This week’s edition includes child welfare, Treaty rights, mining, a successful court challenge and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news included child welfare, Jordan’s Principle, cultural burning and Indigenous procurement
Claims process now open for historic $23 billion child welfare settlement | Windspeaker
Karuk Tribe right to cultural burning affirmed in agreement with California | CBC News
Jordan’s Principle ‘not a suggestion,’ AMC grand chief says in call for full implementation | Global News
Indigenous groups press for greater say in Ottawa’s contracting policy rules | The Globe and Mail*
Ecosystem health and land protection were the top stories in British Columbia
Is this fish disappearing from the Georgia Strait? | The Narwhal
‘Inherently racist’: Wet'suwet'en leader on the crime of defending her land | The Breach
Treaty rights were front and center in Alberta
Reasserting Sovereignty: Defending Treaty Nations and challenging the governments of Canada and Alberta | Windspeaker
In Saskatchewan, elk hunting made the news
More voices join the call to stop a March hunt for elk | 98COOL
Mining impacts and community safety made headlines in the Yukon
YKDFN ‘hopeful’ for Giant Mine resolution | Cabin Radio
Yukon RCMP 'not going anywhere,' says commanding officer, responding to PM's proposed reforms | CBC News
Indigenous employment was in the spotlight in the Northwest Territories
Motion to halt Indigenous Employment Policy is defeated | Cabin Radio
Tariffs, a court challenge and mining continued to make headlines in Ontario
Sovereign FN in Robinson Huron Treaty Territory Reject Application of Trade Tariffs | Wawa-News
First Nation wins second court challenge to Chalk River nuclear waste site over threats to bats and turtles | The Globe and Mail*
Northwestern Ontario's Ring of Fire central in U.S.-Canada trade war: experts | CBC News
FROM THE COURTS
The Federal Court weighed in on an application for judicial review of a membership decision
Collier v. Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation, 2025 FC 463
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
The Treaty-making process did not create new rights—making Treaty is recognition of pre-existing rights and a commitment to respect them, without any interference.
- Statement from Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Kehewin Cree Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation, Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Ermineskin Cree Nation, Louis Bull Tribe, Samson Cree Nation and Montana First Nation of Treaty No. 6 Territory
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?
- Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (2017)
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