Why is the Saskatchewan government signing off land for deforestation that belongs to the Swampy Cree Nation?

Letter by William Sewap, Chief Mike Dorion, George Cook, Marcel John Budd
The Prince Albert Daily Herald
April 26, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

The Swampy Cree have met with all branches of government. There are three signatory tribes, Swampy Cree Tribe, The Pas Mountain, and Moose Lake. There are quite a few newly formed bands like IR20, IR21, that try to take over lands that belong to the long-established Swampy Cree Tribes. The government used the Indian Act to amalgamate. It called Indigenous treaties, it says we are not Indigenous. We are not Indian Act. We are the signatory treaties. Nation to nation as long as the sun shines, river flows, and grass grows. Why is the Saskatchewan government giving and signing off lots of acres of land for deforestation that belongs to the Swampy Cree Nation? No conciliation mean while crown corporations are selling the land to companies for logging, mining, and peatmoss processing. These activities are doing damages to the environment.

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