Haisla First Nation
Gitga'at First Nation
May 25, 2010 17:15 ET All-Nations Feast to Focus on Stopping Enbridge Pipeline, Tankers
KITAMAAT VILLAGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 25, 2010) - The Haisla and Gitga'at First Nations have invited members of the public and media to a traditional feast on May 29 to re-affirm community opposition to Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline and oil tanker traffic.
WHAT: Solidarity of Nations Feast
WHERE: Haisla Recreation Centre, Kitamaat Village (13km south of Kitimat, B.C.)
WHEN: Saturday, May 29, 2010. Presentations begin at 9:00 a.m. Dinner at 4:30 p.m.
The dinner will feature the traditional foods of the coastal First Nations and will be followed by First Nations dancing.
Presenters at the feast will include:
•Dr. David Suzuki, Scientist, broadcaster and renowned conservation leader
•Guujaaw, Council of the Haida Nation
•Art Sterritt, Coastal First Nations
•Stewart Phillip, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs
•Dolores Pollard, Haisla Chief Councillor
•First Nations Summit (presenter TBA)
•Terry Teegee, Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
•Dr. Riki Ott, Cordova, Alaska
•Norm Hann (recently completed a 385-kilometre paddling expedition of the proposed oil tanker route on his stand-up paddleboard)
This is a family friendly event and admission is free.
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