Secwepemc Tribes Fight New Mines and Old Laws in British Columbia

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15981
Date Written:  2014-10-22
Publisher:  Corpwatch
Year Published:  2014
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX16925

Indigenous activists burned down a bridge in British Columbia, Canada, to prevent Imperial Metals from starting a lead and zinc mine on the lands of the Secwepemc peoples. Local tribes say that the mine may severely impact the one of the largest remaining sockeye salmon populations in the world.

Subject Headings

• Aboriginal Communities/Environmental Issues
• Aboriginal Communities & Resource Development
• Aboriginal Rights/Resource Development
• Indigenous Peoples & Mining
• Indigenous Rights