In light of unimaginably terrible recent spate of suicides, I’m reposting an interview with Mike Koostachin that I published on February 22, 2011 to provide background on additional posts I’m working on– Marc Choyt, FJA USA and Reflective Images Jewelry In December, 2009,  members of the Attawapiskat First Nation, part of the larger Cree First

Written by Marc Choyt. Blockade of Victor Diamond Mine Ontario Canada The blockade started on February 11th at 2:30 in the afternoon, in temperatures with wind chill of forty below zero.  The Cree activist who called me was very concerned because the blockaders were being ignored.  Soon my colleague, Greg Valerio posted information on his

Editorial by Marc Choyt Survival International has called for a boycott of Botswana diamonds and they have targeted De Beers stores. Should the ethical jeweler heed this call and support this boycott, and to what extent is De Beers responsible for the human rights abuses of Bushmen in Botswana? For the past few years, Botswana