Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
- Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
The Lubicon Lake Indian Nation is a Cree First Nation in Northern Alberta, Canada. They are commonly referred to as the Lubicon Cree or the Lubicon Lake Cree. The Nation has been embroiled with the Government of Canada regarding disputed land claims for decades. Their primary complaint is that oil and gas development on or near their land has dangerously threatened their way of life, their culture, and the health of those in their community.
Amnesty International has commented on the struggle of the Lubicon by issuing a report imploring the Canadian government to respect the land rights of the Lubicon. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has found Canada in violation of article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights They have repeated their call for Canada to take immediate action to avoid irreparable damage. This call was first made in 1990 and was repeated in 2003 and 2006. This struggle has been described in a book, "Last Stand of the Lubicon Cree", by John Goddard.
The current chief of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation is Bernard Ominayak.
External links
* [http://www.tao.ca/~fol/ Friends of the Lubicon]
* [http://www.lubicon.org Friends of the Lubicon Alberta]
* [http://lubiconsolidarity.ca/ Outaouais Lubicon Solidarity]
* [http://www.nisto.com/cree/lubicon/ The Lubicon Archive]
* [http://www.amnesty.ca/canada/AMR200103.php Amnesty International report]
* [http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lubicon&search=/ Lubicon Rally for National Day of Action]
*cite book | author=Goddard, John | title=Last Stand of the Lubicon Cree | publisher=Douglas and McIntyre | year=1991 | id=ISBN 0-88894-716-X
* [http://fola.ecope.ca/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=38 Documentary: A Fight Against Time (1995) Ed Bianchi]
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