Municipal Government 2023 -- Gitxaala Nation

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2023

October

October 26 -- Gitxaala Nation launches appeal on Courts refusal to address UNDRIP in mineral tenures NCR

October 25 -- Gitxaala Nation shifts AGM plans to November NCR

October 23 -- Gtxaala Nation gets to work on Kootenay Avenue Housing project  NCR

September

September 28 -- Gitxaala Nation disappointed that courts allowed mining claims to continue, despite finding process unconstitutional  

September 27 -- Gitxaala Nation calls for quick action by British Columbia Government following Supreme Court ruling NCR

September 27 -- BC court rules mining rights system unconstitutional (audio)

September 27 -- Gitxaala nations' legal battle against BC finds mineral claims process in violation of DRIPA

August

August 21 -- MLA Rice relays news of new Housing for Gitxaala Nation members in Prince Rupert NCR

August 11 -- Gitxaala Nation and Prince Rupert RCMP launch joint investigation into discovery of illicit substances on Gtixaala Shoreline NCR

July

July 19 -- Former Banks Island Mining executive to receive sentencing in September NCR

May

May 1 -- Gitxaala Nation purchases Prince Rupert's Crest Hotel  NCR

April

April 3 --  'Dishonest': Gitxaala Nation in court over automatic online mineral rights registry

April 3 -- Indigenous rights, not mineral rights, BC First Nation tells court

April 3 -- Indigenous Rights over mineral rights, BC First Nation tells court during legal challenge

April 3 -- Gitxaala Nation enters first-of-its-kind mineral right's challenge in BC Supreme Court

April 3 -- Gitxaala First Nation in BC goes to court over automatic mineral rights 

April 3 -- Gitxaala Nation's Legal Challenge of BC's Free-Entry mineral claims staking process hits the Supreme Court today

April 3 -- Two week court hearing underway as Gitxaala Nation tests BC's Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act NCR

April 3 -- Gitxaala challenging BC's mineral tenure system in Court (audio)

January

January 27 -- Gitxaala First Nation in BC goes to court over automatic mineral rights 

January 27 -- Gitxaala Nation and Seaspan launch newest marine service for North Coast Waters NCR

January 26 -- Gitxaala Nation to repatriate House Post from Harvard University Museum NCR


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