{"id":142496,"date":"2025-05-12T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=142496"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:11:25","slug":"native-america-calling-first-nations-issue-sovereignty-reminder-into-alberta-separation-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/12\/native-america-calling-first-nations-issue-sovereignty-reminder-into-alberta-separation-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: First Nations issue sovereignty reminder into Alberta separation discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, May 12, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">First Nations issue sovereignty reminder into Alberta separation discussion <\/div>\r\n Indigenous leaders are <a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/politics\/no-right-talking-the-way-she-is-alberta-first-nations-chiefs-united-after-emergency-meeting-denouncing-separation-talks\">forcefully denouncing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith\u2019s rhetoric<\/a> inviting the idea of separating from Canada. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe province includes wide swaths of treaty territory established through agreements with the federal government. First Nations leaders say there is no way to even enter the conversation of separation without first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnnews.ca\/national-news\/there-is-no-path-to-separation-chiefs-tell-alberta-premier-such-talk-is-insanity\/\">consulting with the tribes<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe unprecedented talk of separation comes as President Donald Trump insists on promoting the unlikely scenario of the U.S. annexing Canada. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune in to learn about First Nations authority in Alberta and the sovereignty questions the separation discussions raise.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_youtu-be\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0_SHjPGy82k\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/04\/maxresdefault-622.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018You are not going to take any treaty land\u2019 says AFN national chief on separatism | APTN News\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0_SHjPGy82k\">\n\t\t\t\u2018You are not going to take any treaty land\u2019 says AFN national chief on separatism | APTN News\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0_SHjPGy82k\">\n\t\t\t<p>Chiefs in Alberta are speaking out against Premier Danielle Smith, who will be tabling legislation supporting a referendum on the issue of separatism.Here is&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/s\/desktop\/1b273c14\/img\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"YouTube\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tYouTube\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">APTN News: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/0_SHjPGy82k>\u2018You are not going to take any treaty land\u2019 says AFN national chief on separatism<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n   Sheldon Sunshine (Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation), Chief of <a href=https:\/\/www.sturgeonlake.ca\/>Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ca.linkedin.com\/in\/janice-makokis-6315061a1\">Janice Makokis<\/a> (Saddle Lake Cree Nation), assistant professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwindsor.ca\/law\/1055\/welcome\">Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mattwildcat.ca\/about\/\">Matthew Wildca<\/a>t (Ermineskin Cree Nation), assistant professor and director of Indigenous Governance in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ualberta.ca\/en\/native-studies\/index.html\">Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/berkleycenter.georgetown.edu\/people\/steven-newcomb\">Steven Newcomb<\/a> (Shawnee and Lenape), author of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42SioBF\">Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery<\/a>\u201d and co-founder and director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ili.nativeweb.org\/\">Indigenous Law Institute<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alberta.ca\/aoe-wilton-littlechild\">Wilton Littlechild<\/a> (Cree), International Chief for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatysix.org\/\">Treaty Six Confederacy<\/a> and former commissioner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca\/eng\/1450124405592\/1529106060525\">Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/12\/native-america-calling-first-nations-issue-sovereignty-reminder-into-alberta-separation-discussion\/daniellesmith\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-142506\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1639\" data-attachment-id=\"142506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/12\/native-america-calling-first-nations-issue-sovereignty-reminder-into-alberta-separation-discussion\/daniellesmith\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12\/daniellesmith.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1639\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Danielle Smith\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Danielle Smith&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at a news conference in Edmonton, Alberta, on May 5, 2025. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/albertanewsroom\/54502062183\/&gt;Alberta Newsroom&lt;\/a&gt; (&lt;a href=https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/deed.en&gt; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12\/daniellesmith.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12\/daniellesmith.jpg\" alt=\"Danielle Smith\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-142506\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at a news conference in Edmonton, Alberta, on May 5, 2025. 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