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No Coal Mines on Niitsitapi Land

Title (Dublin Core)

No Coal Mines on Niitsitapi Land

Description (Dublin Core)

This is a YouTube video of a speech given in Calgary Alberta on March 27th, 2021 during a protest against the UCP’s (United Conservative Party) attempt to create coal mines on Niitsitapi land, threatening Indigenous sovereignty and ecological stability. The description is as follows, “A protest rally was held March 27th, 2021, to show support and solidarity with the water protectors who defend Treaty Territories. Titled, No Coal Mines on Niitsitapi Land. It is all our responsibility, Settlers and Indigenous to defend what the nature gives to us. Water creates and sustains life.” This speech in particular resonated with me as it spoke about the reality of living on this land, that we are a treaty person – both First Nations and settlers. We must work together to uphold the treaty (in this particular situation it would be treaty 7), to protect the water and land which came before us and sustained us throughout history. The pandemic has shown that there is a fundamental need for social and environmental change to allow future generations to have access to the water, a basic human right.

We live on this land together, we will fight for this land together and we will build a new future together.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 27, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Speaker unknown, uploader, 'Alberta Socialist'

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Padraic Cohen

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Video

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHbZepE9FdY

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Social Issues
English Environment & Landscape
English Social Media (including Memes)
English Politics

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Canada
social justice
water
defender
water defender
Niitsitapi
Alberta
Treaty 7
indigenous
settler
Calgary
coal mine

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Canada
Social Justice
water defender
Niitsitapi
Alberta
Treaty 7
Indigenous
Settler
water
Calgary

Collection (Dublin Core)

Canada

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Exhibit (Dublin Core)

Voices for Social Justice in North America

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/28/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/04/2021
09/24/2021
08/02/2022
09/10/2024

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This item was submitted on March 28, 2021 by Padraic Cohen using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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