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 Leadership Council, Canada and British Columbia sign historic Tripartite First Nations Health Plan

VANCOUVER – The Honourable Tony Clement, federal Minister of Health, Premier Gordon Campbell of British...

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First Nations Summit welcomes the appointment of a new Environment Minister with its own message on the Environment

COAST SALISH TERRITORY/VANCOUVER, B.C. – The First Nations Summit welcomes Honourable John Baird as the...

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First Nations Seek Government-to-Government Input into BC Energy Plan

Coast Salish Territory/West Vancouver, BC – The First Nations Summit is concerned that the British...

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First Nations Summit calls for an apology for Residential School Survivors: Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper

Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, BC – The First Nations Summit is pleased with the rulings by...

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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...

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First Nations Summit Welcomes new Training Tax Credit Program

(Vancouver, BC) The First Nations Summit is pleased with today’s announcement of a new provincial...

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First 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...

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First 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...

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First 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...

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