Author of the article: Karl S. Hele
Publishing date: May 07, 2021 • 1 day ago • 9 minute read • Perhaps it is the time to bring a case to the courts concerning an existing Aboriginal and treaty right held by the Bawating Anishinaabeg to cross and re-cross the line drawn upon our waters, writes Karl Hele. Souvenir Album of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. (c. early 20th C.)
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On April 23, the Supreme Court of Canada (SSC) issued the R. v. Desautel decision that will upend centuries of colonial policy begun with the Doctrine of Discovery. Simply, the SCC determined that Aboriginal people, specifically the Sinixt or Lakes Tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes, whose ancestors once lived on lands that fell under Canadian sovereignty, have a right to hunt, fish, and gather on their traditional territories. While this decision will affect every Indigenous nation and person living along the Canada-United States border, there are important connections
Supreme Court of Canada ruling could reset Sinixt presence in West Kootenay
May 6, 2021
By John Boivin
VALLEY VOICE
Two weeks after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of Sinixt hunting rights, the head of the American tribe that launched the case is still excited.
“I think my feet have finally hit the ground,” said Rodney Cawston, chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. “This is really exciting for us, it was really exciting for our people. It was an amazing day Friday when we received the decision.”
But while Cawston’s phone has been ringing with messages of congratulations, he still hasn’t heard from any official level of the Canadian government since the ruling. Politicians and the legal experts are still trying to come to terms with the implications of the decision
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Free Among the many new spring exhibits at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is a retrospective that reframes the work of artist Worth D. Griffin. While serving in 1936 as the fine arts chair of the then Washington State College, Griffin set out to paint a series of portraits of the “Indians of the Northwest tribes and other historic characters.” The resulting oil paintings are beautiful and poignant, but alone, they lack needed historical context. Guest curator Michael Holloman, WSU fine arts professor and enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, has created an exhibit that tells a more…
On April 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in
R. v. Desautel, 2021 SCC 17, which upheld the lower court decisions to acquit Richard Desautel of charges under the
Wildlife Act. The SCC confirmed his Aboriginal right to hunt in the Arrow Lakes area of British Columbia, even though he is a resident and citizen of the United States.
This case raised novel questions about the territorial scope of the phrase aboriginal peoples of Canada in section 35 of the
Constitution Act, 1982. The Court decided that section 35 Aboriginal rights can extend to Aboriginal peoples who are not citizens or residents of Canada, even though the modern-day successor Aboriginal group that holds those rights no longer occupies the same geographical area where the historic pre-contact collective exercised those rights.