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First Nations have right to block development on territories: Atleo

By Mark Blackburn
Jan 26, 2012

First Nations have a right to say no to pipeline development on their territories, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo.

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First Nations have a right to say no to pipeline development on their territories, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo.

Atleo says that the treaties and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples confirm that.

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