MILLBROOK FIRST NATION – Chief Del Riley, the former head of the National Indian Brotherhood and a key figure in negotiating the sections of the Canadian constitution that protect Indigenous rights, will be visiting Millbrook First Nation in the spring of 2022. Chief Riley was planning a visit in early January, but the trip was…
Month: December 2021
Chief Del Riley on the Canadian Constitution, Aboriginal Rights, and Cannabis
Chief Del Riley is a Hereditary Crane Clan Chief, former leader of the National Indian Brotherhood, past president of the Union of Ontario Indians, and past chairman of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. Among Chief Riley’s many contributions, he helped to author and negotiat Sections 25 and 35 of the Canadian Constitution as the…
Analysis: Is cannabis an Aboriginal Right?
Editorial | Dispensing Freedom | March 15, 2018 A groundbreaking 2014 ruling by Ontario Justice Gethin Edwards may point the way to Indigenous medicine claiming cannabis as an “Aboriginal right.” Indigenous Medical rights and the Constitution In 2014, Ontario Court Justice Gethin Edward made a groundbreaking ruling in a case having to do with Aboriginal rights and…
Millbrook chief frustrated with province’s cannabis site expansion
Harry Sullivan · Multimedia Journalist | Saltwire | Feb. 15, 2020 MILLBROOK, N.S. — The province’s decision to exclude First Nations from its expansion of retail cannabis outlets is yet another blow to the efforts by First Nations bands to participate in the process, Millbrook’s chief says. “It’s been an ongoing discussion with the province and…