Dease River First Nation bans hunting

[Blasterd]

here is another First Nation closing down hunting north of Dease Lake to the Yukon border.

https://kaskadenacouncil.com/downloa...=5b906fb62b2da

[rageous]

I wonder if more closures will follow?

[boxhitch]

We have yet to see how the BC Gov't responds to these requests
One way or the other things are heating up

In the Yukon too, with Denas asking for closures

In the past two years, it's also warned that members fed up with over-hunting might set up road blockades to prevent outside hunters from accessing popular hunting areas.

cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-hunting-ross-river-dena-council-

[HarryToolips]

Absolutely despicable since we know they will not refrain from hunting...we need a strong voice and we need it now..

[the_longwalker]

UPDATE: Notice to hunters: First Nations announced closures

• Members of local First Nations have issued a news release suggesting they are closing portions of the Cariboo, Omineca and Skeena to all LEH hunting. The following LEH Areas within the boundary include:

o 5-3, 5-4A, 5-4B, 5-4C, 5-5, 5-6, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12A, 5-12B, 5-13A, 5-13B, 5-13C, 5-14, 5-15B, 5-15C, 5-15D, 6-1, 7-4, 7-10, 7-11, and 7-12B, and

o Portions of 5-2, 6-2A, 6-2B, 6-4, 7-3, 7-5, 7-6, and 7-8.

• The Province considers the licences of guides, resident hunters and non-resident hunters to be valid.
• At this time we do not know what First Nations are planning with respect to enforcement of their announcement.
• We ask everyone to remain respectful of one another on the ground while we look at options to resolve the situation.
• Hunters seeking direction on what to do if they encounter a protest, or who wish to report any confrontation, should contact their local RCMP detachment.

September 7, 2018, 2 pm

[Sirloin]

It's about POWER.


"We have to find a way to assert what you've already set out to do as a people."


"Exert your own laws, exert your own sovereignty and nationhood,"


"I've always said, if you don't want federal law, or territorial law, or provincial law to apply, you occupy the field and create your own laws — based on your own jurisdiction, sovereignty and nationhood."






https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-hunting-ross-river-dena-council-1.4721409

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north...suit-1.4743083

The Kaska Dena Council's lawsuit says it should be consulted before any hunting permits are issued in a large part of Yukon. The lawsuit, however, is not supported but all five of its member nations. (Philippe Morin/CBC)A group that represents Kaska First Nations in B.C. is suing the Yukon government, in a case that could have profound implications on hunting rights.
The Kaska Dena Council (KDC) says it should be consulted before the Yukon government issues any hunting permits on what KDC calls Kaska traditional territory.
The case could mean that First Nations in B.C. have a say when it comes to hunting that happens across the provincial/territorial border.

• Yukon First Nation causes stir with plan to issue their own hunting permits

• Kaska Dena Council asking federal gov't for $1.5B land claim payout

The Kaska Dena Council defines traditional Kaska territory as about 23 per cent of Yukon.
It also says its members' traditional territory accounts for 10 per cent of B.C and an unspecified percentage of land in the Northwest Territories — about 240,000 square kilometres in all.


A summary trial began Wednesday in Yukon Supreme Court. (Claudiane Samson/Radio-Canada)
A summary trial began Wednesday in Yukon Supreme Court. It is being heard by Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale, who previously heard Yukon's famous Peel watershed land use case.
On Wednesday, Veale looked at stacked binders of documents and court precedents and told attorneys he expected a long week, as they debate a complex trans-boundary case.
"I tell you, the end is a long way away," Veale said.
In opening statements, Kaska Dena Council attorney Claire Anderson compared hunting to mining, and argued the latter wouldn't be approved without prior consultation.
She said hunting also "can affect Kaska title."

I tell you, the end is a long way away.
- Justice Ron Veale

A statement of claim from the Kaska Dena Council says the Yukon government's "failure to consult with, and accommodate KDC" prior to issuing hunting licences "is inconsistent with the honour of the Crown and constitutes a breach of the Yukon government's duty to consult."
The case is being heard amid some rising tension about hunting rights in Yukon.
This year the Ross River Dena Council — a Kaska First Nation in Yukon considered an "affiliate" of the Kaska Dena Council nations — published an advertisement demanding that non-Kaska hunters obtain a permit from the First Nation before hunting on what it calls its traditional territory.

• AFN candidates tell Yukon First Nations to 'exert your sovereignty'

Yukon gov't denies exclusive right to land

The Yukon government's statement of defence says it "denies the plaintiff has a right to exclusive use" of the area.
The statement also "denies the plaintiff has established Aboriginal Title to the area described."
None of the Kaska Dena Council's member nations have signed land claims.
The case is unusual because the Kaska Dena Council is not in itself a First Nation. It is a registered society, incorporated in 1981.
All Kaska First Nations in B.C. and Yukon have a combined population of about 3,000 people.
The representative group has recently seen some controversy as to its powers. Last year, the Kaska Dena Council asked the federal government for a $1.5 billion lump sum land claim payment — a request that was disavowed by some First Nations in Yukon.
Similarly, not all of the Kaska nations agree with the lawsuit.
Liard First Nation disagrees with case

The Liard First Nation has argued the Kaska Dena Council "has no standing to bring this action" to court.
It is considered a defendant in the case, along with the Yukon government.
Though the Liard First Nation says it is also concerned about hunters on its traditional territory, it argues that the Kaska Dena Council does not have the authority to make decisions or launch lawsuits on its members' behalf.
The summary trial is scheduled to last five days.
One of the members of the Kaska Dena Council is the Daylu Dena Council, a sub-council of Liard First Nation situated in B.C.

The Kaska Dena Council claims its members' traditional territory accounts for 23 per cent of Yukon and 10 per cent of B.C., as well as an unspecified percentage of land in the Northwest Territories — about 240,000 square kilometres in all. (Kaska Dena Council)


Corrections

• A previous version of this article said the Kaska Dena Council represents five First Nations in both B.C. and Yukon. In fact, the group represents three First Nations in B.C. Two other Kaska nations in Yukon are not represented by the council.

[180grainer]

What do we expect after years of suggesting each Band is an autonomous "Nation" who could establish their own governments within the wider context of Canadian society. It naturally leads to segregation, separated rules based on ancestry, and general animosity between groups..........."way to go Supreme Court of Canada" you've sown the seeds of racial hatred for years to come.

[Sirloin]

https://www.firstpeopleslaw.com/index/articles/311.php


In case you are wonder why the push to rename everything....
"A big part of decolonization is the rejection of the colonizers' place names."

[BgBlkDg]

All aboriginals MUST now be completely disarmed by the Canadian Armed Forces, using whatever level of force necessary.

[butcher]

I’d personally like to see the funding model for these governments. Can’t quite wrap my head around autonomous government with no tax base to fund it.

I suppose that would be part of the UN’s restitution plan.