The Federal Court of Canada held today that the North Slave Métis Alliance (NSMA) was not adequately consulted by Canada respecting the Northwest Territory Métis Nation Land and Resources Agreement-in-Principle signed July 31, 2015 (NWTMN AiP). The Federal Court held...
Case Brief – West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia, 2017 BCSC 1700 The BC Supreme Court has declared that the western boundary of Treaty No. 8 lies along the Arctic-Pacific divide – something that the Treaty 8 First Nations have known since 1899 but British...
The Honourable Mr. Justice Johnston of the British Columbia Supreme Court issued his decision today, confirming for all of us what Treaty 8 First Nations already knew: The western boundary of Treaty 8 is the height of land along the continental divide between the...
A new report of the Minister’s Special Representative says it is time for a new approach to settling land claims in the Southeast NWT that respects Section 35 of Canada’s Constitution Act. Mr. Thomas Isaac submitted the report “A Path To Reconciliation” to...