By Leah Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Rocky Mountain Outlook \u00ceYARHE NAKODA \u2014 Stoney Nakoda First Nations\u2019 leaders are applauding the court\u2019s decision to shut down an Alberta separation petition, ruling in favour of First Nations. Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations chiefs said in a joint statement released on Thursday (May 14), that the ruling made by Justice Shaina Leonard at the Alberta Court of King\u2019s Bench on May 13 is a \u201cclear and decisive victory\u201d for First Nations\u2019 Treaty rights. \u201cYesterday\u2019s court decision confirms that provincial processes cannot ignore or override our Treaty rights,\u201d said the Nations\u2019 chiefs in the statement released by the Treaty 7 First Nations Chiefs\u2019 Association, which also includes Tsuut\u2019ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy. \u201cWe commend the court for recognizing that meaningful… <\/p>\n
By Leah Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Rocky Mountain Outlook \u00ceYARHE NAKODA \u2014 Stoney Nakoda First Nations\u2019 leaders are applauding the court\u2019s decision to shut down an Alberta separation petition, ruling in favour of First Nations. Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations chiefs said in a joint statement released on Thursday (May 14), that the ruling made by Justice Shaina Leonard at the Alberta Court of King\u2019s Bench on May 13 is a \u201cclear and decisive victory\u201d for First Nations\u2019 Treaty rights. \u201cYesterday\u2019s court decision confirms that provincial processes cannot ignore or override our Treaty rights,\u201d said the Nations\u2019 chiefs in the statement released by the Treaty 7 First Nations Chiefs\u2019 Association, which also includes Tsuut\u2019ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy. \u201cWe commend the court for recognizing that meaningful... <\/p>\n