haida gwaii – Communities Against Super Tankers

CHN PRESS RELEASE: NORTHERN GATEWAY PROJECT DEAD AND MORATORIUM COMING

haidagwaiicoast — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:12:14 +0000

We are very pleased to see the government turn down the Northern Gateway Pipeline. It comes at a cost: Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion and Line 3. There is still more work to be done.

Please see the new Press Release from the Council of the Haida Nation on Trudeau’s announcement. According to CHN President Peter Lantin:

“There has to be a better government-to-government consultation process to deal with these projects before they get rolling,” said Lantin. “Avoiding this type of confrontation through frank dialogue will result in more common ground. Protecting the coast and the waters surrounding Haida Gwaii is paramount for our Nation. But within this framework there is room to develop practical solutions and resolve issues nation-to-nation and to do that we have to talk.”

Ride the Tide 2015 Gets the No Tanker Message Out

haidagwaiicoast — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 20:20:35 +0000

On Friday July 3rd, Haida Gwaii came together on Masset inlet to show their support for a Tanker-Free ocean, and rode the tide from Gaauu (Old Massett) to Masset harbour. Part of Pull Together’s “Week to End Enbridge,” the ‘Ride the Tide’ event shaped up in true Haida Gwaii style with Christian and Candace’s Haida Canoe alongside paddle boarders and kayakers from across the islands. There was a crush of people, naaniis (grandmothers), youth and spectators all along the shore following the action and cheering on the paddlers.

A huge thank you/haw’aa to Christian White and Candace Weir for bringing the canoe out. As well to Guy Kimola for documenting the event so well, and Jim Hart and his crew for coming out to show their support. Haw’aa to Harmony and Old Massett Youth Centre for providing rides. A big haw’aa/thank you to all who came out to paddle and take show that Haida Gwaii stands unified in protection of our waters!

No Uncertain Terms: A CHN Letter to Enbridge

haidagwaiicoast — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:51:02 +0000

Please read the latest letter from the CHN presenting the affirmation by Haida Hereditary Chiefs, Band Councils and citizens stating the continuing role of the Council of the Haida Nation in representing all Haidas, and their continuing opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project.

Read the letter here: Enbridge Letter 2015-06-28-FB

Council of the Haida Nation: AN OPEN LETTER TO THOSE RELIANT ON SALMON

haidagwaiicoast — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 21:18:19 +0000

Please read this open letter from the Council to the Haida Nation regarding the efforts companies like Enbridge are making to buy people off from First Nations communities in order to push their pipeline through.

Download: AN OPEN LETTER TO THOSE RELIANT ON SALMON

Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters Released!

haidagwaiicoast — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:41:26 +0000

Kaalts’ida Kah, Laughing Crow Productions is proud to announce the release of their newest Animation, a music video for recording artist Kinnie Star called Save Our Waters. Prime Minister Harper sets out on the maiden voyage of the supertanker Bitumen Valdez and is met by opposition out on the waters in the form of a floatilla of canoes, fishing boats and killerwhales!

Check it out on Youtube:

CoASt T-Shirts Now Available Online

haidagwaiicoast — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:23:43 +0000

Haida Gwaii CoASt is now trying out an online store to sell our t-shirt designs. Check out our new site at spreadshirt.ca:

haidagwaiicoast.spreadshirt.ca

As always, our t-shirts raise funds for CoASt anti-tanker activities, like our upcoming anti-tanker design competition.

Our first design is the Hull and Bones design donated by Gwaai Edenshaw.

If you order one, please let us know your feedback. Haaw’a!

Gwaai Edenshaw Pendants Available to Support Anti-Tanker Animation

haidagwaiicoast — Thu, 08 May 2014 16:50:17 +0000

Haida carver Gwaai Edenshaw has released photos of the detailed bronze and silver pendants that he has cast from the masks of characters from the Haida animation Haida Raid 2. These pendants are rewards for the Indiegogo campaign to support the production of the animation’s sequel, Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters.

The new animation will feature music from Alida Kinnie Starr with Jason Alsop from the Haida Hippies. Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters takes aim at the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project with a style unique to Haida Gwaii (In Haida Raid 2, Raven flew in and hacked the Enbridge mainframe!).

Please check out and support the Haida Raid 3 Indiegogo campaign and help K’alts’idaa K’ah and the producers meet their goal:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/haida-raid-3-save-our-waters

Gwaai will also make a gold pendant for as a higher level reward if someone goes for that level of support!

Culture of Consciousness Photo Voice Project from Haida Gwaii

haidagwaiicoast — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 05:52:25 +0000

Two Haida Gwaii Semester students have created an online presence for their Photo Voice project about “What’s at Stake” when we face the threat of increased tanker traffic on the BC coast. Haida and non-Haida speak about the sealife and interdependency that exists on the islands and how their value is present in people’s everyday lives. The project sets out with the following questions:

How does supertanker traffic affect (community) well-being in a coastal community?
What do you appreciate most about living in an intertidal zone?
What is your connection to the waterways along the super tanker route?

To view the project, please visit: cultureconsciousness.wordpress.com

Kinnie Starr Joins Haida Raid 3 Indiegogo Campaign

haidagwaiicoast — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:27:20 +0000

Haida Raid 3 needs your support! This stop motion animation project is a home-grown Haida and non-Haida production — Puppet Activism that takes on Harper and his cronies on the Northern Gateway Pipeline and the expansion of oil tanker traffic on the Northwest Coast. A collaboration between K’alts’idaa K’ah (Laughing Crow) Productions, a storytelling society founded by the Haida carvers Jaalen and Gwaai Edenshaw and Dr. Ken Leslie, an educator and neuroscientist, Haida Raid 3 will feature music from Juno winning musician Alida Kinnie Starr. This year’s theme, “Save Our Waters” is a song from Kinnie that brings into focus what’s at stake in this new round of threats to our ocean from large-scale industrial development.

The collaborators in Haida Raid 3 have launched an Indiegogo campaign to support their work and we invite you to check it out. It has many different levels of rewards for your contributions, including bronze, silver, and gold castings of the characters in the production to Haida prints and stickers. Please help raise funds to make this project a success and send a clear message to the government that we want a healthy coastal economy not an industrial disaster waiting to happen!

Check out the Haida Raid 3 Save Our Waters Indiegogo campaign at:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/haida-raid-3-save-our-waters

Nations United Against Enbridge T-shirt Campaign Launched at All Native Basketball Tournament

haidagwaiicoast — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 01:41:15 +0000

The Haida delegation at this year’s All Native Basketball Tournament brought T-Shirts with them promoting unity amongst First Nations on the coast. Members of Haida Gwaii CoASt screen printed the Tees in Masset to get a strong message out that we don’t want the pollution of our waters brought on by supertankers.

Watch for more T-Shirt and sticker campaigns in the upcoming months. Let’s get the word out that we don’t need tarsands bitumen travelling through our waters. We want healthy salmon, killerwhales and people!