As March roars out as a lion, the Heiltsuk Nation follow suit and let out their “roar” at the Department of fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to stop the Commercial Herring Fishery in their territory.
Everything was set for the transition of Chief Commissioner from Sophie Pierre to George Abbott on April 1st. As per the agreement between the parties, all three parties agreed that George Abbot was to be the new Chief Commissioner.
The long awaited Round Table on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women happened yesterday. Dialogue was to have begun and some concrete action was to be arrived at. There was hope and anticipation that maybe this time, solutions could be formulated.
A lot is being said these days about revenue sharing as the province uses revenue sharing to “provide financial benefits and to secure First Nations support in Natural Gas projects[1].”
On Tuesday, the 6th day of January, 2015, the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation issued a press release entitled “BC Clean Energy funding tops $5.8 mill
As on the provincial front, federal issues continued to plague First Nation/governmental relations in 2014. 2015 promises to be no better unless Harper and his Conservative government are voted out or there is a drastic change in how the Federal government works with Firs
2014 was quite the year for First Nations in Indian Country across Turtle Island. Many headlines were attributed to clashes between First Nations and the provincial and federal governments.
Burnaby Mountain, the site of great controversy, and the battlefield for the proposed location for boring a hole through the mountain for Kinder Morgan’s Transmountain pipeline.
We hear from the BC government that many benefits will flow to the First Nations during the construction and operation of the Site C Dam. They use these benefits as a way of rationalizing destroying large tracts of First Nations territories, their rights and important sites.
The long awaited September 11th meeting between the Chiefs of BC and BC Government happened without much of a breakthrough or much a splash in the media for that matter. Considering the fact that the entire province and its resources are in question this is quite astonish
This Opinion Piece ran in the Vancouver Sun today September 11, 2014, the paper version, Section B page B7 but was not available electronically so I am reproducing it here.
On Thursday, September 11, 2014, all eyes will be on Vancouver and the meeting of the Chiefs of BC and the Cabinet of the BC Government while they try and determine matters and methods to deal with aboriginal title following the Tsilhqot’in case at the Supreme Court of Can
Jody Wilson-Raybould was acclaimed as the Federal Liberal Candidate in the Granville Riding on July 31, 2014. Jody currently serves as the Regional Chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN).
As First Nations people we knew that the real reason behind the Canadian Taxpayers Association lobby to have First Nations audits made public was to use them against First Nations.
