MUSHKEGOWUK COUNCIL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION NO. 1996-08-07

SUBJECT: RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MUSHKEGOWUK TERRITORY

Chief Ernest Beck

Moose Cree First Nation

WHEREAS the traditional lands of the Mushkegowuk people have been used as a means of survival and a way of life since time immemorial;

Chief Shirley Horn

Missanabie Cree First Nation

ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS

WHEREAS the Mushkegowuk traditional practises and livelihood as well as the way of life has been seriously eroded since the coming of the European;

WHEREAS the development of traditional lands by the European, has been done with no due regard or respect of our aboriginal and treaty rights to our lands;

Certified copy of a Resolution passed on August 6, 1996

Ernie T. Sutherlan

Interim Chairperson

WHEREAS this Assembly wishes to move forward by creating opportunities for its people in rebuilding our Nation;

WHEREAS these opportunities lie in the wise use and extraction of our natural resources;

WHEREAS the natural resources in our traditional lands must be developed by Mushkegowuk First Nations, First Nation business and First Nation corporate entities;

August 6, 1996

Chapleau, Ontario

ATTAWAPISKAT • KASHECHEWAN • FORT ALBANY • MOOSE FACTORY • NEW POST • CHAPLEAU CREE • MISSANABIE CREE

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Assembly of Mushkegowuk First Nations endorse a policy of First Nation directed resource development of the traditional lands of the Mushkegowuk people;

RESOLVED that until such time that each Mushkegowuk First Nation develops such a policy that no resource development occur north of the 50th parallel.