Tribal parks have become a model for indigenous-led conservation around the world, and could play a key role in the fight against climate change
representing Vancouver Island’s 14 indigenous nations, which included the Tla-o-qui-aht. On April 21, 1984, members of the council and hundreds of supporters, including environmental groups, blocked access roads into the Sound. “They [the protestors] built a cabin, and put hammocks in the trees,” Fraser remembers. “You can’t blast with people in the trees.”
Despite additional protests, the British Columbia government in 1993 granted MacMillan the right to cut down more than two-thirds of Clayoquot Sound, sparing only Meares Island. The declaration is an act of decolonization for the indigenous people who have lived on these lands for millennia, notes Terry Dorward, project coordinator for the Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks. “Our responsibilities as stewards were interrupted by colonization, so now we heal by returning to the way of life that our ancestors followed as Tla-o-qui-aht,” he says.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
After long journey, former Dodgers prospect makes MLB debut with Oakland A’sCody Thomas, a 2016 Los Angeles Dodgers draft pick, picked up his first big league hit Thursday as the Oakland A’s faced the Washington Nationals
Read more »
Oakland A’s muster just five hits, one run as win streak ends against NationalsDermis Garcia homered for the second straight game.
Read more »
DeSantis has officially turned Florida into a global embarrassmentA United Nations committee released a report voicing concerns about racist discrimination facilitated by Florida's anti-protest law, House Bill 1.
Read more »
Why stock-market investors are cheering an August jobs report that came in 'right down the middle'A slower but solid gain in U.S. employment in August sparked a rise in stocks on Friday as Wall Street assessed one of the last major economic reports the...
Read more »
Canada's housing market isn't melting down as you've been led to thinkCanada's housing market isn't melting down as you've been led to think — via financialpost RealEstate HousingMarket
Read more »