First Nations supportive of salmon farming are entitled to make economic decisions in their territories, and failing to renew operating licences would violate the federal government’s stated commitment to the rights of Indigenous peoples, says a new coalition.
In 1884, the Canadian government banned potlatches long, elaborate ceremonies with feasts, speeches, ritual songs and dances. They marked marriages, births, deaths, pole-raisings, the bestowing of names, the passing of a chief’s privileges, and more.