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Green Party deputy leader and Fairy Creek land defender appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada

1 week ago | ricochet.media | Brandi Morin

In a case that highlights the complex intersection of Indigenous rights, environmental activism, and the Canadian legal system, land defender and Green Party deputy leader Angela Davidson, continues her legal battle after being sentenced to jail for her role in the Fairy Creek forest protests.
America is creating the conditions for the return of slavery

4 weeks ago | ricochet.media | Andrea Houston

In the second term of President Donald Trump, the United States is quickly descending into fascism — faster than even the most cynical among us could have predicted. American society and democracy are collapsing so frantically that few people have even noticed that their government appears to already be initiating a system of off-shore, industrialized slavery.
Canadian mining companies guilty of violating rights of nature

1 month ago | ricochet.media | Brandi Morin

A landmark judgment issued by the 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal has declared 14 Canadian mining companies guilty of violating the Rights of Nature and Indigenous rights across South America and Serbia. The verdict was delivered on February 28, following a day-long session at the University of Toronto. The Tribunal was created in 2014 to bring a new approach to international environmental law, modelled on approaches to war crimes and human rights.
Brandi Morin in Ecuador part 4: ‘Canadian companies destroy in the name of Canada’

1 month ago | ricochet.media | Brandi Morin

Editors’ note: In December of 2024, Indigenous journalist Brandi Morin and photojournalist Ian Willms travelled to Ecuador on the eve of a new free trade deal with Canada to report on the brewing conflict between the Shuar people and a pair of Canadian mining giants. Parts one and two of this feature series were published last month, and deal with Solaris Resources’ Warintza copper mining project, and opposition in Indigenous communities like Maikuaints.
Canada, the 51st state? ‘Over our dead bodies,’ say Indigenous leaders

1 month ago | ricochet.media | Brandi Morin

Indigenous leaders across Canada are responding sternly to President Donald Trump’s controversial suggestion that Canada should become “our cherished 51st state,” emphasizing that any such discussion must recognize Indigenous sovereignty and treaty rights.
Brandi Morin in Ecuador part 3: Bullets and beatings support Canadian mines

1 month ago | ricochet.media | Brandi Morin

Editors’ note: In December of 2024, Indigenous journalist Brandi Morin and photojournalist Ian Willms travelled to Ecuador on the eve of a new free trade deal with Canada to report on the brewing conflict between the Shuar people and a pair of Canadian mining giant. Parts one and two of this feature series were published last month, and deal with Solaris Resources’ Warintza copper mining project, and opposition in Indigenous communities like Maikuaints.
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2 months ago | ricochet.media | Brandi Morin

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Brandi Morin in Ecuador Part 2: Indigenous resistance to a made-in-Canada mine

2 months ago | ricochet.media | Brandi Morin

The morning sun filters through the jungle canopy as brothers Freddy and Marcos Ankuash walk along a slope behind the ecological tourism center in Maikuaints territory. Here, deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, they’re about to engage in an ancestral Shuar ritual. They’re careful and deliberate as they handle tobacco leaves grown in their own jungle gardens — not the processed tobacco of the outside world, but a sacred plant their people have cultivated for generations.
Canada, the 51st state? ‘Over our dead bodies,’ say Indigenous leaders

2 months ago | ricochet.media | Brandi Morin

Indigenous leaders across Canada are responding sternly to President Donald Trump’s controversial suggestion that Canada should become “our cherished 51st state,” emphasizing that any such discussion must recognize Indigenous sovereignty and treaty rights.
Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon

2 months ago | ricochet.media | Brandi Morin

Photos by Ian WillmsThe spear in Domingo Antun’s hand catches the late afternoon sun as he greets us at the entrance to Maikuaints territory. The wooden shaft, carved from native palm, stretches seven feet in the air. “Do not be afraid,” he says in Spanish, his other hand extended in welcome. “You will be protected here.”In early February, Ecuador finalized a new trade deal with Canada.