Feds need to live up to farming promises in western numbered treaties: Cuthand
Cree columnist Doug Cuthand says the federal government isn’t living up to the numbered treaties…
Mi’kmaw fishing rights
Mi’kmaw treaty lobster fishery launches, fisheries officers seize lobster and gear
Fisheries officers seized crates of lobster at Saulnierville wharf, harvested by Sipekne’katik First Nation fishermen….
Canada is deliberately delaying response to ‘urgent’ UN request about racism against Mi’kmaw harvesters
‘We were hoping that the UN would hold them accountable but they seem to be pushing back,’ says Chief Mike Sack
DFO officers greet launch of Pictou Landing treaty fishery in Nova Scotia
Mi’kmaw leaders demand department stop cracking down on lobster harvesters exercising treaty right
Mi’kmaw harvester wants lobsters seized by DFO accounted for
“It’s our right. That’s what we agreed to 300 years ago,” says Matt Cope from Nova Scotia
Mi’kmaw MP says new DFO policy could employ hundreds of harvesters this year
‘That’s an opportunity that I don’t think enough people are talking about,’ according to Jaime Battiste. He says other options remain on the table
Mi’kmaw lobster harvester says he’ll fight Canada’s reconciliation ‘death certificate’ in court
Potlotek man to put Marshall ruling to the test in court after being charged by DFO
How the feds’ moderate livelihood fishing policy fell apart
Documents show DFO is surveilling Mi’kmaw communities to keep tabs on treaty fishing but has few policy options to respond
New UBC Indigenous fisheries centre aims to uplift community rights
Initiative led by Nisg̱a’a scholar Andrea Reid launches with ‘Fish Outlaws’ project documenting criminalization of First Nations fisheries around Salish Sea