Exploring Theme: "Treaty Relationships and Indigenous Rights"

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...

‘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...