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First Nations
First Nations in Canada.
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First Nations and first ministers meet in Ottawa as chiefs press for a sovereign wealth fund and a share of major projects
[PREMIUM] Canada’s prime minister and premiers meet First Nations leaders Monday in the first gathering of its kind since Kelowna in 2005. Chiefs arrive with a $376-billion gap estimate and a plan…
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‘A slogan, not a plan’: First Nations leaders say DRIPA is on B.C.’s ballot
Tŝilhqot’in Tribal Chief Otis Guichon Sr. warns repeal won’t erase Indigenous rights, while longtime NDP supporters like Hugh Braker say they’re torn as B.C. votes.
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Analysis: Canada tells the Haldimand court it didn’t inherit the Crown’s debts to Six Nations. In the 1920s, it paid toward one anyway
Three weeks into the Six Nations of the Grand River trial, Canada and Ontario say today’s governments aren’t answerable for what the Crown did with the Haldimand Tract. Canada’s own court filings…
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Trudeau may gift 24 Sussex to Assembly of First Nations, as a symbolic act of reconciliation
Justin Trudeau is considering a plan that would gift 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, the official residence of the Canadian Prime Minister, to the Assembly of First Nations, with the intention that…
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Assembly of First Nations’ Chief Archibald wants federal budget to include economic reconciliation measures
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says the 2022 federal budget tabled today in Ottawa falls short in addressing the urgent and long-term needs identified by…
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As an act of reconciliation, Ford is open to removing obsolete dams at Six Nations’ request
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is open to removing two defunct hydro dams installed along the Grand River, at the request of environmental activists at Six Nations, sources familiar with his thinking tell…
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Six Nations billionaire invites MacKay, O’Toole to Grand River to discuss CPC’s relationship with indigenous people
Ken Hill, the billionaire entrepreneur and tobacco mogul from the Six Nations Reserve in Southern Ontario, has extended an open invitation to Conservative Party Leadership candidates Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole to…
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Hydro One injunction sparks political unrest at Six Nations, as corruption allegations emerge against Reserve official
Sovereign immunity is a tenant of international law that says that the rulers of one State cannot be pursued by the Courts of another State for criminal or civil prosecution. It stems…
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Akwesasne pushes the boundaries on Indigenous self-governance
Kyrie Ransom and Bonnie Cole spoke to Queen’s Law this week about the Mohawks of Akwesasne’s plan to create their own laws and how they are shaping a court system unique to their community’s Haudenosaunee…
