We're up to 290 earrings, which means we still need 891 single earrings. Let's make a final push this week to encourage others to donate and send in your contributions.

We're launching a social media campaign! From now until February 14th help raise awareness about our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women by participating in the following campaign.

Head to the nearest body of water, drop a flower in, and snap a picture. Share online with the hashtag ‪#‎WeWontForgetMMIW‬ and don't forget to tag ‪#‎SORR‬! No matter where you're at in the world you can show your support for those fighting for our MMIW as well as commemorate the lives of those lost.

Our Sisters In Spirit is a documentary exploring the question of a national inquiry into Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women Support the Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign Now!

by CBC News (photo credit Kathy Fitzpatrick/CBC)

Last night in Saskatoon people brainstormed ideas for helping the families of murdered and missing aboriginal women.

They packed the hall at Station 20 West in the city's core.  About 150 people turned out, both aboriginal and non-aboriginal.

The gathering was organized by social workers and social work students — who formed a social justice committee last summer.

"We thought it was really relevant for us to discuss issues that were pertinent to Saskatoon. So missing and murdered Indigenous women has been a hot topic recently," said Jessica Fisher, the committee's student co-chair.

One of the most dramatic moments came when an impassioned Monica Goulet, one of the panellists, stood to speak.

We are welcoming the third year of the Idle No More movement by creating a bi-weekly newsletter.  This goal of the newsletter is to lift up the voices of Indigenous peoples and struggles around the world.  It will tell our stories, share our actions, and honour our resistance while celebrating the world that we are protecting.

We are all invited to add our voices, our stories, our events, and our actions to this newsletter.  Post your story now!  Deadline for the first newsletter is Sunday January 18th.

We will accept all submissions that are connected to indigenous issues as long as they do not condone lateral violence or include hate speech.  

The first Newsletter will be published on January 26th, so check your inboxes!

Idle No More stands in solidarity with all land and human rights defenders and protectors.   Read the actions and updates below and share your Idle No More story for Dec 10th!

Dec 10th - Celebrating Idle No More Stories

We invite you to share your artwork, videos, poems, songs and stories for us to share with the world. SHARE THE SPIRIT OF IDLE NO MORE! What does Idle No More mean to you? How did you get involved in the movement? How are you still involved? How is your INM work impacting your community?

To gauge Burnaby citizens’ opinions on the Kinder Morgan pipeline/tank farm/terminal
proposal and on the opposition position the City has taken, the City of Burnaby engaged
Insights West to ask Burnaby residents for their thoughts on several aspects of the proposal.

“The poll clearly demonstrates that the majority of Burnaby residents are opposed to Kinder
Morgan’s proposal – 61 per cent of citizens who have an opinion on the proposal said they
oppose the project – and an even higher number (70 per cent) support Burnaby’s opposition
to the project,” says Mayor Derek Corrigan.

Atlantic Canada – Cherri Foytlin, a US Gulf Coast mother of six, advocate for the region and organizer with Idle No More - Gulf Coast, is traveling along Canada’s Atlantic Coast this week as part of a contingency urging the Canadian government to reject TransCanada’s proposed Energy East export pipeline project.  If built, the proposed pipeline would be the largest tar sands pipeline in North America, shipping 1.1 millions barrels per day of mostly tar sands oil from Alberta to ports along the Atlantic coast. Foytlin will be warning Canadians about the hazards of the pipeline, including the high probability of a spill and the callous disregard many oil companies have for impacted communities in the wake of a disaster.

by Martin Lukacs - The Guardian (photo credit Friends of the Nemaiah Valley)

Indigenous rights offer a path to a radically more just and sustainable country – which is why the Canadian government is bent on eliminating them.

The unrest is palpable. In First Nations across Canada, word is spreading of a historic court ruling recognizing Indigenous land rights. And the murmurs are turning to action: an eviction notice issued to a railway company in British Columbia; a park occupied in Vancouver; lawsuits launched against the Enbridge tar sands pipeline; a government deal reconsidered by Ontario Algonquins; and sovereignty declared by the Atikamekw in Quebec.

Four days ago the Klabona Keepers and the Secwepemc exercised their natural law and set-up a blockade at the Red Chris Mine to ensure that their land is not poisoned by another disaster like the spill at the Mount Polley mine.  Two days from now over 125 vigils for missing and murdered Indigenous women will be held from coast to coast to coast.  Two weeks ago Indigenous organizers from Idle No More and many other groups joined together for a massive Peoples Climate March in New York.  These are just a few glimpses of the powerful movement that we are a part of, a movement towards self-determination and the protection of our lands and waters.  Read more below!