In the latest report by Mary Griffin, Chief Shana shares “The Supreme Court of British Columbia has finally heard what our ancestors have been saying for so long… The right to live in harmony with the land and the water is ours. It always was.”

The provincial government says it’s going to appeal a landmark Aboriginal title ruling granting a claim by the Cowichan Nation over land on the Fraser River. That decision came just hours after the Cowichan Nations celebrated the ruling.

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