Скачать или смотреть AWA Talk Night - Inspiring Indigenous Land-Use Initiatives

Our first fall talk this year (September 29) was led by Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s Crystal Lameman, lawyer Karey Brooks (JFK Law), and AWA volunteer Carolyn Campbell, who presented on inspiring Indigenous-led efforts to protect traditional ways of life. Learn about Alberta-based efforts, including Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s ongoing ‘Defend the Treaties’ lawsuit and Fort McKay First Nation’s Moose Lake Access management plan.

Carolyn starts by summarizing two innovative land-use agreements on Treaty 8 lands in northeast Alberta and northeast BC, arising from recent successful land-use lawsuits by Treaty 8 First Nations. The remainder of the talk is dedicated to Crystal and Karey's discussion of Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s momentous Treaty rights lawsuit, based on the impacts of Alberta and Canada land-use approvals in northeast Alberta upon their members’ rights to hunt, fish, and practice their culture as guaranteed under Treaty 6.