People in the UK are being urged to support a legal fight by a Canadian Cree community against "tar sands" – a form of fossil fuel which campaigners warn could help push the world into a climate disaster.
The Hunters filed suit in June against Cree and its chairman, Neal Hunter, Eric Hunter's brother.
When federal Indian agent Thomas Quinn protested against Cree orders to move the hostages to their camp, war chief Wandering Spirit shot and killed him.
After acquiring horses and firearms, they were more militant than the Woodland Cree, raiding and warring against many other Plains tribes.
If a Cree youth takes action against the destruction of her homeland by the tar sanders -- will we put her in prison?
Here a band of renegade Sioux, encouraged by their victory at Little Big Horn, invade Canada with the hope of enlisting the peaceful Cree into joining their revolt against white domination.
Subsequently, the Assiniboin and Dakota engaged in an almost constant cycle of raiding and defense; as a result, the Assiniboin formed an alliance with the Cree, who joined the tribe in activities against the Dakota.
The agreement was originally the result of a lawsuit brought against Quebec by the James Bay Cree, but both band leaders and environmentalists now say the pact does too little to protect parts of the Boreal forest that are home to the province's woodland caribou.
According to this 2013 Leger Marketing poll, 76percentt of them are against it and 55percentt of non-Cree northern Quebecers are against it too.
Her high-ceilinged office, in the Alexander Hamilton United States Custom House, is a crowded and colorful jumble of indigenous artwork: a Cree Indian goose decoy here, a Brazilian basket there, a Mexican blanket against a wall.
