First Nations Summit statement regarding the Mount Polley Mine Tailings Pond Breach
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – The First Nations Summit is deeply concerned about the breach of...
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First Nations Going to Court United Against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Project: Federal and provincial governments disregard Indigenous Title and Rights
We have governed our lands, in accordance to our Indigenous laws, since time immemorial. Our...
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First Nations Leadership Council responds to the Federal decision regarding Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Project
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) –On December 19, 2013 the Joint Review Process released its...
Read MorePremier, Aboriginal leaders partner to end violence against Aboriginal women and girls
VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark and Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad joined Aboriginal...
Read MoreBC First Nations Leadership Council fully supports Kwakiutl First Nations’ direct action against Island Timberland and their call for implementation of the 1851 Douglas Treaty
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – The BC First Nations Leadership Council (BC Assembly of...
Read MoreUN Special Rapporteur Releases Report on the situation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver) Today, Dr. James Anaya, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of...
Read MoreStatement of the First Nations Summit on the Resignation of National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – On Friday we were informed by National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo...
Read MoreFirst Nations Leadership Council shocked by BC’s move to bypass environmental review requirements
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – The BC First Nations Leadership Council (BC Assembly of...
Read MoreAn Open Letter from the First Nations Summit to Hon. Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver) — The First Nations Summit today released the attached open letter...
Read MoreFirst Nation Summit congratulates Tla'amin First Nation
Coast Salish Territory/ Vancouver, BC – The First Nations Summit congratulates the Tla’amin First Nation...
Read MoreFederal government gets it right; Prosperity Mine rejection a win for First Nations and a win for the Environment
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – First Nations leaders are pleased with yesterday’s decision by the federal...
Read MoreBC First Nations shocked and saddened by murder of Inuit Woman
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – BC First Nations leaders are shocked and saddened by the brutal...
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