First Nation seeks apology from feds for displacement, hardships stemming from creation of Wood Buffalo National Park

The details gathered in a recent report will inform ACFN’s negotiations with the federal government, including calls for an official apology and reparations, and laying the groundwork for reconciliation in the future.

Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson pictured speaking with reporters in February 2020. Mr. Wilkinson, the minister responsible for Parks Canada, as well as Ron Hallman, President and CEO of Parks Canada, recently met with the local Indigenous groups whose traditional territory was taken up during the establishment of Wood Buffalo National Park.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

August 4, 2021

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation deserves a formal apology from the federal government for the forced removal of its people nearly a century ago during the establishment of Wood Buffalo National Park, says Chief Allan Adam following the release of a powerful report laying bare the trouble...

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