First Nations Leadership Council welcomes Independent Body on Specific Claims
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – The First Nations Leadership Council is cautiously optimistic regarding...
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First Nations welcome the Supreme Court of Canada’s favourable ruling on the Aboriginal Right to harvest wood
Coast Salish Territory/West Vancouver, BC – The First Nations Summit welcomes the Supreme Court of...
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First Nations Leadership Council Appalled with Prime Minister’s Comments on the Aboriginal Economic Fishery
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, BC – The First Nations Leadership Council unanimously rejected and denounced Prime...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit Pleased BC COURT OF APPEAL Decision finds Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy is NOT “Race Based ”
Coast Salish Territory (West Vancouver) — The First Nations Summit is pleased with today’s 5-0...
Read MoreFirst Nations Leadership Council says Bernard Supreme Court decision will have little impact in B.C.
Vancouver – The First Nations Leadership Council comprised of the leadership of the three major...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit applauds landmark Supreme Court of Canada Decisions re: Haida Nation and Taku River Tlingit First Nation
(Vancouver, BC) The First Nations Summit considers the rulings of the Supreme Court of Canada...
Read MoreMowachaht / Muchalaht First Nations seek collaborative agreement with DFO on methods to reunite Tsu-xiit with his family
Mowachaht / Muchalaht Chiefs along with representatives from the Assembly of First Nations, First Nations...
Read MoreFirst Nation Fisheries Panel Calls for Overhaul of Pacific Fishery
(North Vancouver, BC) – A panel of Aboriginal fisheries experts appointed by the First Nations...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit looks for government to follow through on Throne Speech in upcoming budget
Vancouver, BC – Leaders of the First Nations Summit will await next week’s provincial budget...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit applauds creation of First Nations Governance Institute
VANCOUVER – The First Nations Summit (FNS) expressed support today for the federal government’s announcement...
Read MoreThe First Nations Summit is deeply concerned with the possible impacts stemming from the June 17, 2003 Provincial Court decision in the fisheries case R v Anderson et al.
The First Nations Summit is deeply concerned with the possible impacts stemming from the June...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit, Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations declare weekend aboriginal fishery legal, but Fishery Survival Coalition "protest" amounts to poaching
VANCOUVER – Members of the Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations are prepared to take part...
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