Current Problems: Treaties and Land Claims

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March 12, 2024


For traditional Mi’kmaw adult eel fishers, it’s not about the money

Enduring significance of eels in Mi’kmaw spirituality is maintained through generations How eel fishing is changing for the Mi’kmaq trying to preserve it 1 day ago, Duration 3:39 The modern Mi’kmaw winter harvest of adult eels is a profound act of cultural preservation. The CBC’s Sis’moqon ventured onto the ice to learn more about how a...

December 9, 2023


Mi’kmaq lobster harvesters facing vandalism and intimidation 

The Globe and Mail: Lobster season had only just begun in southwestern Nova Scotia when Arnold Hammond of Acadia First Nation steamed down the coast toward Lockeport to check his lobster pots on Wednesday morning. He was shocked to find his 100 lobster traps, marked with tags indicating he is licensed by a government-authorized Indigenous fishery, had...

November 27, 2023


Nova Scotia lobster fishing season opens amid tensions between Indigenous leaders and Ottawa

The Globe and Mail: As thousands of fishermen took to the sea in southwestern Nova Scotia for the beginning of the most lucrative lobster fishing season in the region, Mi’kmaq leaders are decrying the federal government’s decision to maintain limits on their access to the fishery in what they say is a violation of their...

September 11, 2023


Two arrested during protest at wharf where Mi’kmaw fishery underway

A peaceful moment on the Saulnierville Wharf. On the weekend, two people were arrested after a protest against the Mi’kmaw fishery. Photo: Angel Moore/APTN.  APTN News: The RCMP says two people were arrested and later released for alleged assaults on Saturday after police responded to what they described as “an assembly” at a fishing wharf...

August 31, 2023


Nova Scotia fishers, Indigenous stakeholders call for more dialogue amid violence

WATCH: Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating after four people allegedly stole a crate full of lobster on a wharf in St. Mary’s Bay which led to a property owner being assaulted. As Zack Power reports, the tensions come as Indigenous and commercial fishery stakeholders are calling for peace and dialogue. Click on the following link...

May 19, 2023


‘It needs to be a day of reckoning:’ Parliamentary committee studying land back

‘I think this study will really explore the connection of Indigenous people to land in a way that people don’t naturally equate to property.’  A school bus rests on the road at 1492 Land Back Lane Blockade in Caledonia, Ont. Photo: APTN file  APTN News: The standing committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs is undertaking...

April 12, 2023


Trudeau says premiers’ claims about natural resources power grab have ‘no grounding in truth’

Premiers criticized justice minister for saying Ottawa will look at resource agreement CBC News: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing the premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba of misinterpreting remarks by a federal minister on whether Ottawa might review agreements that give those provinces control of natural resources. “Let me be very clear. The minister of...

April 11, 2023


Western premiers blast Lametti for suggesting Ottawa might ‘look at’ provinces’ power over natural resources

Lametti told an AFN meeting he would examine calls to rescind Natural Resources Transfer Act CBC News: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and three western premiers are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to disassociate his government from comments made by his justice minister — who promised last week to “look at” a decades-old law that...

April 8, 2023


Canada is sitting on a critical minerals motherlode. But is it ready for the new gold rush?

Proponents say Canada must do more to turn aspiration into action CBC News: Drive two hours north of Ottawa, put on a hard hat and bright orange vest, descend into a pit — and you find yourself on the frontline in the fight to be part of the new, green economy. A mining project might not...

December 19, 2022


Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress

Toronto Star: HALIFAX – Federal conservation officers have seized more than 7,000 lobster traps in the two years since violence flared in Nova Scotia when a First Nation tried to assert a treaty right by fishing out of season. Earlier this month, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans confirmed it had confiscated almost 2,000 traps...

June 9, 2021


Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area – Pleasantville

The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs – are demanding that all work by Atlantic Gold be stopped in Pleasantfield, Nova Scotia and that no further exploratory or drilling permits be approved by Nova Scotia Lands & Forestry or the Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines for this area. The Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office has...

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