This week’s edition includes the federal budget, fishing, conservation, First Nations land ownership and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news included the First Nations infrastructure gap, the federal budget, Métis rights, clean drinking water and a new loan program
Feds mull options as Métis self-government bill threatens to collapse | CBC News
Budget 2024 promises $9B and loans for resource projects | APTN News
First Nations chiefs alarmed, disappointed by Canada's 2024 budget | Windspeaker
Indigenous loan guarantee program could transform resource sector in Canada - The Globe and Mail *
Canada to give Indigenous groups loan guarantees for resource projects | Reuters
UN expert finds 'flagrant breaches' of First Nations rights to clean water | CBC News
A new national park reserve, long term care and fishing made headlines in the East Coast
'We're going to be welcoming the world here,' Lennox Island chief says of new park funding | CBC News
Nova Scotia opens first long-term care home serving Mi'kmaq seniors | Toronto Star
The Legal Fishery Sparking Arrests and Violence | Hakai Magazine
Ontario news featured community health concerns, policing and the RHT settlement
Aamjiwnaang First Nation members say industrial benzene emissions in Sarnia, Ont., area made them ill | CBC News
'The urgency is there:' Group proposes Anishinaabe language trust from $10B RHT settlement | Sault Ste. Marie News
First Nations leaders urge Ontario to disband Thunder Bay police, get outside service to investigate deaths | CBC News
The federal budget and consultation were the top stories in the Prairies
Liberal budget will make Northern Manitoba First Nations ‘fight for scraps’: chief | Yahoo
Indigenous leaders continue calls for proper consultation in Saskatchewan | Global News
BC headlines highlighted child and family services, UNDRIP, land ownership, Haida title and conservation
Province signs historic child and family services agreement with B.C. First Nation | Vernon Morning Star
BCAFN Regional Chief Terry Teegee Advocates for Stronger Measures in Canada’s UN Declaration Act Action Plan | British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
Legislative amendments would allow First Nations to own land | Hamilton Spectator
Haida Nation, B.C. sign land deal for return of 200 islands | APTN News
Where have moose gone? The view from northern B.C. | The Narwhal
Fishing and conservation across international borders were front and centre in the North
Salmon agreement sparks Alaskan Tribal frustrations | APTN News
Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be ‘too little, too late,’ panel hears | Eye on the Arctic
FROM THE COURTS
The BC Supreme Court issued a further decision regarding Nuchatlaht's Aboriginal title
The Nuchatlaht v British Columbia 2024 BCSC 628 | CanLII
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Congratulates and Celebrates with Nuchatlaht For Court Decision Identifying Aboriginal Title Lands | Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Western policies, Western politics, Western science is what helped get us into this crisis, into this mess. Traditional knowledge will help get us out.
- Duane Aucoin, Teslin Tlingit Council
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
Truth is a seed
planted deep
If you want to get it
you have to dig.”
-Katherena Vermette, River Woman (2018)
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