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Nanoose First Nation says it wants rail land back ‘as soon as possible’ – Times Colonist
March 3, 2023 Nanoose First Nation says it will head back to court if the federal government decides not to support reviving Island rail service The Nanoose First Nation says it will head back to court if the federal government decides not to support reviving Island rail service on the E&N tracks by a March […]
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Land back is complicated. Here’s what we can learn from a B.C. island returned to the Saanich people – CBC
Mar 02, 2023 First Nations aren’t able to simply accept land as a gift, says lawyer When Tara Martin was a little girl, she and her mother would launch a tin rowboat from Salt Spring Island, where they lived, and row between the many islands that dot the Salish Sea to go fishing. She remembers looking at […]
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Some traditional lands to return to Wolastoqey Nation, agreement signed – CBC
Feb 28, 2023 AV Group signs memorandum of understanding despite being named in land title claim by Wolastoqey chiefs A New Brunswick forestry company is agreeing to transfer a parcel of land to Wolastoqey communities in the province and allow their members input into their forest management practices. The agreement is part of a memorandum […]
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Two neighboring B.C. First Nations involved in dispute over land – APTN News
The Tahltan Nation in northern B.C. is concerned about a recently announced protected area declared by its neighbour – the Taku River Tlingit. The Tlingit declared the Taku River, which spans about 1.8 million hectares, an Indigenous protected area to preserve their way of life. But the Tahltan took issue with some of the land […]
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Anishinabek Nation leadership calls for land back at Economic Development, Lands and Resources Forum – Anishinabek News
February 22, 2023 NORTH BAY — Ogimaa Scott McLeod of Nipissing First Nation had a caveat for those sharing ideas and strategy on economic sovereignty from 39 Anishinabek Nation member First Nations represented at the Anishinabek Nation Economic Development, Lands and Resources Forum from February 14-16 in North Bay. For the hybrid three-day event where […]
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Mi’kmaq First Nations expand Aboriginal title claim to include almost all of N.B. – CBC
Feb 15, 2023 Claim expands on 2016 Elsipogtog claim that covered a third of province Mi’kmaw communities in New Brunswick are once again asserting Aboriginal title to land in the province — and it’s a lot more land than in the previous claim. In fact, according to a map released on Wednesday, the most recent […]
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People in Mayo, Yukon, reflect on land claims milestone – CBC
Feb 16, 2023 ‘First Nations people were on one side of the fence, Caucasians were on the other side,’ chief says Members of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun — one of the first four First Nations in the Yukon to sign a land claim agreement decades ago — are reflecting on what self-governance means as the territory celebrates the 50th anniversary Together […]
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The unceded Yukon – CBC
Feb. 15, 2023 As Yukon marks 50 years since the start of land claim negotiations, one First Nation in the territory is not celebrating. The Kaska Dena in Ross River say settling a land claim in their traditional territory would go against their fundamental beliefs and values. Elder Norman Sterriah gazes out a window of […]
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Tahltan Central Government Strongly Asserts Tahltan Territory Borders, Opposes Neighbouring Nations Claims
DEASE LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, February 14, 2023 – The Tahltan Central Government (TCG) is actively managing recent and ongoing actions by neighbouring Nations that relate to lands within the boundaries of Tahltan Territory, including recent nouncements by the Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN) and the Treaty 8 Nations. Most recently, on January 20, 2023, […]
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Yukon First Nations celebrate land claim milestone with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – CBC
Feb 13, 2023 ‘We are the children of tomorrow,’ one chief says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined celebrations of a milestone in the history of Indigenous land claims at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse on Sunday. It was the 50th anniversary of Together Today for our Children Tomorrow, a document presented in 1973 […]
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