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"The land is so important to us it is
just like sacred or holy ground."
- John Charles McDonald, Elder

Values and Vision
      - Our Traditional Lands

Poplar/Nanowin Rivers Park Reserve
      - First Nation MOU
      - Lands Chronology

Protected Areas Accord

World Heritage Site

Lands Management Plan
      - Download Plan
      - Technical Work
      - Map Gallery
      - Further Research

Poplar River Today
      - Goldman Award
      - Current Programs
      - Photo Gallery
      - News
      - Letters & Releases
      - Links


Poplar River, Manitoba
R0B 0Z0
P:204-244-2267
F:204-244-2690


rushing water

"There are communities like ourselves all over the country who have long looked after lands not as owners, but as caretakers of this great land. This is how we were taught as Native people; land is not something you own, land is a gift that you use, to live on it, to protect it and look after it. That principle was used by our people and continues to be used today." -Poplar River community member

Poplar River Today

Links

The following are links to organizations that support Poplar River First Nation in its vision of protected boreal forest traditional lands - and also support the Accord First Nations' vision of World Heritage Site (WHS) status for traditional lands. We are also including links to sites that provide technical information about the WHS process. Sites where visitors may 'Take Action' in support of our boreal forest protected area and the WHS nomination are also included.

Supporters

Natural Resources Defense Council

     Natural Resources Defense Council - Heart of the Boreal Bio Gem

Manitoba Wildlands

     Manitoba Wildlands - World Heritage Site

Canadian Boreal Initiative

Technical

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

     UNESCO World Heritage Centre

World Conservation Union - IUCN

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas - World Heritage Sites

Environment Canada

     Parks Canada April 2004 press release in support of the proposed
     World Heritage Site

     Parks Canada - World Heritage

Eastside Aboriginal Sustainable Tourism Inc. (EAST)

'Take Actions'

Send a letter to Manitoba Premier Gary Doer for the Poplar/Nanowin River Protection (NRDC)



Contact Ray Rabliauskas, Lands Management Coordinator
Poplar River, Manitoba, Canada R0B 0Z0 Ph: 204-244-2267 Fax: 204-244-2690
E-mail: info@PoplarRiverFirstNation.ca or the webmaster@PoplarRiverFirstNation.ca

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