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Originally Posted by 68style
Nevermind all the first nations groups that showed up to protest the pipeline were from bands that had property just a weeeeeee bit too far away from the twinned pipeline to get paaaaiiiidddddd.
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I was recently in a great presentation about this issue, the difference between treaty land, reserve land, and everything else that was appropriated under the Indian Act.
Everything else is essentially known as "traditional territory", this is land that was traditionally used by FN, so they claim, for farming, hunting, spiritualism etc. The issue lies in that traditional territory is disputed with many overlapping regions of claim. Follow the link below to see just how many FN's have established, through reserve land or traditional territory claims, some form of land recognition from the Crown.
ftp://ftp.nrcan.gc.ca/ess/sgb_pub/sg...pn-wallmap.pdf
It's also worth noting that traditional territory claims are often "fluid" and "broad". As an example, Blood 148 is a FN reserve near Lethbridge AB, it was established under the provisions of Treaty 7. Until the Trans Mountain Project the Blood FN never made any claims of traditional territory extending to the north beyond the city limits of Calgary. However, all of a sudden, as the project moved forward, the Blood FN claimed to have traditional territory along the pipeline right of way between Edmonton and Jasper.
Also interesting is that the various FN conspire against one another to support their claims. FN members often volunteer to participate in development projects so that when/if archaeologists find any evidence of FN artifacts (Arrow heads, paddles, farming equipment, etc.) the FN can claim it as their own, effectively calling it evidence that "this arrowhead proves this land was used by my people" without really knowing who left that arrowhead in the ground 200 years ago. So where a local FN may oppose a project and not be willing to support/participate in a project, a FN group from 100km may very well be willing to participate in the interest of expanding their claim to traditional territory.
Edit - Little know fact, I was raised in Yellowknife (For most of my formative years anyway)