The Sinixt Confederacy is protesting B.C.’s decision to exclude them from Columbia River Treaty funding granted to three Indigenous nations.
“It is very upsetting,” said Jarred-Michael Erickson said in an interview, “knowing that it’s been two-and-a-half years since the the Desautel decision was handed down from the Supreme Court of Canada, to hear that (the provincial government) hadn’t even consulted us or even spoken to us.”
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