Trappers want squatters gone from territory outside Yellowknife, but it’s not going to be easy
Fred Sangris walks the same snow-covered trail used by his ancestors for over 500 years….
Treaty Rights
Restoring coal policy in Alberta ‘a step forward’ but major project still a go
Grassy Mountain coal mine still on track to start construction later this year
Sipekne’katik First Nation suing Nova Scotia for infringing on treaty rights
‘We are more resolved than ever to bring this to court as we have lost so much in the face of the violence and economic racism….’
What’s in store for harvesting rights? InFocus looks forward to 2021
From fish farms, treaty fishing, to the moose moratorium, First Nations fought hard for harvesting and resource rights last year
RCMP make more arrests following attacks on Mi’kmaw fishery, lobster pound arson
Police say 21 arrests have been made since start of investigation
Pikangikum wants restoration of Anishinaabe law, renewal of treaty relationship following ‘landmark’ ruling
‘Being forced to adopt the ways of others was not what our ancestors intended when they entered into Treaty with the Queen.’
Attack on harvesting rights taking place across the country InFocus hears
Most people are aware of what’s happening in Nova Scotia as Mi’kmaw harvesters exercise their…
Sentencing law ignores treaties, violates charter rights of Pikangikum residents says judge
Case not about overincarceration but “extension of the corrosive effects of colonialization,” says Justice David Gibson
‘Legacies of misinformation’ make it hard to have conversation about lobster fishery: Prof
Dalhousie professor says no issues with conservation with Mi’kmaw fishery