I am putting together the writings, artwork, poems, photographs and videos from First nations children to take with me wherever I speak.  We are children and youth raising our voices to save our lands and culture. Please include in a short paragraph:
1) Who you are
2) What nation you are from, where that nation is located, your culture and traditional language.
3) What are some of the environmental threats to your community? How has the land changed since the generation of your grandparents?

Please email it to : info@takaiyablaney.com

Letters from the Heiltsuk Nation, students in Grades 5-6.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. One major threat to my community is killing all of our fish, whales, seals and other animals. If oil tankers come through our waters they will damage our whales, fish, seals, and kill our life. Our community will never give permission for the oil tankers to come through because they might have an oil spill. Their boat will probably ruin our fishies lives and kill them, we won’t probably get to swim again if they ever have an oil spill, and if their boat will crash.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. One major threat to my community is oil tankers. We will not be able to eat seafood. Our community will never give permission for the oil tankers to come to our nation.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. One major threat to my community is the oil tankers. If the oil tankers come through our waters they will damage and kill our way of life. We won’t be able to eat our traditional foods. The whales will die because they can’t communicate. Our community will never give permission for the oil tankers to come through our waters!!!!!! It will ruin the way we live.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. One major threat to my community is oil tankers and if oil tankers come through our waters we will probably never be able to go swimming again. Our community will never give permission for the oil tankers to come through our waters.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. One major threat to my community is Enbridge. If oil tankers come through our waters we won’t be able to eat fish or going fishing. They will kill the whales by the big sound from the big boat. I HATE Enbridge. Our community will never give permission for the oil tankers to kill our fish.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. One major threat to my community is if oil tankers come through our territory they will kill our fish and we won’t be able to go fishing and how loud an oil tanker will ruin our lands and our traditional sea food.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. One major threat to my community is oil tankers. If they come through our waters they kill lots of animals that live in the water and we will never give permission to come through our waters or territories.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. One major threat to my community is oil tankers. If oil tankers come through our community they will damage our killer whales.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. If oil tankers come through our water they will damage and kill our fish and killer whales eat fish or go fishing.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. One major threat to my community is oil tankers. If oil tankers are in our water we will never get to fish again. Our community will never let the oil tankers go through our territory because fish will die from the oil.

I am from the Heiltsuk Nation located in the Great Bear Rainforest on the Central Coast of B.C. If oil tankers come through our waters the whales cannot communicate with other whales. Our community will never give permission for the oil tankers to pass through our home. If oil tankers pass through, they should pay all of our territory 10, 000 dollars, every one counts!