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B.C. First Nation brings constitutional challenge to province’s Gold Rush-era mineral tenure law – The Lawyer’s Daily
A British Columbia First Nation has filed a constitutional challenge of the province’s system of staking mineral claims, saying the legislation leads to Indigenous people being dispossessed of their title and rights. Under the Mineral Tenure Act, there is an automatic registration system where a person known as a “free miner” can acquire a mineral […]
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First Peoples Law Report Oct 25-31, 2021 – First Peoples Law
Oct 25-31, 2021 West coast news included land defence and UNDRIP Arrest of Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief ‘So Insulting’ | The Tyee Highway 6 bypass in Caledonia blocked in solidarity with B.C. pipeline protest | CBC News Gitxaała launches legal challenge to BC’s mineral claim regime | Gitxaala Nation The Gitxaala Nation Is Suing the Province Over […]
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First Nation’s Legal Action Challenges B.C.’s Colonial Mining Law – Groups Urge Reform
Victoria/Smithers, B.C. – October 26, 2021. Local, regional and national groups support Gitxaala Nation’s legal action against the B.C. government. Earlier today, the Gitxaała First Nation filed a first-of-its kind legal challenge in the British Columbia Supreme Court against the province’s “free entry” mineral claim staking regime. The Nation is seeking to overturn multiple mineral […]
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First Peoples Law Report Oct 18-24, 2021 – First Peoples Law
Indigenous rights and land acknowledgments were back in east coast news Alton Gas cavern project in Nova Scotia scrapped by Calgary company | APTN News Mi’kmaq moose survey station set up in Cape Breton to get clearer picture of population and its habitat | SaltWire First Nations title acknowledgements could be used as evidence in N.B. […]
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First Peoples Law Report Oct 11-17, 2021 – First Peoples Law
Land defence, hunting and fishing were back in BC headlines Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs vow to stop Coastal Gaslink | APTN News McLeod Lake Indian Band calls for cow-calf moose hunt halt | Prince George Citizen Heiltsuk leader says community still waiting for environmental justice 5 years after ‘traumatizing’ oil spill | CBC News Protected areas were […]
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First Peoples Law Report Sept 27 – Oct 3, 2021 – First Peoples Law
It was National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc hold ceremony at former residential school site | APTN News Made of Sterner Stuff—The Problem with Allies | Bruce McIvor Thousands gather on Parliament Hill to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | APTN News Federal Court approves residential school day scholars settlement | CBC […]
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Indigenous Sovereign Wealth: Strengthening Indigenous Trust Knowledge – Crowe
In response to the growing number of Indigenous trusts in Canada and corresponding issues raised by Chief and Councils, community leaders, and trustees, the National Aboriginal Trust Officers Association (NATOA) engaged Crowe MacKay to lead their Indigenous Sovereign Wealth Project. This is a three-part project with this report completing ¬¬the first phase. Who is NATOA? […]
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Made of Sterner Stuff – The Problem with Allies – Bruce McIvor
September 29, 2021 Allies depress me more than opponents. Many who outright disagree with me about respecting Indigenous rights are open to persuasion. I don’t include the committed racists in this category. I’m talking about those whose opinions rest on a lack of information, context and empathy. If I listen to them honestly and without […]
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First Peoples Law Report Sept 20-26, 2021 – First Peoples Law
Treaty rights and injunctions returned to east coast news Mi’kmaw harvesters hold rally outside DFO headquarters in Dartmouth | APTN News Federal enforcement in N.S. fisheries dispute ‘political’: Mi’kmaw lawyer | Global News Stop violating Mi’kmaw treaty rights, rally tells DFO | Nova Scotia Advocate N.S. fishing industry granted intervenor status in Mi’kmaw treaty rights case | […]
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Organizations with easements across reserve land should look at B.C. appeal decision, lawyer says – The Lawyer’s Daily
September 23, 2021 The B.C. Court of Appeal has put a time limit on the possible redevelopment of a disused railway line running across the reserve of a Vancouver Island First Nation, with a lawyer involved in the case shows the extent to which courts are prepared to intervene and review certainty of title when […]
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