Canada ordered the tribes be denied “participating Nation status,” diminishing their say in the permitting process.
Anchorage, Alaska — A group of Southeast Alaska tribes requested on Aug. 1 that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights order a temporary pause on Canadian mining activity. They say “reckless” mining activity violates their human rights. That came after Canada’s Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship ordered on June 27 that the tribes be denied “participating Nation status,”…
