Indigenous

Former attorneys general voice support for modern treaties amid Indigenous title concerns

Indigenous Emily Joveski -
Eleven former B.C. attorneys general are backing modern treaties, saying they support reconciliation while protecting private property rights.

Elections BC says petition seeking repeal of DRIPA can go ahead

Indigenous Emily Joveski -
Elections BC has approved in principle a petition seeking to repeal B.C.'s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Yaqan Nukiy granted intervenor status in Sinixt case

Indigenous Greg Nesteroff -
The Yaqan Nukiy will be allowed to provide submissions in a pair of lawsuits the Sinixt Confederacy has brought against the provincial government.

Yaqan Nukiy seek intervenor status in Sinixt lawsuits

Indigenous Greg Nesteroff -
The Yaqan Nukiy are seeking intervenor status in the Sinixt Confederacy's twin lawsuits against the provincial government.

AFN leaders renew call for residential school denialism to be criminalized as hate speech

Indigenous Emily Joveski -
First Nations leaders are calling on Ottawa to make residential school denialism a criminal form of hate speech.

B.C. court rejects company’s bid to reopen Cowichan title case

Indigenous Emily Joveski -
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a bid by a Richmond property owner to reopen the landmark case that granted Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title to part of the city.

Supreme Court of Canada to hear B.C. appeal that aims to limit DRIPA’s legal reach

Indigenous Emily Joveski -
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear British Columbia’s appeal of a landmark ruling that found parts of the province’s mineral tenure system conflict with its Indigenous rights law, setting up a major legal test of how UNDRIP applies in B.C. courts.

K’ómoks, Kitselas First Nations defend treaty bills amid calls for pause

Indigenous Emily Joveski -
Two First Nations say their treaty bills are being mischaracterized as opposition grows from neighbouring nations over unresolved land claims and calls to pause the ratification process.
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