Cree hunter in Saskatchewan says new trespass law infringes on her treaty rights
A Cree hunter from Thunderchild First Nation, 113km northwest of North Battleford, says the Saskatchewan…
Treaty Rights
Mi’kmaw harvesters vow to keep fishing despite harassment from DFO officials
National chief surrounded by DFO while treaty fishing on Mi’kmaw boat.
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
Chief Mike Sack arrested as Mi’kmaw start own fishery
A Nova Scotia First Nation chief was arrested Monday after opening a treaty lobster fishery….
Sipekne’katik First Nation getting set to launch treaty fishery Monday
Chief calls for people to come help and ‘set up shop’ for a while.
Mi’kmaw grandmother asks NDP leader Jagmeet Singh if he supports treaty rights
At a stop in Halifax on his tour of Atlantic Canada, Mi’kmaw grandmother Darlene Gilbert…
Chiefs slam Ontario, call on Queen’s Park to stop appealing landmark treaty annuities case
Ontario is challenging a 2018 lower court finding that the Crown has a ‘mandatory and reviewable’ duty to raise treaty annuity
Sipekne’katik community members stand guard as Canada threatens to remove Treaty Truckhouse
At Saulnierville wharf, a red shipping container has become a fight for treaty rights.
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