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By Marc Lalonde \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u00a011\/07\/2024 08:57 An Innu community is taking their case against the provincial government and how its attitude violates the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) all the way to a United Nations forum in Switzerland. Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation Chief Gilbert Dominique is attending the 17th session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples being held this week in Geneva, Switzerland. He presented to the forum Tuesday. Speaking on behalf of the Regroupement Petapan, made up of the Essipit, Pekuakamiulnuatsh, and Nutashkuan communities, Dominique said Quebec\u2019s heel-dragging and failure to ratify a tripartite, updated Petapan Treaty by March 31, 2023 constitutes a violation of UNDRIP. He also said that Quebec\u2019s failure to live up to… <\/p>\n

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By Marc Lalonde \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u00a011\/07\/2024 08:57 An Innu community is taking their case against the provincial government and how its attitude violates the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) all the way to a United Nations forum in Switzerland. Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation Chief Gilbert Dominique is attending the 17th session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples being held this week in Geneva, Switzerland. He presented to the forum Tuesday. Speaking on behalf of the Regroupement Petapan, made up of the Essipit, Pekuakamiulnuatsh, and Nutashkuan communities, Dominique said Quebec\u2019s heel-dragging and failure to ratify a tripartite, updated Petapan Treaty by March 31, 2023 constitutes a violation of UNDRIP. He also said that Quebec\u2019s failure to live up to... <\/p>\n

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