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ʔEsdilagh Sturgeon River Law

Canada
British Columbia
Approved in 2020
Indigenous law
Indigenous Model
Sturgeon River (aka ʔElhdaqox or Fraser River)
Freshwater Ecosystem
ʔEsdilagh (Alexandria) First Nation leaders
Government, Indigenous

Summary

In 2020, the ʔEsdilagh First Nation, an indigenous group located in British Columbia, adopted a law in order to protect the Sturgeon River. The law bans any granting of “an Authorization for any use, project or proposed project that could adversely impact the quality, quantity of tu in ʔElhdaqox or Tŝilhqot’in rights and responsibilities.” The law also authorizes use of an emergency protection order to address a critical environmental concern with the river, and requires that any authorization holder must, at the holders expense, “take prompt action to remediate and restore the health of ʔElhdaqox for harm caused, directly or indirectly.”

To see the original legal document(s) for this initiative, click the links below:

ʔEsdilagh Sturgeon River Law [PDF]

To see other supplementary information related to this initiative, click the links below:

Article summarizing case
CRP - Enacts Historic ʔElhdaqox Dechen Ts’edilhtan (“Sturgeon River Law”)
Terrace Standard - New First Nations law intended to protect Fraser River sparks dispute over territory

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