Four Treaty 8 First Nations Take Province to Court over Crown Land Sales

Treaty 8 Nations challenge Alberta’s Crown land sale in court

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.

Four Treaty 8 First Nations take province to court over Crown land sales

(ANNews) – Four northwestern Alberta First Nations have launched a legal challenge of the provincial government’s decision to sell more than 15,000 acres of Crown land to Mackenzie County for

Treaty 8 Nations challenge Alberta's Crown land sale in court

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’s actions continue to threaten, the Nations assert.