WATER CEREMONY AND SACRED FIRE

There was a Water Ceremony & Sacred Fire Gathering held at Little Port Harmon, Stephenvill, on Monday October 26, 2015.

A public gathering was held at Stephenville to give offering and honor the Mi'kmaq people's relationship with the water, fish, land and other natural resources.

The event was also in support of the Chief of the Mi'kmaq people of Paq'tnkef First Nation of Afton Station NS , and outlined the significance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to First Nations and called for immediate actions to protect the Gulf.

The gathering was organized by the leadership of the Mi'kmaq and Innu coalition, which was formed to speak with one voice to protect Aboriginal and treaty rights.

NOTE: Aiden Mahoney photo !

ADDRESSING FRACKING COMMITTEE

Kwe....Hello, our future.

Jane Ballett, a Mi’kmaq girl, started off the evening of presentations showing her posters to the panel of what a future with fracking would look like , versus the pristine natural world that should remain in a future without fracking.

Elder Victor Muise provided the panel with gifts to welcome them to indigenous territory.

Let us be a united voice to save Mother Earth.

No fracking.

DO NOT FRACK NEWFOUNDLAND

The Newfoundland Fracking Consultants were in Stephenville this week for a public consultation.

They spoke to a packed room filled mostly with "FRACTIVISTS"....those who seriously oppose fracking.

The room was red and white with "Don't Frack NL " signs.