#Back to Canada

[bob-artist]

My brain: You have so many tight deadlines. So many things on your weekly schedule. So many important jobs. You have to get important work done!!!

My hands:

#artists on tumblr #goose #geese #canada goose #canada geese #animal art #misc comics #bird art #birds #i'm officially back on my bullshit

[reasonsforhope]

"In a historic “first-of-its-kind” agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.

The owners are the Haida nation, and rather than the Canadian government giving something to a First Nation, the agreement admits that the “Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai” or the “islands at the end of world,” always belonged to them, a subtle yet powerful difference in the wording of First Nations negotiating.

BC Premier David Eby called the treaty “long overdue” and once signed, will clear the way for half a million hectares (1.3 million acres) of land to be managed by the Haida.

Postal service, shipping lanes, school and community services, private property rights, and local government jurisdiction, will all be unaffected by the agreement, which will essentially outline that the Haida decide what to do with the 200 or so islands and islets.

“We could be facing each other in a courtroom, we could have been fighting each other for years and years, but we chose a different path,” said Minister of Indigenous Relations of BC, Murray Rankin at the signing ceremony, who added that it took creativity and courage to “create a better world for our children.”

Indeed, making the agreement outside the courts of the formal treaty process reflects a vastly different way of negotiating than has been the norm for Canada.

“This agreement won’t only raise all boats here on Haida Gwaii – increase opportunity and prosperity for the Haida people and for the whole community and for the whole province – but it will also be an example and another way for nations – not just in British Columbia, but right across Canada – to have their title recognized,” said Eby.

In other words, by deciding this outside court, Eby and the province of BC hope to set a new standard for how such land title agreements are struck."

-via Good News Network, April 18, 2024

#canada #indigenous #first nations #haida #british columbia #canadian politics #land back #indigenous peoples #indigenous rights #indigenous land

[neechees]

If the U.S & Canada weren't afraid of their own Indigenous peoples getting our landback, they wouldnt be calling the military on us everytime we so much as peacefully protest to not have our water poisoned, but they do. They're terrified of us. That's part of WHY the U.S and Canada is supporting Isntreal, because it justifies their own colonial existence and reinforces colonialism here too.

#i do enjoy that post but the detail 'Native Americans don't pose a threat to The U.S and Canada' isn't correct #if we didn't pose a threat to these colonial governments then they wouldn't do anything when we push back

[wachinyeya]

CA Redwoods to Be First National Park Co-Managed with a Native American Tribe That Used to Own it https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ca-redwoods-to-be-the-first-national-park-co-managed-with-a-native-american-tribe-that-used-to-own-it/

questionable headline aside this is good news

The Yurok will be the first Tribal nation to co-manage land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood national and state parks, and the non-profit Save the Redwoods League, according to news reports.

The Yurok tribe has seen a wave of successes in recent years, successfully campaigning for the removal of a series of dams on the Klamath River, where salmon once ran up to their territory, and with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding, the Yurok are set to reclaim more of what was theirs.

#good news #environmentalism #science #canada #redwoods #yurok #save the redwoods league #not really land back #but still a good step #nature #stewardship #indigenous #indigenous land stewardship #environment #conservation #animals #trees #forests

[overfed-n-overweight]

#noah canada #lard ass #big back there

[despazito]

germany's green party after the country phases out all nuclear energy to save the planet and becomes the EU's largest coal consumer

#why are green parties so embarassing #husband of canadas recent green leader was a lawyer backing the bolivian christofascist coup #you know..the country we desperately want to mine into oblivion #make it make sense

[marinkin]

@theshitpostcalligrapher

my new guy approves of this message

#this baby (card) has been to canada and to my old apartment then back to Canada and now I have it #friend art

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

flights been delayed fiiiiiive hours! 🙃🙃🙃

Like on the one hand, no more 8am flight means I actually managed to get breakfast at the hotel, on the other hand........

They're not gonna even announce my gate until an hour later 🙃🙃🙃🙃

#Sigh #Back to Canada I scoot #There's even a CRA email waiting for me

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The Snuneymuxw First Nation and the province of B.C. have completed a significant 212-hectare land transfer, which the Snuneymuxw are calling an important step in reconciliation.  The parcel of land on Te'tuxtun, known as Mount Benson East, is located just south of Nanaimo, B.C., on Vancouver Island. It's the first of a series of anticipated land transfers agreed upon by the nation and the province back in 2020. The remaining land, about 1,166 hectares, is expected to be transferred back to the nation in the near future, the nation said in a Thursday release.  "It's very, very exciting, and a long time coming," said Snuneymuxw Chief Mike Wyse in the release.

