First Nations And Tar Sands Industry Clash In The Courts And The Hague http://bit.ly/c2sqnv

"We may be a small community, but we carry a big stick", says Chief Donny Testawich of the Duncan's First Nation, one of the many Treaty #8 First Nations located within the tar sands producing areas of northern Alberta. This week, the small Cree community walked into Canada's top court and the Hague Netherlands to take on the Government of Alberta and Royal Dutch Shell over the impacts of tar sands developments and trampling of their Constitutionally protected Rights.