Treaty Rights

• $510M in lawyers’ fees in treaty case unreasonable, judge says

  The Ontario judge ruled the $510 million in lawyer fees for the treaty case was unreasonable and ordered it scaled back to $23 million.

  Canada

  Oct 29
  
• 150 years after the treaties were signed, Sask. students are focusing on respect and learning

  Students and teachers descended into the valley to partake in fun, games and lessons in Indigenous teachings Tuesday.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2024
  
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• Overlapping First Nations claims complicate big move on treaty in northwestern B.C.

  On Monday, representatives of the Kitselas First Nation and the provincial and federal governments initialled a draft treaty three decades in the making.

  Politics

  Jun 24, 2024
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• Nova Scotia judge rejects constitutional arguments for Indigenous cannabis shops

  A judge has rejected arguments from four defendants claiming they have treaty and aboriginal rights to sell cannabis at dispensaries on Indigenous land north of Halifax.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2024
• Nisg̱a’a Lisims Government sues ‘illegal occupants’ for interfering with their treaty rights

  The Nisg̱a’a Lisims Government has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of B.C. against people they say are "illegally occupying" Nisg̱a’a Treaty territory.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2023
• Tsuut’ina Nation issues warning for trespassers

  Tsuut’ina Nation warns that people trespassing or involved in illegal activity will face the full extent of the First Nation’s laws and Canada’s laws.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2023
• ‘Dishonest’: Gitxaała Nation in court over automatic online mineral rights registry

  According to the Mineral Tenure Act, mineral lands include all lands whose mineral rights are reserved to the government, including 'almost all privately-owned land.'

  Environment

  Apr 3, 2023
• Treaty rights at forefront of fight against Saskatchewan First Act

  Indigenous rights groups and experts across the country are saying treaty rights are under threat in Saskatchewan.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2023
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• Treaty 6 Nation sues Alberta government over sovereignty act

  Onion Lake Cree Nation has taken legal action against the Alberta government over the province's sovereignty act.

  Politics

  Dec 19, 2022
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• Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress

  Federal conservation officers seized more than 7,000 lobster traps in the two years since violence flared in Nova Scotia when a First Nation started a moderate livelihood fishery.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2022