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Tagging @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #indigenous #first nations #snuneymuxw first nation #british columbia #land back

[sentientstump]

silly is back

#and my free time has been back for a bit as well so here you go the stars have aligned #i havent thought about their current ctm designs yet so theyre classic #also is beef being a cool country boy instead of a butcher boy recently? i havent seen that apron in years- #maybe im selective noticing who knows #ethoslab #pauseunpause #vintagebeef #team canada #artstump

[mafuyuakgae]

rome log 2

#my art #sketchbook #fountain pen sketches #architecture #back to canada in less than 2 weeks 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹yay💜 #for such touristy city there is nowhere that serves good ramen

[reasonsforhope]

For years, the people of the Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation watched over their waters and waited. They had spent nearly two decades working with Canada’s federal government to negotiate protections for Kitasu Bay, an area off the coast of British Columbia that was vulnerable to overfishing.

But the discussions never seemed to go anywhere. First, they broke down over pushback from the fishing industry, then over a planned oil tanker route directly through Kitasoo/Xai’xais waters.

“We were getting really frustrated with the federal government. They kept jumping onboard and then pulling out,” says Douglas Neasloss, the chief councillor and resource stewardship director of the Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation. “Meanwhile, we’d been involved in marine planning for 20 years – and we still had no protected areas.”

Instead, the nation watched as commercial overfishing decimated the fish populations its people had relied on for thousands of years.

Nestled on the west coast of Swindle Island, approximately 500km north of Vancouver, Kitasu Bay is home to a rich array of marine life: urchins and abalone populate the intertidal pools, salmon swim in the streams and halibut take shelter in the deep waters. In March, herring return to spawn in the eelgrass meadows and kelp forests, nourishing humpback whales, eagles, wolves and bears.

“Kitasu Bay is the most important area for the community – that’s where we get all of our food,” Neasloss says. “It’s one of the last areas where you still get a decent spawn of herring.”

So in December 2021, when the Department of Fisheries and Oceans withdrew from discussions once again, the nation decided to act. “My community basically said, ‘We’re tired of waiting. Let’s take it upon ourselves to do something about it,’” Neasloss says.

What they did was unilaterally declare the creation of a new marine protected area (MPA). In June 2022, the nation set aside 33.5 sq km near Laredo Sound as the new Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay) MPA – closing the waters of the bay to commercial and sport fishing.

It is a largely unprecedented move. While other marine protected areas in Canada fall under the protection of the federal government through the Oceans Act, Kitasu Bay is the first to be declared under Indigenous law, under the jurisdiction and authority of the Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation.

Pictured: "In some ways, I hope someone challenges us" … the Kitasoo/Xai’xais stewardship authority.

Although they did not wait for government approval, the Kitasoo did consult extensively: the declaration was accompanied by a draft management plan, finalised in October after three months of consultation with industry and community stakeholders. But the government did not provide feedback during that period, according to Neasloss, beyond an acknowledgment that it had received the plan...

Approximately 95% of British Columbia is unceded: most First Nations in the province of British Columbia never signed treaties giving up ownership of their lands and waters to the crown. This puts them in a unique position to assert their rights and title, according to Neasloss, who hopes other First Nations will be inspired to take a similarly proactive approach to conservation...

Collaboration remains the goal, and Neasloss points to a landmark agreement between the Haida nation and the government in 1988 to partner in conserving the Gwaii Haanas archipelago, despite both parties asserting their sovereignty over it. A similar deal was made in 2010 for the region’s 3,400 sq km Gwaii Haanas national marine conservation area.

“They found a way to work together, which is pretty exciting,” says Neasloss. “And I think there may be more Indigenous protected areas that are overlaid with something else.”

-via The Guardian, 5/3/23

#indigenous #indigenous issues #indigenous sovereignty #canada #british columbia #land back #first nations #tribal sovereignty #pacific northwest #marine protected area #conservation #sustainability #overfishing #marine science #canadian government #kitasoo-xai'xais #direct action #good news #hope

[overfed-n-overweight]

#lard ass #noah canada #big back there

[goldenstarprincesses]

*modern trench warfare being used for the first time in a major conflict during the American civil war*

*trench warfare leaving mental scars on Alfred that takes years of healing to move past*

Alfred showing up to Europe and seeing they somehow made trench warfare worse

#He saw that shit and decided real quick he'd rather be shot out of the sky #trench warfare actually can be found throughout history but was reading a book the other week that talked about how #the roots of how it was used in WW1 and then WW2 could be traced back to how it was used during the US's civil war #hws america #historical hetalia #hetalia #hws #aph #alfred f jones #aph america #hws england #hws canada #hws france #hws germany #hws italy #hws russia #hws china #hetalia ww2 #hetalia ww1

[hayyytommy]

Native land in native hands

#land back #indigenous issues #canada #anishinaabe #digital art #artists on tumblr

[niirasri]

>the sound of gossiping french intensifies

#hetalia #hws #hws: france #hws: canada #franada #matthew williams #francis bonnefoy #im already here back in hell let's keep it going