Canada Rules Natives Must Be Consulted on Use of Disputed Land
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Canadian governments must consult with native bands before awarding rights to natural resources on disputed public land, the Supreme Court ruled in a case involving Weyerhaeuser Co.
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CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - Hearings on whether Prince Edward Island should ban the use of genetically modified organisms in its agriculture industry has international experts on both sides of the debate digging in for a fight.
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Indigenous to the region, the Inuit want a 'meaningful voice' in the territory dispute.
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By DIRK MEISSNER  VICTORIA (CP) - Five Vancouver Island First Nations gathered to initial a treaty Saturday worth almost $500 million that includes more than 24,000 hectares of land, some of it bordering majestic Pacific Rim Park near Tofino.
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By Cathy McKitrick, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 2--A Senate bill, tailored to affect the outcome of a contentious  land battle between two Utah cities, will be reconsidered today as lawmakers  try to resolve concerns about how the measure could impact the rest of the  state.
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By CHINTA PUXLEY  TORONTO (CP) - An Ontario Court of Appeal decision that allows Six Nations protesters to legally continue occupying a disputed tract of land in Caledonia, Ont., shows that aboriginals are above the law, the mayor of the southern Ontario town said Thursday.
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By Omar Sofradzija  By OMAR SOFRADZIJA  (c) 2007 REVIEW-JOURNAL  A complicated compromise could expand landowners' protections against seizures of their land, while limiting the effect such limits would have on public works projects.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Native leaders in Atlantic Canada are demanding that a social studies textbook being prepared for Grade 7 students be delayed due to concerns about historical errors and stereotyping.
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By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 18--The push for a constitutional amendment to designate a portion of the sales tax for natural resources programs is the big outdoors issue -- again -- this year in the Minnesota Legislature.
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A precedent-setting patent decision could affect Canadian innovation and foreign R&D investment.
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By Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 13--Thousands of people in Kodiak and other Alaska communities might lose their right to subsistence hunting and fishing under federal law.   If that happens, many say, they'll lose a way of life.
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Indigenous issues are receiving more political attention worldwide, but many observers say most indigenous people remain mired in poverty. Dwindling land remains a chief cause, experts say.
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BUENOS AIRES The Inuit, 155,000 seal-hunting peoples scattered around the Arctic, plan to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the United States, by contributing substantially to global warming, is threatening their
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The Canadian government had an idea back in the 1960s that the island of Newfoundland would be easier to manage if people moved out of its remote backwaters to a few larger cities, where modern services were available. A "resettlement" plan was devised in which outport residents were paid bonuses to...
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Excerpt from report by Fiji newspaper Fiji Sun website on 5 September  An indigenous organization is concerned that qoliqoli [traditional foreshore fishery rights] owners will be owners by name only upon the enactment of the controversial Qoliqoli Bill.
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By KIDSON, Sally  A national environmental advocacy group is warning the Tasman District Council that if it doesn't take steps to identify and protect outstanding natural landscapes, the Environment Court could decide for it.
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Australia&#39;s Aboriginal communities might lose some basic rights under a tough new approach to help lift their living standards.