Resolution In Support of the Rights of Wolustukwiyik, Mi’Kmaq and
Passamaquoddy People in New Brunswick to Crown Land Resources

Whereas, the Wolustukwiyik (Maliseet), Mi’Kmaq and Passamaquoddy Peoples in New Brunswick have a justifiable claim to the Crown land* resources of New Brunswick. (* "Crown Land" is a commonly used expression to denote the unceded forest land of the province and is not, in this document, a statement on land ownership.)

Whereas, according to the Delgamuukw decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, a province has no basis on which to extinguish title to unceded lands.

Whereas, unceded lands are reserved for aboriginal people, as stated in the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which is appended to the Canadian Constitution.

Whereas, prior to 1763, treaties of peace and friendship, that did not cede land, were signed with Wolustukwiyik, Mi’Kmaq and Passamaquoddy Peoples.

Therefore, we support the Wolustukwiyik, Mi’Kmaq and Passamaquoddy Peoples use and access to Crown land resources.

Whereas, currently, in New Brunswick, the majority of benefits from resource exploitation on Crown land have been diverted to large private industrial companies, in the guise of forest management.

Whereas, the focus of forest management has been corporate profit rather than ecosystem and community health.

Therefore, we support management of lands and forests which benefits local economies, cultures and ecosystems, upholds fair labour practices and is based firmly on sound Wolustukwiyik, Mi’Kmaq and Passamaquoddy Peoples’ traditional ecological understanding and the best ecological science available. We support the concept that the rights of the Wolustukwiyik, Mi’Kmaq and Passamaquoddy Peoples and health of the forests are both equally fundamental in their importance.

Whereas, the federal government of Canada has failed to uphold its fiduciary responsibilities in regard to Wolustukwiyik, Mi’Kmaq and Passamaquoddy Peoples.

Whereas, as long as the land issues between the federal government and the Wolustukwiyik, Mi’Kmaq and Passamaquoddy Peoples remain unresolved, disputes will continue.

Whereas, a process has already been established in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and other Treaty agreements to resolve such disputes.

Therefore, we support peaceful means to settle the current conflict over access to Crown lands.

Signatories of the Resolution In Support of the Rights of Wolustukwiyik, Mi’Kmaq and Passamaquoddy People in New Brunswick to Crown Land Resources

Signataires de la résolution pour supporter les Droits des peuples Wolustukwiyik, Mi’Kmaq et Passamaquoddy du Nouveau-Brunswick d'avoir accès aux ressources des terres de la Couronne.

 

Organizations;

  1. Aboriginal Rights Coalition, gkisedtanamoogk, Co-chair
  2. Association des Artistes Acadiens Professionels du N-B/ NB Association of Professional, Joanne Landry, présidente
  3. Arché diocèse de Moncton/ Archbishop of Moncton, Mgr. Ernest Léger, Archévèque de Moncton, Dieppe
  4. Black Wolf Forestry, Big Cove, Bruce Simon, owner
  5. Blue-Green Society, Hillary Lindsay
  6. Canadian Labour Congress/ Congrès du Travail du Canada, Jean-Claude Basque, syndicaliste
  7. The Clearinghouse Group, Ron Fournier
  8. Coalition Chaleur pour la sauvegarde des programmes sociaux
  9. Citizen’s Coalition for Clean Air, Gordon Dalzell, Chairperson
  10. Comité des 12 pour la justice sociale, Claude Snow, porte parole
  11. Développement et paix de Petit Rocher, Gilles Halley, coordinateur
  12. Ecoversité, Marco Morency, président
  13. Falls Brook Centre, Jean Arnold, Executive Director
  14. Friends of the Christmas Mountains, Matthew Jonah, spokesperson
  15. Front commun pour la justice social/ Common Front for Social Justice, Brian McIntosh, Executive member
  16. Fundy Environmental Action Group, Karen Townsend, spokesperson
  17. Futurs Sans Abris du Restigouche, Florian Levesque, porte parole
  18. Kinfolk for Natural Living, Mary Knockwood, spokesperson
  19. Madawaska Maliseet First Nation, John Wallace, Chief
  20. Mawiw Council, Lloyd Augustine, Vice-President
  21. MOVE Inc., College Bridge, Mary Simpson, Chair
  22. National Anti-Poverty Organization, Saint John, Pam Coates, President
  23. Native Indian Women’s Council, Christine Boone, President
  24. New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council, Betty Ann Lavallee, President
  25. New Brunswick Federation of Labour/ Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du N.-B., Tom Steep, President
  26. New Brunswick Nurses Union/ Le syndicat des infirmiers et infirmières du Nouveau-Brunswick, Linda Silas, présidente
  27. People Against Nuclear Energy, Moncton, Beth McLaughlin, spokesperson
  28. Recyclage St-Louis, Inc, Éric Tremblay, président
  29. Sacred Mountain Society, Eskasoni, Sulian Stone Eagle Herney, spokesperson
  30. Sierra Youth Coalition, Amelia Clark, National Co-ordinator
  31. Sussex Society for the Public Interest, Mark Connell, Chair
  32. United Nations of New Brunwick, Millie Augustine, spokesperson
  33. University of New Brunswick Student Environmental Society, Emily McMillan, Co-chair
  34. Vertige, Françoise Aubin, présidente

