Treaty Rights
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150 years after the treaties were signed, Sask. students are focusing on respect and learningStudents and teachers descended into the valley to partake in fun, games and lessons in Indigenous teachings Tuesday.CanadaSep 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.PoliticsJun 24, 2024
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Nova Scotia judge rejects constitutional arguments for Indigenous cannabis shopsA 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.CanadaJun 14, 2024
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Nisg̱a’a Lisims Government sues ‘illegal occupants’ for interfering with their treaty rightsThe 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.CanadaDec 21, 2023
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Tsuut’ina Nation issues warning for trespassersTsuut’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.CanadaJun 30, 2023
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‘Dishonest’: Gitxaała Nation in court over automatic online mineral rights registryAccording to the Mineral Tenure Act, mineral lands include all lands whose mineral rights are reserved to the government, including 'almost all privately-owned land.'EnvironmentApr 3, 2023
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Treaty rights at forefront of fight against Saskatchewan First ActIndigenous rights groups and experts across the country are saying treaty rights are under threat in Saskatchewan.CanadaMar 18, 2023
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Treaty 6 Nation sues Alberta government over sovereignty actOnion Lake Cree Nation has taken legal action against the Alberta government over the province's sovereignty act.PoliticsDec 19, 2022
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Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progressFederal 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.CanadaDec 19, 2022
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Saskatchewan Indigenous leaders call for ‘meaningful engagement’ from governmentIndigenous leaders and communities continue to stand up to the Saskatchewan government when it comes to their Treaty rights, First Nation land and waters and Crown lands.PoliticsNov 10, 2022
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