With the demise of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives from their funding being cut off by President Trump, the environmental non-governmental organizations have now regrouped under the Network for Landscape Conservation (NLC). Having gathered up money from foundations, it appears they are more than willing to share with British Columbia First Nations.
With $25,000 over a period of two years, the "Chilkat Valley Working Group" will use the money to "...enable the Working Group to update its Strategic Plan and Communication Strategy and facilitate capacity-building trainings around bridging western and Indigenous worldviews and around pursuing just transitions to regenerative economic futures.", and "pursue a landscape conservation approach that heals the wounds of colonization, brings Indigenous land-use principles and understanding into decisions, and supports a culturally appropriate regenerative economy." All of this along with "working to move the region away from a prioritization of exploitative resource extraction". What will this do to the economy and those who are currently working for that industry? However, this does not appear to be consistent with what First Nations want. "Dozens of Indigenous groups are turning forcefully against the anti-pipeline agenda of Greenpeace and other U.S.-funded green and social justice groups." With the purchase of Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX), First Nations would benefit far more than what the NLC could ever come up with through regenerative economic futures, or their $25k. Chief of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, Tony Alexis, understands ownership of this asset will make money for communities. This was reiterated by Eagle Spirit chairman Calvin Helin, “First Nations are completely opposed to government policy being made by foreigners when it impacts their ability to help out their own people”. So NLC, keep your foundation money out of Canada with your goals of destroying the economy of the First Nations, it isn't wanted or needed as they are capable of determining their own future. And stop using indigenous people to promote your agenda.
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