‘There’s a battle brewing’: FSIN aims to fight Natural Resource Transfer Agreement
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FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said that fair share of revenues will be used to invest in housing, on reserve tribal police and to address the alcohol, drugs and violence on reserves.
A statement of claim has been created by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations claiming that the Saskatchewan and federal governments did not properly consult chiefs regarding the 1930 Natural Resources Transfer Agreement.
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron made the announcement with other chiefs on Tuesday outside the FSIN offices in Saskatoon, and said this was part of their fight to get First Nations what they consider their fair share.
None of these claims have been tested in court.
The Natural Resource Transfer Agreement was a way for the federal government to hand over jurisdiction of Crown land and natural resources to Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Cameron said the statement of claim has been in the works for a long time.
“For several years, several decades, since treaties were signed they have been impacted, they have been infringed on, they have been breached,” Cameron said.
He said their treaties are international law and trump federal and provincial laws.
“This is our biggest treaty battle in the history of our treaty territories, right here and now.”
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