Exploring Theme: "Agreements"

APTN News: The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society says it’s preparing resolutions for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) meeting in December as part of  its work to reform on-reserve child welfare. This comes after First Nations chiefs on Oct. 17 voted down a proposed $47.8 billion Final Settlement Agreement (FSA) from Canada...

AFN Assembly, Dec. 06, 2023. Flags of the First Nations in attendance are displayed. APTN File photo  APTN News: As First Nations chiefs get ready to head to Calgary to vote on a $47.8 billion agreement to reform the child welfare system next week, a growing number of leaders, including the chief of the Tŝilhqot’in...

Chiefs from B.C., Sask., Quebec-Labrador sign letter expressing concerns that AFN is overstepping mandate CBC Indigenous: Three regional chiefs representing nearly half of First Nations say a national association is overstepping its mandate by making decisions that will directly affect children and families without consent. They also accuse the Assembly of First Nations of attempting...

APTN News: The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and the Provincial Métis Council say they’re withdrawing their support for Bill C-53 – federal legislation that if passed, will provide recognition of certain Métis governments in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The bill, if passed, also provides a framework for the implementation of treaties entered into by those Métis governments...

NationTalk: Today, the Federal Court released two decisions on legal challenges made by the Métis Settlements General Council and a group called the “Fort McKay Métis Nation Association” against the Canada-Métis Nation of Alberta Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Agreement that was signed between the Métis Nation of Alberta (“MNA”) and the Government of Canada (“Canada”)...

Departments warned of risks given doubts about NunatuKavut council’s Indigenous rights, documents show The Canadian government was warned internally to hold off on signing an Indigenous reconciliation agreement with a self-proclaimed Inuit group in Labrador, but did so anyway despite concerns about the unproven nature of the group’s rights, documents obtained by CBC Indigenous reveal. In the fall...