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By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News The national advocacy organization for Treaty First Nations has joined the chorus of First Nations telling Alberta premier Danielle Smith that a referendum on Alberta independence would be illegitimate without consulting the land\u2019s original inhabitants. \u201cAny proposed separation of Alberta from Canada would be fundamentally illegitimate and unconstitutional without the explicit, prior, informed and collective consent of the First Nations whose lands and rights predate the formation of the province and of Canada,\u201d Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak said in a May 12 news release. \u201cThe time has come for Alberta and Canada to move beyond colonial frameworks and honour the truth of their history by restoring justice and self-determination to First Nations.\u201d On May 5,… <\/p>\n

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By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News The national advocacy organization for Treaty First Nations has joined the chorus of First Nations telling Alberta premier Danielle Smith that a referendum on Alberta independence would be illegitimate without consulting the land\u2019s original inhabitants. \u201cAny proposed separation of Alberta from Canada would be fundamentally illegitimate and unconstitutional without the explicit, prior, informed and collective consent of the First Nations whose lands and rights predate the formation of the province and of Canada,\u201d Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak said in a May 12 news release. \u201cThe time has come for Alberta and Canada to move beyond colonial frameworks and honour the truth of their history by restoring justice and self-determination to First Nations.\u201d On May 5,... <\/p>\n

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