Peace River Valley, Canada: Indigenous people struggling to save their ancestral lands - #W4R2016

Amnesty International

      More than 100 years ago, Helen Knott’s great-great grandfather signed an agreement with the Canadian government that was meant to protect his people’s way of life. That promise is being broken. The government has given the go-ahead for the Site C dam, a huge hydro-electric project in the Peace River Valley, British Columbia. If built, it will drown over 80km of land, sweeping away Indigenous hunting, fishing and burial grounds.

Act Today. Write A Letter. Change A Life.

• Read the case sheet for Peace River Valley.

• Sign and mail the sample letter for Peace River Valley.  Our Group #139 will mail your letters. Please send them to 350 South Hamilton Street, Unit 501, Madison, WI  53703 or send them electronically to Azamnrad@gmail.com.

• Sign the online petition for Peace River Valley.

•  Fax, email or send a tweet to show your support for Peace River Valley to Prime MInister of  of Canada, Justin Trudeau:  Fax: +1 (613) 941-6900, , Email: pm@pm.gc.c,  Twitter: @JustinTrudeau 

• Upload a photograph of yourself with a solidarity message for them to show you support their struggle for their ancestral lands. Upload it to: www.amnesty.ca/withthepeaceriver