Dec. 31—This past summer, Rick Desautel stopped alongside a road near Vallican, British Columbia, and gave a prayer to all the members of his tribe who had fought for decades for the Canadian ...

Shed antlers are judged by Neil Johnson, left, Corey Peone, center, and Jarred Erickson, right, a Tribal Councilman in the Nespelum district, during celebration of tribal member Rick Desautel's ...

Richard Desautel went to the Supreme Court of Canada with the goal of proving the Sinixt First Nation's existence in Canada. (Submitted by Mark Underhill - image credit) "We're not going back to the ...

The Sinixt First Nation is in the midst of an unprecedented Canadian court battle to win Aboriginal rights to its wildlife-rich traditional territory in B.C. by proving it is not extinct. The case, ...

NESPELEM, Wash. — There was celebration amongst members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and Sinixt Confederacy on Friday as the Canadian Supreme Court ruled in their favor. The ...

In a long-awaited decision, Canada’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Sinixt people, part of the twelve Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, have constitutionally protected hunting ...

Toronto filmmaker Ali Kazimi has told a story of a B.C. First Nation declared extinct in 1956. A few years later, the Canadian and U.S. governments signed a treaty leading to the flooding of a ...

The Sinixt case was scheduled to begin at the Supreme Court of Canada in April, 2020, but was postponed because of COVID-19. The Sinixt are interior Salish people, one of the first nations that lived ...

Two weeks after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of Sinixt hunting rights, the head of the American tribe that launched the case is still excited. “I think my feet have finally hit the ...

Leaders from the syilx Okanagan Nation are raising concerns about the “ever-expanding transborder claims” of a related tribe in the “U.S.” that has begun asserting land rights north of the border. An ...

"We're not going back to the museum and standing next to the dinosaurs." That's how Richard Desautel of the Sinixt Nation reacted Friday morning after Canada's highest court upended the federal ...