This week’s edition includes AFN resolutions, lawsuits, resource revenues, land protection, and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news highlighted opposition to major projects reform, residential school denialism, treaty rights, and child welfare
First Nations chiefs vote to oppose Carney government's proposed major projects reforms | CBC News
Residential schools: Chiefs want Ottawa to criminalize denialism | CTV News
AFN calls on Ottawa, provinces to protect treaty rights in wake of Alberta separatism | CBC News
Canada ignoring First Nations child welfare plan: Caring Society | APTN News
Historical disinformation was the top story in Newfoundland and Labrador
AFN rejects 'discredited' theory of of Innu history in Labrador | APTN News
Nova Scotia news highlighted exclusion from decision-making
N.S. Tories block Mi’kmaw participation in natural resource committee meeting | CBC News
Opposition to a mine expansion made the news in Nunavut
Baffinland expansion in Arctic challenged by Nunavut hunters | The Narwhal
In Ontario, wildfire evacuations and a lawsuit were the top headlines
Fire-ravaged First Nations community accuses Ottawa of denying it federal aid | National News | The Canadian Press
Attawapiskat First Nation sues over diesel contamination | The Narwhal
Resource revenue sharing, separatism, and a challenge to treaty annuities were top stories in Alberta
Treaty 8 chiefs push Carney for share of resource revenues as Ottawa accelerates major projects | play 103.7 Radio
Alberta First Nations intend to 'rock the vote' against separatism | CBC News
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation sues Canada over treaty annuity payments stuck at $5 | CBC News
In BC, a pipeline announcement, economic development, and land protection took the spotlight
Some First Nations leaders say gov't should have consulted with them before pipeline agreement was signed | CBC News
5 First Nations ink deal for ownership stake in part of LNG Canada Phase 2 | Williams Lake Tribune
Conservation planning for Qat'muk underway between Ktunaxa Nation and B.C. | CBC News
ANNUAL AFN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
We had a great week connecting with clients and colleagues at the 2026 AFN Annual General Assembly in Ottawa. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hi. Looking forward to seeing everyone again in December.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
This is our land, these are our resources and they cannot be extracted at the expense of our people...We cannot be expected to absorb the colonial violence that is upon us right now, and then be told that we’re the problem.
- Hereditary Chief Shana Thomas, Lyackson First Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
Think of the scales of justice. If one plate is laden with riches and the other empty, there can be no balance. Until there is a redistribution of the riches held by Canada and they are restored to Indigenous Nations, the scale will not balance.
- Michelle Good, Truth Telling: Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada (2023)
