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der=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100%> First Nations Briefs
MAY 16, 2000

QUEBEC:
A Quebec Court of Appeals removed a judge from a James Bay Cree logging rights case, stopping an order he instituted requiring the government to conduct an environmental impact study of logging practices.
Judge removed from Cree case (CBC 5/16)

WINNIPEG:
Catholic Churches are near bankruptcy after paying settlements to victims of residential school abuse.
Church official warns of financial collapse (CBC 5/16)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND:
The Native Council of Prince Edward Island set 300 lobster traps on Monday, despite threats from local non-Native fishermen. The Native Council had no problems, however, in bringing in their first catch of the season on Tuesday. The Abegweit Mi'kmaq decided not to fish this season because of the threats.
Native fishermen land first catch (CBC 5/16)
Native council sets traps (CBC 5/15)

SASKATCHEWAN:
A tax protest by Saskatchewan natives seems to have ended, according to local businessmen. First Nations leaders had called for a boycott of area businesses and held children back from school in protest of a provincial sales tax.
Indians back in Spiritwood stores (CBC 5/15)

ALBERTA:
The Stoney First Nation will regain control of its own finances, two years after the Department of Indian Affairs took over admist questions of financial mismanagement.
Alberta band to get control of finances again (CBC 5/15)