Wahta Community Fire

The Wahta Community Fire was established to ensure the Wahta Council respects community laws.

[Sylvia @LawladyINM]

#transparency #accountability @CBCIndigenous @ctvsaskatoon @globalnews

[Russ Diabo @RussDiabo]

"Ottawa rarely intervenes in custom code leadership disputes...The last time Ottawa did so was back in August 2010, when CPC Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl invoked Section 74 of Indian Act 2 terminate leadership of Algonquins of Barriere Lake" https://t.co/p1Iw9JUFeF

[CBC North @CBCNorth]

Smith's Landing First Nation suing outspoken member for $600K https://t.co/Jasq1U6iVH

[Russ Diabo @RussDiabo]

Band Members Protesting Fort McMurray #468 First Nation Leadership | MIX 103.7 https://t.co/FbDGrITCv1

[Wahta Community Fire @WahtaFire]

https://t.co/uyj0BOmvM7

[Wahta Community Fire @WahtaFire]

4. Improving the checks and balances in the governance of First Nations is a necessary step for empowering community members & giving hope to youth that change is possible.

[Wahta Community Fire @WahtaFire]

In 2014 the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth @OntarioAdvocate, published
"Together We Are...Feathers of Hope - A First Nations Youth Action Plan" based on a gathering of over 100 FNs youth from 62 FNs.
https://t.co/aYJSy5T1rN

[Wahta Community Fire @WahtaFire]

3. The youth identified their beliefs about how Band Councils prioritize issues.

[MEDIA INDIGENA @mediaINDIGENA]

NEW EPISODE: SLAPPed Silly? Alberta First Nation threatens one of its own with $1M libel lawsuit 📻 https://t.co/ii16cqqlSo

[🇬🇾 Sandaidh mac Ðòmhnaill バカ @SandyMDonald]

and provides various politically-connected agents with opportunities to make sweetheart deals in the provision of basic services. That it also serves to delegitimize Indigenous leadership is not lost on politicos - who use instances of corruption to distract from the larger swamp

[Wahta Community Fire @WahtaFire]

Important thread

[Darryl Kipp @HometreeLHS]

1. In 1990, Minnie Peters of Peters First Nation wrote a letter to then INAC Minister Pierre Cadieux.

The letter contained details of the unlawful preclusion of Bill C31 returnees from Peters band membership.

#FuddleDuddleFraud

[Damien @damienlee]

This is outrageous. Think abt the implications here: When Indian Act-installed governance bodies (aka Chiefs and Councils) try to silence those who speak up, it is a Western gov system undermining inherent Indigenous gov systems. This is how colonialism works! @RachelAnnSnow

[Wahta Community Fire @WahtaFire]

@andygenaille True. Canadian Human Rights Code offers some protection on some issues. Matters outside their mandate can mean Band members have little or no recourse for justice.

[Wahta Community Fire @WahtaFire]

Band members have no remedy when a Band Council chooses to target individuals. Band Councils have money and relationships to institutionalized power. Not evenly matched in mainstream court system.

[APTN News @APTNNews]

‘I didn’t think it was serious’ Rachel Snow gets sued by her band council for speaking out reports @Tamara_APTN https://t.co/cXFIX6oSR1

[Wahta Community Fire @WahtaFire]

https://t.co/WKEmp3gqyG

[Brian E Noble @ArticulateBeings.bsky.social @ArticulateDinos]

@1mohawklawyer @WahtaFire @MAWalke12024508 @LawladyINM @oktlaw @GwitchinKris @FirstPeoplesLaw @mandellpinder @UTLawIIO @Nehiyahskwew @JustinTrudeau @Carolyn_Bennett Very much echoed in our work with Secwepemc folk, including Art Manuel & Kukpi7 Judy Wilson, Elders, water protectors from Neskonlith, Adams Lake, etc Scholars who joined, including Kent McNeil, M.Asch, myself concurred that rights holders were Grassroots Ppl, as opposed to bands

[Karihwakeron @Okwarikowa]

March for justice this afternoon in Wahta Mohawk Territory for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women #SistersInSpirit