Manitoba Hydro, governments have made billions through activity on ancestral Dakota lands: lawsuit – CBC

Oct 30, 2025

Dakota Tipi First Nation, Canupawakpa Dakota Nation sue province, feds and Crown corporation

Two Dakota First Nations in southern Manitoba are suing Manitoba Hydro, the province and the federal government, alleging the three have reaped billions of dollars in profit through hydro operations and other economic activities on parts of the First Nations’ ancestral land that was never surrendered to the Crown.

In a lawsuit filed at the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench last week, Canupawakpa Dakota Nation and Dakota Tipi First Nation said they are direct descendents of the Oceti S’Akowin Nation, sometimes referred to as the Sioux — the original inhabitants of large swaths of land across southern Manitoba, reaching into parts of Saskatchewan and Ontario, the lawsuit says.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/dakota-nations-lawsuit-manitoba-hydro-9.6958635