Manitoba Métis president ticketed for fishing without a licence, province says
A recent interaction between a conservation officer and David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Métis…
Treaty Rights
First Nation in Yukon celebrates ‘landmark’ court win against proposed mining exploration
Na-Cho Nyak Dun says case affirms government acted ‘unlawfully and dishonourably.’
Constitutional challenge in Mi’kmaq fishing case moving ahead this week
A Mi’kmaq fisherman appeared Thursday in a northern New Brunswick courtroom where he began a…
More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes charged or on trial: Ottawa
Three years after a First Nation started a self-regulated lobster fishery that sparked protests and…
Peskotomuhkati fishers travel north of the border to challenge fishing laws
Fishers from Sipayik, Maine say treaty right to fish have no borders.
Living with cancer, Mi’kmaq author talks last edition of ‘We were not the Savages’
Paul cites the growing body of research from other scholars to build his case that incivility against Indigenous Peoples lingered into 20th-century Canadian politics
First Nation files lawsuit alleging Alberta’s Sovereignty Act infringes on way of life
It further alleges the Act negates the guarantees of livelihood and freedom that Treaty 6 was made to protect
‘If all else fails, we will blockade’: Chiefs call for Sask. bill to be scrapped
First Nations fear the bill symbolizes a breach to treaty and inherent Indigenous rights.
Mi’kmaw lobster harvesters say ‘they shouldn’t have charged us’ after court appearance
Trio of harvesters charged with illegal fishing four years ago