This week’s edition includes federal funding concerns, court challenges, major project consultation, Aboriginal title and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news featured ministers’ meetings and federal funding shortfalls
Indigenous leaders ‘not allowed’ to fully partake in ministers’ meeting on public safety, says national chief | CBC News
AFN National chief says feds failure to equally fund First Nations police is leaving communities unsafe | APTN News
Ottawa falls short on emergency response for First Nations as climate disasters climb: audit | MBC Radio
Indigenous leaders skeptical federal budget will deliver on 2030 infrastructure promise | CBC News
Court challenges and Aboriginal title made headlines in BC
First Nations in B.C. make legal challenges to huge Ksi Lisims LNG project | CBC News
Lummi Nation challenges B.C. environmental assessment policy | Bellingham Herald
Observers anticipate lengthy legal process after B.C. Aboriginal land title decision | The Globe and Mail*
Nuchatlaht case examines historic concept of Aboriginal territory | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper
In the Yukon, a self-government milestone made the news
Carcross/Tagish First Nation celebrates 20 years of self-government | CBC News
Crown land sales and environmental contamination were top stories in Alberta
Treaty 8 Nations challenge Alberta's Crown land sale in court | Windspeaker
Mikisew Cree First Nation opposes releasing treated oilsands tailings | CBC News
In Saskatchewan, a dismissed Supreme Court of Canada appeal made headlines
Supreme Court won’t hear Waterhen claim on Primrose Air Weapons Range | larongeNOW
In Manitoba, a major rail project and a court decision on moose hunting topped the news
Rail port project under provincial review signs prospective partnership agreement with First Nation | CBC News
Manitoba's contested cut to moose licences in 2024 'imperfect' but justified, judge rules | CBC News
Mining, telecommunications, consultation on major projects, and nuclear waste storage made the news in Ontario
Mining company plans to advance one of the world's biggest lithium mines on Cree territory | CBC News
Matawa Chiefs Council wants Rogers to delay 3G shutdown, telling CRTC it's 'a matter of life and death' | CBC News
Chiefs in Ontario call for $66.5M to fund major projects consultations | CBC News
First Nations have good reason to be skeptical, Chief says | NB Media Co-op
Pushback on legislation targeting land protectors continues to make headlines in Nova Scotia
N.S. still failing to consult on law blocking protests on Crown land: Mi'kmaq leaders | CityNews
HOT OFF THE PRESS
Read Kate Gunn's newest blog post which seeks to correct misconceptions regarding the landmark Cowichan decision, Aboriginal title, and the scope of the decision itself.
Correcting Misconceptions: The Cowichan Tribes Decision
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
When water is no longer safe (and) our ability to fish, harvest wild rice and gather medicine is lost along with vital teachings for our youth...these aren’t just economic losses. They’re losses to identity, to pride. They’re losses to our way of life, as to who we are as people.
- Chief Jeffrey Copenace, Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
- Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
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