Current Problems: Treaties and Land Claims

Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Laws and Goverance"

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September 23, 2024


Land of promise

This former chief negotiated a land claims deal for his people. Then he profited off it for 30 years CBC Indigenous: In early April, 10 people from the Piapot First Nation showed up at the Arm River Hutterite colony just north of Regina, demanding a meeting with the colony’s farm manager, Paul Hofer.  Hofer says...

August 29, 2024


House arrest over, B.C. chief vows to fight on for Indigenous rights

Chief Dsta’hyl of Witsuwit’en First Nation in northern B.C. was Canada’s first Amnesty International prisoner of conscience First Peoples Law Report: The Chilliwack Progress – As Chief Dsta’hyl completed his 60-day conditional sentence for criminal contempt Aug. 26, he vowed to fight on for the rights he believes were violated with his arrest in November...