First Nations Summit Disappointed with BC Ferries Position on Renaming of Vessels
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, BC – The First Nations Summit today released the attached letter to...
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Leadership Council Press Release: Royal Assent of Bill C-34 will result in improved opportunities for First Nations learners in BC
Coast Salish Traditional Territory/Vancouver, BC – The First Nations Leadership Council is viewing yesterday’s passage...
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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...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit Welcomes new Training Tax Credit Program
(Vancouver, BC) The First Nations Summit is pleased with today’s announcement of a new provincial...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit Calls on Governments to Immediately Implement Recommendations Contained in the Federal and Provincial Auditors General Reports on the BC Treaty Negotiation Process
Coast Salish Territory (North Vancouver, BC) – Leaders of the First Nations Summit, who are...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit Applauds Turpel-Lafond Nomination for Appointment as BC Representative for Children and Youth
(Vancouver, BC) The First Nations Summit strongly supports the nomination of Judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit Mourns Loss of Prominent First Nations Leader – Dr. Frank Calder
Coast Salish Territory/West Vancouver – The First Nations Summit is deeply saddened by the passing...
Read MoreFirst Nations Leadership Council Calls On the Harper Government to Support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver BC – Following more than two decades of discussion and development, the...
Read MoreFirst 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 MoreWelcome Statement on the Occasion of the Visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Inaugural Conversation of the Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education
Good morning. I am Dene zah Akile Ch’oh,Edward John. I come with good feelings in...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit Welcomes New Cabinet Appointments
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – Today, the Government of British Columbia announced a shuffle in Cabinet...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit recognizes International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – Today is the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous...
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