by fngovernance | Dec 16, 2022 | News and Articles
Crown lands have always belonged to the citizens of indigenous nations. Twenty-five years ago this week, there was a profound change in the law regarding land and governance. On December 11, 1997, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered judgment in Delgamuukw / Gisday’wa...
by fngovernance | Nov 22, 2022 | News and Articles
Graphic Harvesting by Patuo’kn FIRST NATIONS YOUTH AND ELDERS GATHER FOR FIRST INHERENT RIGHTS YOUTH INITIATIVE STORYTELLING SESSION Article by Ben Sylvestre A thin trail of smoke streamed into the frame of Elder Jerry Fontaine’s video feed. An unseen bundle of...
by fngovernance | Aug 23, 2022 | Workshops
Inherent Rights Youth Initiative It is time to put a new memory in the minds of our children. Time to tell them a story of hope. Time to tell the story that our long struggle for the right to be self-governing is over, and we have won. And it is time to put it into...
by fngovernance | Jun 22, 2022 | Publications
Explore th unbroken history of First Nations right to self-governance, a right rooted in our occupation and our own jurisdiction over the land before contact. In recent years aboriginal and treaty rights and title have been addressed by Canadian courts and, for many...
