IRC calls out violence against Mi’kmaq fishers in Nova Scotia
“Inuvialuit remember a time when our rights to harvest were under threat from outsiders,” says Duane Ningaqsiq Smith. The chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit…
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Gwich’in Tribal Council supports Mi’kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia
Newly-elected Gwich’in Grand Chief Ken Smith has thrown his support behind Mi’kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia exercising their “inherent and constitutionally protected” treaty rights. In…
GNWT agreement gives fishers ‘ownership in their industry’
An agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and a fishing cooperative ensures the future Hay River fish plant will be “largely controlled by…