LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Co-operative Bank donates funds to Beaver Lake Cree legal action
As part of the The Co-operative Bank’s “Toxic Fuel” campaign, which supports the Beaver Lake…
Podcast from CFUV about proposed mining practices and impact on Teztan Biny (Fish Lake)
Amy Crook of the Centre of Science in Public Participation is interviewed by Janelle Bandcroft…
Cree lawsuit would drain energy royalties – Edmonton Journal
“Native band says 15,000 oilsands developments planned on ancestral land” Read the full article by Elise…
Beaver Lake Cree Nation will continue to defend its treaty rights to stop the tar sands
The Beaver Lake Cree Nation issued a press release in response to Alberta and Canada’s…
Scraping Bottom – National Geographic
By Robert Kunzig – Once considered too expensive, as well as too damaging to the…
West Moberly First Nation
RAVEN is supporting West Moberly First Nation (Peace region, British Columbia), who are intervening in the Attorney General of Ontario, et al. v. Mike Restoule case pushing for augmentation of treaty annuities.
Reckoning with grief, and responsibility
Lots of people want to have a bigger conversation about the horrors being unearthed at residential school sites. It’s also clear that – though we have a mandate from Indigenous Nations to fundraise on their behalf – we have to put down our tools and allow space for mourning.
A coalition of intervenors supports mineral reform
This intervention is assisting the relevance of reconciliation through the DRIPA legislation here in BC, because of this it is also helping our Gitxaala and Heiltsuk campaigns. It may also have impacts on Attawapiskat, Neskantaga, and Grassy Narrows due to its relevance in the ON courts.
T’SKWAY’LAXW intervene on Gitxaala mining justice challenge
The Ts’kw’aylaxw First Nation (TFN) has deep experience in dealing with the adverse impacts of mining activities on its lands. The promise by the Province that it will properly consult the TFN on governmental decisions has been breached numerous times. The TFN is in litigation against the Province for failing to properly regulate mining activities on our lands.
Heiltsuk Intervention: Saugeen Ojibway challenge
Thanks to this appeal, and to intervenors in the Saugeen Ojibway Nation challenge, Canada has reversed its position and now agrees that aboriginal title to lands beneath navigable waters is cognizable at law.
Haida Intervention: Aboriginal Title to ‘submerged lands’
Haida intervened in the case of Saugeen Ojibway Nation as the issue of submerged lands is key to their upcoming Title challenge. The Title case, currently in case management until 2026, relies on ‘no bad precedents’ being set regarding submerged lands.
Nuxalk intervene to uphold Indigenous law, challenge Mineral Tenure Act
The Nuxalk Nation is a coastal First Nation and its Traditional Territory also includes the Great Bear Rain Forest. It has a well documented system of Nuxalk Indigenous Laws that defines the jurisdiction to control the use and access to its Traditional Territory. These factors will allow Nuxalk Nation to bring a unique perspective to this JR.
