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A Mi'kmaq basket weaver, Emmett Peters, was in a Halifax Court yesterday to defend his aboriginal right to harvest wood from Crown land in Nova Scotia. Peters said harvesting was legal because he believed the government held land in trust for Canadian aboriginals. Prosecutors tested Peters case by asking him why he did not have a sense of his culture until he left the region. Peters responded by saying that he learned a few aboriginal songs and stories while growing up, but that much of the culture was common throughout North America including the ritual of eating a young puppy. The trial is expected to finish in June. Source:
Land held in trust, Mi'kmaq testifies. (The Halifax Daily News 4/18) Related Story:
Mi'kmaq logging case to be heard today (First Nations 4/17)
Mi'kmaq testifies in logging case
Facebook TwitterA Mi'kmaq basket weaver, Emmett Peters, was in a Halifax Court yesterday to defend his aboriginal right to harvest wood from Crown land in Nova Scotia. Peters said harvesting was legal because he believed the government held land in trust for Canadian aboriginals. Prosecutors tested Peters case by asking him why he did not have a sense of his culture until he left the region. Peters responded by saying that he learned a few aboriginal songs and stories while growing up, but that much of the culture was common throughout North America including the ritual of eating a young puppy. The trial is expected to finish in June. Source:
Land held in trust, Mi'kmaq testifies. (The Halifax Daily News 4/18) Related Story:
Mi'kmaq logging case to be heard today (First Nations 4/17)
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