S Lands
Mainstream Aboriginal Related NewsText
Feds commit $1.5B to fulfill Nunavut Land Claim in historic deal – Eye on the Arctic
March 10, 2025 The new Nunavut Agreement Implementation Contract includes $600M for Inuit employment training The federal government has committed to spend $1.5 billion over 10 years to carry out promises it made in the Nunavut land claim agreement. Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok, federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. president Jeremy Tunraluk […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read MoreLandsText
Government of Canada transfers Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary to Canada Lands Company
From: Public Services and Procurement Canada Everyone deserves a place to call home. However, for many across the country, home ownership and renting are out of reach due to the housing crisis Canada is facing. We need to build more homes, faster, to get Canadians into homes that meet their needs, at prices they can […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read MoreMainstream Aboriginal Related NewsText
First Nations want Cowichan rail lands returned – Chemainus Valley Courier
March 4, 2025 Future of rail corridor faces many challenges, study concludes A number of local First Nations are indicating that they want their lands that are currently part of the E&N rail line returned to their reserves. The Stantec consulting group presented a comprehensive report on the section of the 220-kilometre rail line that […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read MorePublic AnnouncementsText
Consultation on returned Highway 30 & Old Chateauguay Road lands ends March 14
(Kahnawake – 28, Enníska/February, 2025) The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke would like to inform the community that the consultation for the returned Highway 30 and Old Chateauguay Road lands will close on Friday, March 14, 2025. Community members are encouraged to share their thoughts and participate in this important process before the closing date. Independent […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read MoreMainstream Aboriginal Related NewsText
Magnetewan First Nation to host 10th Annual Indigenous Lands and Resource Management Conference – Anishinabek News
February 26, 2025 MAGNETAWAN FIRST NATION — Magnetawan First Nation is looking forward to hosting the 10th Annual Indigenous Lands and Resource Management (ILREM) Conference on March 4-6 at the Magnetawan First Nation Community Hall. “We are bringing back the conference to our community,” says Nadine Perron, environmental management biologist at Magnetawan. “It’s been hosted […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read MoreMainstream Aboriginal Related NewsText
Spirit of the Land consideration essential – Anishinabek News
February 25, 2025 NORTH BAY—Opening the Anishinabek Nation’s 2025 Lands and Resources Forum on February 11 in North Bay, Ont., Ookomis Donna Debassige from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory recited the Chi-Naaknigewin preamble, Ngo Dwe Waangizid Anishnaabe (One Anishinaabe Family). Nipissing First Nation Gookmis Evelyn McLeod gave Anishinaabemowin words of wisdom, as did Mishoomis Richard Assinewai of […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read MoreMainstream Aboriginal Related NewsText
How One First Nation Is Taking Back Control of Their ‘Devastated’ Lands – The Tyee
BC turned a blind eye to the mounting harms of development. The Saik’uz are acting before it’s too late. Kasandra Turbide finds her footing on the dry, rocky exterior of Sinkut Mountain, one of the highest peaks in Saik’uz First Nation territory, an hour’s drive west of Prince George. The forest below looks mottled, as […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read MoreMainstream Aboriginal Related NewsText
Indigenous land guardians help guide military training exercises in Carcross, Yukon – CBC
Feb 25, 2025 Premier hopes for more partnerships between territory and Canadian Armed Forces For the first time, Carcross/Tagish First Nation elders and land guardians helped plan and execute annual Canadian Armed Forces exercises in the Yukon. Land guardians ensured activities on the land this month wouldn’t affect traplines or spiritual sites, and advised which areas might […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read MoreLandsText
Canada commits to sharing Vancouver (YVR) airport ground lease revenue with Musqueam to boost community development and economic growth
From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada February 24, 2025 Today, Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow, alongside the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, and the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade (signing in counterpart), signed an agreement committing […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read MoreLandsText
PEI Mi’kmaq Reach Historic Milestone with Proposed Settlement of Hog Island Specific Claim
Feb. 24, 2025 The Abegweit and Lennox Island First Nation Councils have accepted an offer from Canada to settle the Hog Island Specific Claim, which was first filed in 1996. The term “specific claims”, refers to claims made by a First Nation against the federal government which relate to the administration of land and other […]
by ahnationtalk on
Read More
