Aug 10-16, 2020By Bruce McIvor This week's edition includes fishing rights, Treaty rights, sovereignty, systemic racism, UNDRIP, moose, mining and more. IN THE NEWS
Aboriginal title and the duty to consult were front and centre in Mi’kmaq territory Land defence continues at 1492 Land Back Lane in Haudenosaunee territory In Ontario, police violence, Treaty rights and environmental assessment were all hot topics A sovereign "Government House" is in the works in Treaty 8 territory On Vancouver Island, Nuu-chah-nulth fishing rights were in the spotlight Moose and mining topped Yukon headlines UNDRIP made a return to national news amid the COVID-19 pandemic OFF THE PRESS
In case you missed it, here's my latest take on reconciliation published in BarTalk magazine this month. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Our people that entered into treaty, into a relationship (with the Crown), there was a vision there and now we’re realizing it, because under its current system today, it’s been abuse, it’s been poverty, you name it, it’s to undermine the First Peoples of this land and that’s going to change.” - Grand Chief Arthur Noskey, Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta OFF THE BOOKSHELF
“In the history of humankind every act of destruction meets its response, sooner or later, in an act of creation.” - Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America (1971) | 
