First Nations Fear They Will Face Aggression If Forced To Defend Their Lands

First Nations Fear They Will Face Aggression If Forced To Defend Their Lands   First Nations will be forced to defend Tsilhqot’in rights, lands and waters in BC if the federal government fails to do its duty and stop the proposed Prosperity mine. BC’s junior Minister of Mines, Randy Hawes, has been quoted to say that “no society will tolerate threats of violence.”   Chief Percy Guichon of Tsi Deldel has said, “What is not acceptable to Canadian society today is the destruction of a traditional...

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