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Parks Canada worked with Simpcw First Nation and Stoney Nation this fall to facilitate the reawakening of a treaty between the two nations that shows a longstanding relationship and illustrates their mutual commitment to sharing resources.
In a weekend-long gathering (Oct. 27-29), Stoney Nation and Simpcw First Nation, supported by Parks Canada, renewed relationships that existed long before the formation of the national park through a ceremony and hunt.
Parks Canada is working with Simpcw First Nation and Stoney Nation for an Indigenous fauna harvest in Jasper National Park.
Discussions to renew the harvest as a shared practice have been ongoing since 2017.
The agreement is a reneweal of historic reciprocal hunting privileges between the nations