  

Individuals;

  1. Abraham Robichaud, labourer, St. Ignace
  2. Adilbert Vautour, Richibucto
  3. Adrien Léger, Cocagne
  4. Albert Poirier, St. Norbert
  5. Alfred Clement, native logger, Big Cove
  6. Alice Guimond, St. Louis
  7. Alicia Léger, Cocagne
  8. Allister Somerville, Burnt Church
  9. Alma Brooks, Maliseet Nation Woman
  10. Alonzo Léger,
  11. Amanda Wortman, Conservation Council of New Brunswick, Fredericton
  12. Andrea Bear-Nicholas, Chair in Native Studies, St. Thomas University
  13. Andrea Currie, Manitoba Metis Federation
  14. Angela Thompson, student, Cap-Pele
  15. Anna Sheridan, student, Mount Allison University
  16. Anne-Marie Dupuis, massage therapist, Moncton
  17. Barbara McVallie, Burnt Church
  18. Barrie Houle, Riverview
  19. Betty Peterson, Halifax
  20. Bruce Marks, woodlot owner, Elgin
  21. Camille Babineau, Richibucto Village
  22. Carole Ferguson, Fredericton
  23. Caroline Ennis, Tobique First Nation
  24. Carolyn Bartibogue, Burnt Church
  25. Charles Richard, woodlot owner, Rogersville
  26. Clara Clement, retired, Big Cove
  27. Claudette Richard, Richibucto
  28. Clifford Lany, MicMac Maliseet Warrior Society
  29. Collin Barway, Burnt Church
  30. Dan Ennis, Tobique First Nation
  31. Danny Doiron, Vertige
  32. Danny Roy, Kedgwick
  33. Darlene Augustine, Esgenoopotitj
  34. Darlene Bannell, Burnt Church
  35. David Oliver, labourer, Rexton
  36. David Polchies, Perth-Andover
  37. Delisca Cormier, Richibucto
  38. Denis Robichaud, Vertige
  39. Denys Bourque, Saint Jacques
  40. Don Gauvin, retired, Big Cove
  41. Donald Thébeau, Acadieville
  42. Douglas Dulan, Burnt Church
  43. Edgar Bourque, Shediac
  44. Edgar Richard, Saint Antoine
  45. Elsie Roach, Fredericton
  46. Emil Caissie, Rogersville
  47. Emile Collette
  48. Emily McMillan, UNB Student Environmental Society, Fredericton
  49. Euclide Bourque, Rogersville
  50. Eusebe Jr. Vautour, Rexton
  51. Fenton François, Big Cove
  52. Fenton Somerville, Burnt Church Nation
  53. Francis Martin, logger, Rogersville
  54. Francis Poirier, Sackville
  55. Francois Gallant, Rogersville
  56. Frank Withers, Bayswater
  57. Gabriel LeBlanc, St. Antoine
  58. Gary Gould, Aboriginal People`s Council, Fredericton
  59. Geoffrey Ritchie, Fredericton
  60. George Peabody, writer, Debec
  61. Georges Brun, Friends of the Petitcodiac, Moncton
  62. Gerald Guimond, labourer, St Charles
  63. Gerurla Daigle, Richibucto
  64. Ghita Levin, potter, Port Elgin
  65. Harrison Roper, Houlton, Maine
  66. Heather Arnold, Falls Brook Centre, Knowlesville
  67. Heather Wallace, Perth-Andover
  68. Honoré Bourque, avocat, Moncton
  69. Ivan Levi, Big Cove
  70. Jacques Bourque, Rogersville
  71. Jean-Marie Nadeau, New Brunswick Federation of Labour/Fédération des travailleurs et
