Mar 222013
 
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from the Vancouver Observer

"First Nations leaders from across the US and Canada converged on Parliament Hill this morning to meet with politicians and add their signatures to two anti-oil sands documents, the Save the Fraser Declaration and the International Treaty to Protect the Sacred From Tar Sands Projects?.

"Organized by the Yinka Dene Alliance, a coalition of First Nations in northern BC, the signing and subsequent press conference was intended to strengthen the two legal documents as well as create an opportunity for discussion between leaders and members of parliament. …"

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