Exploring Theme: "Revitalizing Indigenous Laws"

History was made in Elliot Lake Wednesday when a First Nation successfully prosecuted one of its own laws for the first time in an Ontario courtroom. APTN News: And in doing so, Mississauga First Nation (MFN) not only banned someone alleged in court documents as a possible drug dealer from its community, about 550 km northwest of...

The Government of Canada’s support to the Cree Nation of Mistissini for their Mistissini Governance Project, which will revitalize Cree legal principles and traditions within their community. Support for this initiative aligns with the Government of Canada’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Call to Action 50. The Mistissini Governance Project will create...

Revitalizing Indigenous Laws is an outcome of the “Accessing Justice and Reconciliation” project, a partnership between the University of Victoria’s Indigenous Law Research Unit, Indigenous Bar Association and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2012. Legal Tradition Indigenous Partner Justice / Wellness Program Coast Salish Snuneymuxm First NationTsleil-Waututh Nation Social Development and Family Preservation ProgramNorth...