  72. Jeanne Farrah, directrice générale de Association des Artistes Acadiens Professionels du NB
  73. Jeannine Bartibogue, Burnt Church
  74. Jean-Paul Bourque, Moncton
  75. Jeff Mokler, Concerned Youth for Development, Fredericton
  76. Jennifer Gunter, Fredericton
  77. Joan Clement, Big Cove
  78. John Labossière, retired teacher, Ford Mills
  79. John Paul, Burnt Chuch
  80. John Perley, Tobique Nation
  81. John Ward, Eel Ground
  82. Karen Somerville, Esgenoopotitj
  83. Katherine Lambert, Burnt Church
  84. Kenneth Thompson, Grand-Digue
  85. Laura Wallace, Fredericton
  86. Lorrine Dupuis, Aldoune
  87. Leo Goguen, logger, Rogersville
  88. Leon Sock, Big Cove Band
  89. Leonard Doucet
  90. Linda Paul, Burnt Church Nation
  91. Lionel Caissie, Rogersille
  92. Lisa Downing, Grand-Digue
  93. Lorraine Barnaby, Burnt Church
  94. Luc Ouellette, Moncton
  95. Lucy Augustine-Savine, Burnt Church
  96. Lucy Dyer, Senior Teaching Associate, UNB, Fredericton
  97. Marc Arsenault, Rogersville
  98. Marc Ouellette, Moncton
  99. Marc Spence, woodlot owner, Port Elgin
  100. Marie-France Guimond, student, Dieppe
  101. Marilyn Roper, Houlton, Maine
  102. Mary Ann Coleman, environmentalist, Sussex
  103. Mary McKay-Keith, farmer, Vinegar Hill
  104. Maryse Arsenault, Vertige, Moncton
  105. Mathieu Gallant, Vertige, Moncton
  106. Maurice Theriault, Moncton
  107. Michèle L. Caron, professeure, Centre Universitaire de Moncton
  108. Miigam’agan, Esgenoopotitj
  109. Mitzy Withers, Bayswater
  110. Noah Augustine, Native Loggers’ Business Association, Fredericton
  111. Noella Richard, agente d'information, Cocagne
  112. Nouveau-Brunswick
  113. Olive Guimond, St. Louis
  114. Omer Richard, Richibucto
  115. Rachel Poirier, St. Norbert
  116. Raissa Marks, student, Elgin
  117. Raymond Guimond, St. Louis
  118. Raymond Martin, Rogersville
  119. Réjean Vautour, logger, St. Agnace
  120. Richard Doiron, Rogersville
  121. Richard Francis, Director of Social Economic Development, Kingsclear
  122. Robert Bourque, Rogersville
  123. Roberte Richard, Rogersville
  124. Roger Babin
  125. Roger Thibodeau, Richibucto
  126. Roméo Martin, Rogersville
  127. Ron Tremblay, We-Gat-Gook
  128. Roy Francis, Big Cove
  129. Sharon Francis, Burnt Church
  130. Sheila Somerville, Burnt Church
  131. Stan Francis, NB Native Logger Association, Eel Ground
  132. Stuart Clement, Native Logger Business Association, Rexton
  133. Terri Bartibogue, Burnt Church
  134. Thelma Metallic, Burnt Church
  135. Thomas Burke, Mawiw council
  136. Thomas MacDonald, native logger, Rexton
  137. Thomas Metalli, Burnt Church Group
  138. travailleuses du Nouveau-Brunswick, Moncton
  139. Whitefeather, Sierra Youth Coalition, Fredericton
  140. Willie Sark, Eel Ground
  141. Yvon Duclos, Rogersville