By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 04/08/2024 05:59 Graydon Nicholas says it’s obvious what the New Brunswick government should do as it faces lawsuits from Indigenous nations seeking Aboriginal title to all the province’s territory. The former judge and lieutenant governor from Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) believes the attorney general’s office also has the answer at its fingertips, dating back to a case he worked on in the early 1980s that made it all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. “Eventually, this is going to get down to negotiations,” said Nicholas, who was the first Indigenous person in Atlantic Canada to get a law degree, in 1971. “The premier is headstrong about his position. But somewhere down the road, that will have to change. It’s what you…
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