This week’s edition includes UNDRIP, economic sovereignty, land stewardship, court appeals and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news included economic sovereignty, UNDRIP, major projects legislation, and child welfare reform
National Chief calls for accelerated action on UN Rights of Indigenous Peoples implementation | The Manitoulin Expositor
AFN national chief's message to Ottawa: 'Keep your promises’ | APTN News
First Nations child welfare advocates say work on reform deal will continue with or without Canada | CBC News
Chiefs vote down pitch to include First Nations infrastructure in major projects push | Global News
Some First Nations leaders in early talks about potential Indigenous-led economic corridor | The Globe and Mail*
In Nova Scotia, land stewardship made headlines
Groups conducting coastal restoration in N.S. say they face 'astonishing' red tape | CBC News
New Brunswick news featured environmental rights
Mi’gmaq Chiefs, Locals Push Back Against Proposed NB Gas Plant | The Energy Mix
Sovereignty topped the news in Quebec
‘There's no Quebec nation’: Grand Chief rejects Quebec constitution | APTN News
Ontario headlines included a court decision and land protection
Beach returned to First Nation after 170 years following Canada legal battle | The Guardian
Anishinabek Nation says it’s time to finally take action on Ipperwash Inquiry | Sault Ste. Marie News
Northern Ontario First Nations are building a village in the path to the Ring of Fire | Ricochet
In Manitoba, major projects legislation and litigation were top stories
AMC cautious about proposed Crown-Indigenous Corporation | APTN News
Remote Cree nation suing Manitoba Hydro over water levels | APTN News
Economic development was a top story in Alberta
'Trailblazing': Alberta First Nations launch finance partnership | Calgary Herald
Federal budget cuts and mining were front and center in the Yukon
Cuts to Jordan's Principle have been impacting Yukon First Nations programs for months | CBC.ca
Draft document outlines sweeping changes to Yukon's mining laws | CBC News
BC headlines included land and wildlife protection, land back, a court appeal, and shared decision-making
Crown land in regional district proposed for transfer to First Nation | Prince George Citizen
Xatśūll First Nation hopes to overturn court ruling on controversial Mount Polley mine | CBC News
First Nations call for shared decision-making in future of Island Coastal Economic Trust | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper
Williams Lake First Nations condemns illegal elk harvesting, implenting new measures to find poachers | My Cariboo Now
Reconciliation takes a hike in Joffre Lakes, B.C. | The Narwhal
CLIENTS IN THE NEWS
First Peoples Law is honoured to work alongside Peter Chapman Band and Chakastaypasin Band of the Cree Nation on their journeys to reinstatement as independent bands
'It's our right': This Sask. Cree community is fighting to become newest First Nation in Canada | CBC News
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN ONE MINUTE
Bruce McIvor’s Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation is now available. Click here to download a free excerpt from the book. Click here to order your copy from an independent bookstore near you.
Upcoming Book Launch Events:
October 8 – Ottawa, ON
For further details, check out our list of events here.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
It's like a breath of fresh air, like when you're holding your breath waiting for something to happen, and then it finally happens and then you can breathe...It means that the court has upheld our treaty as agreed upon by the treaty partners.
- Chief Conrad Ritchie, Saugeen First Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
The higher you build your barriers
The taller I become
The further you take my rights away
The faster I will run
- Labi Siffre, “(Something Inside) So Strong” (1987)
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