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Nipissing First Nation residents have voted to adopt the proposed Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement.
The agreement, which aims to give its signatories greater control over citizenship, elections, language and culture, and management and operations, received the support of a majority of voters following a nearly month-long voting process.
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Voting took place between Feb. 1 and 27, with 493 ballots cast, according to the unofficial results released by Nipissing First Nation over the weekend.
Of those, 314 were in favour and 173 were against, with six ballots rejected. A total of 2,428 people were eligible to vote.
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Posted: Jan 19, 2021 5:58 AM ET | Last Updated: January 19
Lake Nipissing commercial fisherman Lorne Stevens holds up the fin of a pickerel. He is part of a group claiming Nipissing First Nation does not have the legal authority to infringe on their Indigenous rights. (Erik White/CBC)
A trial underway this week could have far reaching implications for the Indigenous people of northern Ontario and across Canada.
The defence is arguing that no governments, not even First Nation chiefs and councils, can legally control hunting and fishing around Lake Nipissing.
There are 54 people on trial in a virtual courtroom based in North Bay, charged with violating Ontario s hunting and fishing laws, as well as the commercial fishing laws of Nipissing First Nation.