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Why the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Could Be Genocide

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

An increase in tanker traffic could be the death of the Coast Salish people, not an oil spill. A review of the Coast Salish and Nuu-chah-nulth testimony presented to the National Energy Board of Canada.

Posted in First Nations, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged Amelia Douglas, Burnaby, Burrard Inlet, Coal Tyee, Coast Salish, Federal Court of Appeal, First Nations oral history, Folklore, genocide, Georgia Strait, Governor Douglas, Isabella Ross, Juan de Fuca Strait, Kwantlen, Lummi, Lyackson, Maanulth, Musquem, Nanaimo, NDP, Nuu-chah-nulth, oil industry, oil spill, Olympic Peninsula, oral history, pipeline, Puget Sound, Romeo Saganash, Salish Sea, seattle, Shxw'owhamel, Snuneymuxw, Squamish, Sto:lo Collective, Sto:lo Tribal Council, Stz'uminus, Suquamish, Swinomish, TMX, transmountain, Transmountain Pipeline, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tsleil-Waututh, Tudeau Government, Tulalip, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Washington State, West Coast, yellow jacket movement, yellow vest, yellow vest movement | 2 Comments

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