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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 […]
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Landmark Decision by Courts in Wolastoqey Title Claim
WOLASTOQEY TERRITORY – The six Wolastoqey communities in New Brunswick have achieved an enormous victory in our Aboriginal title claim in a landmark decision from the New Brunswick Court of King’s Bench. The Province and certain Industrial Defendants brought motions earlier this year to strike the Wolastoqey’s claim, vehemently arguing that where private lands exist, […]
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The Mi’kmaq Epekwitnewaq Kapmntemuow and Parks Canada Sign Co-Management Agreement
From: Parks Canada October 1, 2024 Today, Chief Darlene Bernard, Lennox Island First Nation, Chief Junior Gould, Abegweit First Nation, co-chairs of the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced the signing […]
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Lands Advisory Board and First Nations Market Housing Fund Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Support Land Governance and Individual Home Ownership
HALIFAX NS, LAB/RC — Today, Chief Robert Louie, Chairman of the First Nation Lands Advisory Board (LAB) and Michael L. Rice, Chair of the First Nations Market Housing Fund (FNMHF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the intent to develop a framework for cooperation and collaboration with each other over mutual goals. The LAB […]
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Mi’gmaq communities file notice of action against New Brunswick to assert their land rights – APTN News
Jul 30, 2024 The group says it wants Crown lands on their territory transferred to Mi’gmaq nations. Eight Mi’gmaq communities in New Brunswick are suing the provincial government wanting Crown lands on their territory transferred to their nations. According to a press release from Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Incorporated, (MTI), a group that advocates and consults with all […]
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8 Mi’kmaw communities take N.B. to court over title claim – CBC
Jul 26, 2024 Chiefs say they aren’t seeking to displace owners of private property Eight Mi’kmaw communities in New Brunswick are going to court seeking a declaration of Aboriginal title over more than half of the province. Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc., which represents the communities, announced it filed a title claim Thursday in Miramichi court against […]
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Mi’kmaw protocols aim to steer development in archaeologically sensitive areas – CBC
Jul 05, 2024 The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs approved the protocols in April A Mi’kmaw organization in Nova Scotia has released new protocols it hopes will guide development in archaeologically sensitive areas and make conversations with federal and provincial regulators easier. The Mi’kmaw Archaeological Protocols, finalized after five years of consultation with Mi’kmaw communities around the province, […]
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Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations – National Post
Jun 14, 2024 A report published this week by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of $1.7 trillion worth of Indigenous homelands in Colorado by the state and the U.S. and the more than $546 million the state has reaped in mineral extraction from them. The report, shared first with The Associated […]
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Forestry firms, Wolastoqey Nation duke it out over New Brunswick land claim lawsuit – Saltwire
As big timber counsel calls out an ‘abuse of process,’ Indigenous nation lawyers argue seeking formal notice of pending litigation is only fair SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Legal jousting has begun in earnest in a massive title claim that the Wolastoqey Nation has filed for its traditional territory, more than half of New Brunswick. Lawyers […]
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Nunatsiavut Government applauds recognition of traditional land users for parks legislation
November 29, 2023 The Nunatsiavut Government welcomes the commitment by Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada to review provisions in Senate Bill S-14 to amend the Canada National Parks Act. These provisions would have granted permanent rights to the members of the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) within the Akami-Uapishkᵁ -KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains […]
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