It just makes sense’: Manitoba First Nation could be latest to take control of reserve lands – CBC
Mar 07, 2017
Misipawistik Cree Nation members set to vote on taking control of administering reserve land
A Cree community in northern Manitoba will soon decide whether to adopt its own land code, a move that would give the First Nation control over its land and resources.
The Misipawistik Cree Nation, on around 1,800 hectares about 400 kilometres north of Winnipeg, has just over 2,000 members.
If the members ratify the land code, they would sign on to the the federal government’s First Nations Land Management Regime — freeing the community from 32 sections of the Indian Act relating to land administration.
“We’ll develop our own environmental laws, the chief and council will develop their own process with the membership to decide on land-use planning, zoning, rates for leasing,” said Coun. Heidi Cook, Misipawistik’s lands officer.
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