Exploring Theme: "Treaty Relationships and Indigenous Rights"

Written in April 1764 to King George III, British sea captain wrote that he’d renewed treaty...

Federal fisheries officers in Nova Scotia say they’re refusing some enforcement duties because of threats to their safety, as they await Ottawa’s response to their complaints. Toronto Star: Federal fisheries officers in Nova Scotia say they’re refusing some enforcement duties because of threats to their safety, as they await Ottawa’s response to their complaints. The...

”When we lost the band, we lost everything,’ says Michel descendant Brandy Callihoo CBC Indigenous: The Michel Callihoo Nation Society (MCNS) is looking for descendants of the former Michel Band in Alberta as they make a push for Canada to recognize the First Nation that gave up its Indian status more than 60 years ago.  The Michel Band’s enfranchisement when members...

by Giuseppe Amatulli, Postdoctoral fellow, School of Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University  Earlier this month, BRFN formally initiated a dispute with the B.C. government by filing a Notice of Civil Claim. Adobe stock by Kalyakan. NationTalk: Canadian Manufacturing – The Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) has, for a few years now, been locked in...

Wei Wai Kum First Nation says K’ómoks treaty as written will infringe on own rights and title CBC Indigenous: A First Nation located in the Campbell River area of Vancouver Island says it’s concerned about a potential treaty for a neighbouring nation because it could infringe on its own rights and titles. The Wei Wai Kum...

by ahnationtalk on July 5, 2024 July 4, 2024 NationTalk: Territory of the nine Allied Tribes of Lax Kw’alaams – Lax Kw’alaams Rights and Title Chair, Councillor Joey Wesley, attended a meeting with the Honourable Minister Murray Rankin and Honourable Minister Gary Anandasangaree, along with representatives from Gitxaała, Gitga’at, and Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nations to discuss reconciliation efforts with...

NationTalk: SHEDIAC, NB –  A new survey of over 1,000 commercial fishers led by the Coalition of Atlantic and Quebec Fishing Organizations in cooperation with the Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance suggests significant concern about government actions on the commercial fishery. This is the second wave of research conducted among commercial fishers in coastal communities across the...

‘It didn’t just mean cows, plows, agriculture. It meant livelihood,’ says Deanne Kasokeo CBC Indigenous: A Saskatchewan-based lawyer says “cows and plows” settlements do not reflect the spirit and intent of treaties from an Indigenous perspective. Under treaties 4,5,6 and 10, the Crown promised agricultural benefits — livestock and farming equipment — to the First Nations that signed. That promise...

APTN News: In the early morning hours of April 3, 2021, the fishing vessel Tyhawk launched into the icy waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence from Chéticamp, Nova Scotia. The weather was bad. Ice was accumulating on the boat because of freezing rain. Despite this, the captain and his crew of four kept going...

‘This is a battle brewing. It’s coming and here to stay until we see it rule in our favour,’ says FSIN Chief CBC Indigenous: The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is frustrated with the federal and provincial government’s financial policy that withholds income assistance from First Nation citizens who receive per capita distributions from...

Copy shows treaty ‘was about allowing access to the land, not selling the land’: elder  CBC News: What is thought to be the final remaining community copy of a 150-year-old treaty that opened a gateway to what is now Western Canada is on temporary display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. The...

Bill Waiser and Jennie Hansen are historians based in Saskatchewan and co-authors of Cheated: The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land. The Globe and Mail: Contributed by BILL WAISER AND JENNIE HANSEN In June of last year, at Alberta’s Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood next to Chief Ouray Crowfoot and...

“It is a broken system and it’s something that needs to be fixed. It is probably the poorest form of getting land back to your communities and control over those.” Marc Miller, minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Black River First Nation Chief Sheldon Kent speaks about the 1930 Natural Resources Transfer Act and how jurisdiction over...