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Heiltsuk Nation vows to continue fight to stop Enbridge

The tiny public school in Flasher, N.D. is the target of Native American parent demands for cultural sensitivity training after a racially charged high school prom incident. Google Maps image accessed May 1, 2024

Sept. 5, 2012

Enbridge is in for a rough ride as the final phase of the Joint Review PanelÂ’s public hearings on its proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline begins this week. This is the stage when interveners can challenge any claims made by Enbridge.

The JRP panel is going to hear about the evidence that is already on the record and test EnbridgeÂ’s claims. ItÂ’s the expectation of the Heiltsuk Nation that the information that the panel is going to use will inform its final decision to reject the pipeline project. The compelling evidence presented against the need for the pipeline and increased oil tankers on the coast will be no doubt countered by EnbridgeÂ’s pie in the sky ideas on the so called benefits of the project.
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.