This week’s edition includes National Indigenous Peoples Day, clean water legislation, economic development, hydroelectric development, and more.
IN THE NEWS
On June 21st, events and calls to action marked National Indigenous Peoples Day
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, National Chief Calls for Action on First Nations Rights, Clean Water, and Infrastructure | Assembly of First Nations
Indigenous Peoples' Day: How communities are celebrating | CTV News
National Indigenous Peoples Day events highlight calls for unity | Calgary Herald*
National news highlighted federal clean water legislation
First Nations leaders frustrated as Ottawa rewrites clean water bill | APTN News
In Newfoundland and Labrador, historical erasure and fisheries made the news
Innu Nation accuses N.L. government of capping group’s history at 300 years — an 'erasure,' say Innu leaders | CBC News
Giving allocation of cod to non-Inuit a sign of ‘reconciliation gap’ | APTN News
Objections to a proposed uranium mine and an annual celebration of treaty rights made headlines in Quebec
Cree Nation reiterates opposition to uranium mine it tried to banish | APTN News
Mi’kmaw community remembers 1981 police raid over fishing rights on Restigouche River | CBC News
In Ontario, an Indigenous-led impact assessment and economic development were top stories
2 First Nations say Ontario's 1st Anishinaabe-led impact assessment is done, possibly allowing mining project | CBC News
First Nations to outline economic involvement at Darlington new nuclear project | INsauga
A call for inclusion in development was front and center in the Northwest Territories
Dene National Chief calls for more Indigenous representation at Expo | CKLB Radio
In Alberta, pushback on federal legislation and Alberta separatism took the spotlight
Treaty Chiefs in the Alberta Region Denounce Canada's Dishonorable Closed-Door Clean Water Legislation | Cision
Alberta treaty chiefs call for Smith, UCP treason investigation | CochraneNow
Hydroelectric development and mineral exploration made the news in BC
Site E, Homathko dam proposals divide B.C. First Nations, confound Site C critics | CoastMountainNews
Gold exploration in a UNESCO biosphere reserve? Near Tofino, it’s moving ahead | The Narwhal
FPL IN THE NEWS
First Peoples Law’s Bruce McIvor recently attended and spoke at the Blackfoot Confederacy Chiefs Society’s Gathering for Treaty and Unity rally event in Calgary
Blackfoot Confederacy Chiefs Society hosts Gathering for Treaty, Unity | Calgary Herald*
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Water is life and we will not support any legislation that infringes on our rights and risks the wellbeing of our Peoples. Canada wants to write the rules and hand us a check that won't cover any of the real costs—and congratulate themselves on a 'historic' bill—but it's First Nations who will be left holding the bag of broken promises.
- Chief Sheldon Sunshine, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Treaty No. 8 Territory
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.
- Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)
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