Restoring a First Nations Perspective on Treaty and Natural Resource Rights - Part 1

Thinking Faith: Catholic Podcast

In this part one of two episodes, Indigenous ally, Javed Sommers and Micheal Leblanc of Development and Peace Caritas Canada join the podcast to discuss treaty and natural resource rights through an Indigenous lens.

Show Snippet: "Canada, through the treaties, is trying to gain control in terms of how it understands humans owning land. This would not have even made sense to First Nations, just as First Nations understanding of land would have made sense to Canadian negotiators. First Nations are thinking we're welcoming settlers here to share this land, just as they've been sharing land with other First Nations for generations and generations and generations. For First Nations, treaty is understood to be an agreement to share the land, not to give Canada exclusive jurisdiction."