oil Versus Water

Toxic water poses threat to Alberta's Indigenous communities

Watered Down Excuse

According to one scientist, high cost is no excuse for lack of safe drinking water in First Nations communities

Hoping Against Hope?

A review of a new audio documentary about the struggle against colonialism in Canada

The High Cost of Lousy Water

Kim Petersen investigates charges that First Nations are being forced to pay for the lack of clean drinking water on reserves.

Water Crisis in Indigenous 'Canadian' Communities

UN-Justice in Canada

Kim Petersen investigates Canada's opposition to the United Nations Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights.

Canada has opposed the United Nations Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights

What's Mine Is Theirs

After months of resistence, the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation have been awarded a legal victory in Ontario.

Legal Victory for Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation

Corporate SLAPP

The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation has been hit with a $10 billion damage suit for refusing drilling rights on territory they say is their own.

Citizens Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation walk to Queen's Park in the face of a corporate SLAPP suit

The Indian Act's Corrupt

Kim Peterson finds the People of Tobique First Nation resisting corruption, and tracing the problem back to the Indian Act.

Resisting the roots of corruption in Tobique First Nations

Living In Our Land

Kim Petersen speaks to Innu hunter Napes Ashini about his work to promote Innu culture and safeguard the Innu land, Nitassinan.

The Tshikapisk Foundation aims to promote Innu culture and safeguard Innu land

Masala and the Rainforest

Kim Petersen looks at the prospects for survival of the the Spirit bear, which has particular significance for west-coast First Nations

Future of Kermode bear and rainforest "uncertain"

Tsux'iit : mieux comprendre la spiritualité autochtone

Bien que les peuples autochtones aient été forcés à se familiariser avec la chrétienté, la connaissance contemporaine des colons envers les diverses religions indigènes demeura vague.

Tsux'iit: Understanding Indigenous Spirituality

500 years after Europeans began coming to the Americas, Kim Petersen finds that settlers remain ignorant and intolerant of indigenous religions.

No Lifeblood for Oil

In northern Alberta, the Lubicon nation is fighting oil companies and provincial and federal governments for their way of life, writes Kim Petersen.

Lubicon nation fights oil companies, governments for survival

Canada, Racism, Genocide, and the Bomb

Canada's little-known role in the construction of the first atomic bombs is still affecting people of the Dene nation today, says Kim Petersen

The Legacy of C.D. Howe

"...where a son cannot work for his father"

When can a son not work for his father? Kim Petersen examines government involvement in native fishing rights.

Métis fishing rights and the Ontario government