How the Assembly of First Nations’ Chiefs is Working for you ...

To protect our Environment and Water:

Advocated and acted to stop the sale of NB

Power.

Stopped seismic testing in 2012 that would

have trespassed on Reserve Lands and dam-

aged inter-nationally recognized Mi’gmag and

Wolastoqiyik portage routes.

Produced policy statements on Energy, Fish-

eries, Forestry is engaging with the Crown,

industry and the general public on these im-

portant issues.

To Make Lives Better for our Families:

Negotiated the first Trilateral agreement in

Cana-da regarding the implementation of

Jordan’s Principle to ensure that no First Na-

tion child in New Brunswick will be denied a

necessary medical treatment or device while

the provincial and federal governments argue

over who has responsibility to pay

Developed and released a poverty reduction

strategy that seeks to put First Nations at

the forefront of economic development

partnerships with the Government of New

Brunswick and private industry; create 1000

jobs in First Nations communities; and in-

crease post-secondary education among our

youth by 30%.

Filed a court case , and won an injunction to prevent

the Minister of Indian Affairs from imposing changes

to social assistance that would caused severe pain and

suffering to our people in need of financial assis-tance.

To preserve and Promote our Culture:

Produced discussion papers regarding water, language

and culture, parks, migratory birds, and, wild-life, and

is developing policy statement on the same issues.

Is developing an Indigenous Knowledge Study method-

ology which will set clear standards for the owner-

ship, gathering, storage, use and dissemination of Indig-

enous Knowledge in New Brunswick. It touches on a

wide range of issues including: land use and occupa-

tion; customs, practices and traditions; and, various

species including important plants, sturgeon, salmon,

eel, deer and moose.

Negotiated amendments to the Heritage Act to require

the provincial government to hold archaeological arte-

facts of Aboriginal origin in trust for the Mi’gmag and

Wolastoqiyik People in NB. This is the first time in

North America that a government who claims owner-

ship over archaeological resources agrees that it does

not own Aboriginal archaeological resources.

Is negotiating an MOU with the NB Museum which will

lead to greater decision making responsibility of First

Nations regarding the Museum’s mandate and its

collections. The parties intend to develop and imple-

ment a program for greater public awareness and ed-

ucation about First Nations, their rights, interests,

history and current realities.

Implementing Treaty Rights & Resource-

Revenue Sharing:

Negotiated an Umbrella Agreement which sets up a

Without Prejudice process for the Assembly First Na-

tions, Canada and the Province of NB to discuss imple-

mentation of Aboriginal and Treaty rights, self-

government, Aboriginal Title and related matters.

Is engaged in a number of discussions with industry in

various sectors about increased First Nation involve-

ment in protection of the environment, protection of

Aboriginal and Treaty rights, sharing in natural re-

source development, planning, operations and bene-

fits.

Negotiated an Interim Consultation Protocol with Can-

ada and the Province of NB which sets up a formal on

the record process with the Crown, federal and pro-

vincial, whenever the duty to consult with First Na-

tions arises