This week’s edition includes a monumental child welfare ruling at the Supreme Court, consultation, transportation, Treaty rights and more.
IN THE NEWS
National headlines featured the Supreme Court’s ruling on Bill C-92, repatriation, Métis rights and Treaty rights across international borders
Supreme Court declares Indigenous child welfare law constitutional | CBC News
Canadian museums still working on repatriation policies as U.S. museums shut down Indigenous exhibits | CBC News
One substantial amendment accompanies Bill C-53 to Parliament for third reading | Windspeaker
Want to work in the U.S. through the Jay Treaty? Some say process is confusing, frustrating | CBC News
Aboriginal title made top news on the east coast
Judge rules in favour of big timber companies in Aboriginal title claim | Spare News
Consultation was in the spotlight in Quebec
Kebaowek First Nation asks for review of nuclear disposal project | APTN News
Ontario news featured youth leadership and transportation
As First Nations chiefs in northern Ontario call for health-care action, youth demand more involvement | CBC News
Impassable winter roads create ‘dire’ situation for Ontario First Nations: NAN | Global News
Treaty rights and transportation were top stories across the prairies
First Nation files legal claim over 150-year-old Treaty 4 | Winnipeg Free Press
Remote Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency due to lack of winter road access | CBC News
‘Done being patient’: Saskatchewan First Nations suing Ottawa over $5 annuity payments | Global News
Land back was front and centre in BC
Tla’amin Nation set to reclaim village of tiskʷat 151 years after it was taken: 'It’s like a long lost relative' | IndigiNews
Yukon news continued to feature consultation and remediation
Ross River Dena Council appeals court ruling that consultation on mine project was mostly adequate | CBC News
Ottawa dismisses Yukon First Nation's concerns regarding Mount Nansen mine clean up | CBC News
FROM THE COURTS
The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the constitutionality of Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families. Check out Bruce’s blog post on the Supreme Court decision.
The Troubling Basis for the Supreme Court’s Child Welfare Law Decision | Bruce McIvor | First Peoples Law LLP
Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, 2024 SCC 5
Case in Brief: Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families | Supreme Court of Canada
The Specific Claims Tribunal weighed in on the federal government’s breach of fiduciary duty to the Ahousaht First Nation
Ahousaht First Nation v. His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, 2024 SCTC 1
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
We have never given up our Inherent and Human Rights to care for and protect our own children within our own traditional systems.
- Chief Bobby Cameron, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN)
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
But sometimes, laughter is less about what's funny and more about letting someone know you understand, that you're in on the joke together.
- Jessica Johns, Bad Cree (2023)