Overdue environmental assessment reform a much-needed path to reconciliation
Coast Salish Traditional Territory/Vancouver: First Nations leaders heard today’s announcement by the Hon. George Heyman,...
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First Nations Summit fully welcomes federal budget commitment to forgive treaty loans
Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia – The First Nations Summit leadership fully welcomes Canada’s...
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First Nations Summit applauds announcement of new Indigenous Framework by Trudeau Government
The First Nations Summit welcomes and applauds today’s announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to...
Read MoreNDP Approval of Site-C Dam project a major step backwards in Provincial Government relations with BC First Nations
First Nations Summit leaders are denouncing today’s announcement by Premier John Horgan to approve continuation...
Read MoreFNLC Supports Fed Announcement endorsing Bill C262
On November 20, 2017, the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit disappointed with Supreme Court judgment
Leaders of the First Nations Summit (FNS) are expressing disappointment in yesterday’s Supreme Court of...
Read MoreAn Open Letter from the First Nations Leadership Council to Premier Christy Clark regarding BC correspondence to the AME-BC regarding access payments to operate on First Nations lands.
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver) — The First Nations Leadership Council today released the attached open...
Read MoreJune 21 National Aboriginal Day: Repatriation of Indigenous cultural treasures
Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia – For far too long, governments and Canadians have...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit congratulates Akisq’nuk First Nation on Specific Claims Tribunal Victory
Coast Salish Traditional Territory (Vancouver) The First Nations Summit congratulates and commends the Akisq’nuk First...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit Statement re: Supreme Court of Canada decision confirming First Nations rights to sue Rio Tinto Alcan
Coast Salish Traditional Territory (Vancouver) – First Nations Summit Chiefs and leaders congratulate the Stellat’en...
Read MoreFirst Nations Leadership Council congratulates Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum, and Hul’ qumi’num Nations, in particular Cowichan Tribes, Penelakut, Lyackson and Halalt Nations in reaching an agreement regarding the purchase of Grace Islet
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – On January 15th, 2015 a partnership between local First...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit renews call for National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women following report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – Leaders of the First Nations Summit (FNS) are applauding the Inter-American...
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