\u00a0By Aaron Walker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Four Treaty 8 Nations in northern Alberta have launched a court challenge against the province, claiming Alberta violated their Treaty rights through its latest Crown land sale that the Nations say continues a long pattern of dispossession. For the Nations of the North Peace, land is not a commodity, but a living relationship passed from one generation to the next, a connection Alberta\u2019s actions continue to threaten, the Nations assert. The Beaver First Nation, Dene Tha\u2019 First Nation, Little Red River Cree Nation, and Tallcree Tribal Government argue that Alberta\u2019s land-sale decision to sell more than 15,000 acres of public land to Mackenzie County near High Level breaches the province\u2019s constitutional duty to consult and accommodate Indigenous peoples. The Nations\u2019 judicial review… <\/p>\n
\u00a0By Aaron Walker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Four Treaty 8 Nations in northern Alberta have launched a court challenge against the province, claiming Alberta violated their Treaty rights through its latest Crown land sale that the Nations say continues a long pattern of dispossession. For the Nations of the North Peace, land is not a commodity, but a living relationship passed from one generation to the next, a connection Alberta\u2019s actions continue to threaten, the Nations assert. The Beaver First Nation, Dene Tha\u2019 First Nation, Little Red River Cree Nation, and Tallcree Tribal Government argue that Alberta\u2019s land-sale decision to sell more than 15,000 acres of public land to Mackenzie County near High Level breaches the province\u2019s constitutional duty to consult and accommodate Indigenous peoples. The Nations\u2019 judicial review... <\/p>\n