Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation has dropped a treaty land entitlement claim

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation has dropped a treaty land entitlement claim because the process is taking too long. The land claim process began following the arrest and incarceration of six KI leaders, including Chief Donny Morris, in 2008 as they protested Platinex Mining company claims near Big Trout Lake in KI traditional territory.

The entitlement claim was pursued soon after the KI members were released from prison, but since the Tsilhqot’in win in Supreme Court of Canada, KI will go a different route. They are putting together Land Use Documentation and will vote in early 2016 to pursue a legal challenge.