Alaska tribal nations demand a say on Canadian resource projects

Group set to file a B.C. Supreme Court petition, arguing their historic ties to the region entitle them to consultation ...
Juneau Empire

Alaska Native tribes allege human rights violation over Canadian mine pollution

Fifteen Southeast Alaska sovereign tribal nations petitioned an international commission for human rights to take action against Canada regarding violations by six mines in British Columbia, Canada.
Alaska Public Media

Alaska tribes join with Lower 48 allies to seek protections from impacts of Canadian mines

The Stikine River Flats area in the Tongass National Forest is viewed from a helicopter on July 19, 2021. The Stikine River flows from British Columbia to Southeast Alaska. It is one of the major ...
Daily Inter Lake

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes join in call for Canadian action against selenium

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, alongside 10 other tribal nations, has sent a letter to the Canadian government asking it to address mining in British Columbia because of the harm they ...
syracuse.com

Canadian wildfires hit Indigenous communities hard, threatening their land and culture

EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her ...
Yahoo News Canada

GUNTER: Cowichan Tribes land ruling shows activist judges rewriting Canadian law, threatening private property rights

A recent B.C. Supreme Court decision granting land title in Richmond to the Cowichan Tribes has reignited debate over judicial activism in Canada — and raised serious concerns about the future of ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

New legislation could expand First Nations status — here's what you need to know

Senators have passed sweeping amendments to a bill that would simplify the transfer of First Nations status between ...