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ItsnolongeropentotheCrowntosayShowusexactlywhereyourAboriginaltitleis.LarryInnesOlthuisKleerandTownshendYkquestionselectoralboundarychangesTheCityofYellowknifeiscallingontheSupremeCourttodetermineiftheNWTselectoralboundarychangesinfringeuponCharterrights.Seepage2.Sahtuyouthsetoutonlife-changinghikeYouthfromSahtucommu-nitiesaresettoembarkonachallengingandlife-changingadventureinthefootstepsoftheirancestors.Seepage19.HatsOffCheckinsideforphotosofInuvikFortMcPhersonandHayRivergraduations.Seepages10-11.OnemoreyearforRobertsonheadframeTheRobertsonheadframesplaceontheYellowknifesky-lineiscertainforatleastonemoreyearbutitsultimatefateisstillunknown.Seepage9.PeelcaseexpectedtoseehundredsofspectatorsWhitehoresJuly7Peelwa-tershedcourtcasewilllikelyseealargepublicpresencein-cludingtheNWTsGwichinTribalCouncil.Seepage7.Visitwww.norj.caAnationalawardwinningindependentnewspaperservingnorthernAlbertaandtheNorthwestTerritoriessince1977July12014Vol.38No.091.00FirstNationswelcomelandmarkrulingonAboriginaltitleacrossCanadaDrummersraisetheirhandsinsymbolicdenanceagainsttheoilsandsduringthefthandnalTarSandsHealingWalkapeaceful13-kmmarcharoundthetarsandsloopnorthofFortMcMurrayheldlastweekend.Seepage13.PhotocourtesyofTarSandsHealingWalkByMEAGANWOHLBERGThelegalprecedentsetbyalandmarkSupremeCourtrulingonAboriginaltitletolargeancestralterritoriesisbeingwelcomedbyFirstNa-tionsacrossthecountryes-peciallythosewithoutlandclaimsortreaties.TheSupremeCourtofCanadamadehistoryThurs-daymorningbygrantingthesemi-nomadicTsilhqotinFirstNationofBritishColum-biatitleoverits1700-kmter-ritoryaformoflandowner-shippreviouslyonlyappliedtospecictownsitesfarmsorreserves.Aculturallysensitiveap-proachsuggeststhatregularuseofterritoriesforhuntingshingtrappingandforagingissufcientusetogroundAboriginaltitlewroteJus-ticeBeverleyMcLachlininthecourts8-0ruling.TherulingwhichwillapplyacrossthecountrywashotlyanticipatedbyFirstNationswithunre-solvedlandclaimsorwhohavenotsignedtreatieswiththeCrowncedingtitletotheland.HugeforDehchoAkaitchoForthosewithunsettledclaimsintheNorthwestTer-ritoriesnamelytheDehchoandAkaitchoFirstNationslawyerLarryInnesofOlthuisKleerandTown-shendsaidtherulingcanonlybepositiveinhelp-ingthemtocompletetheirnegotiations.WhatthecourtsaysisthatAboriginaltitleiswhatitisitsnotapostagestamp...itisthelandthatAboriginalpeopleusedandoccupiedatthetimeoftheassertionofEuropeansovereigntyInnessaid.SowhengroupsthatusedextensiveareasoflandaresittingatthetablewiththeCrownitsnolongeropentotheCrowntosayShowusexactlywhereyourAborigi-naltitleisandvefeetoverpretenditdoesntexist.ThatverynarrowviewofAborigi-naltitlehasbeencompletelydiscardedbythecourts.FortheDehchoandAkaitchoInnessaidthisopensupoptionsforproceedingmorequicklywiththeirnegotiationsevenifthroughthecourtswhichmaynowproceedatafasterpacewiththisprecedentthansomenegotiatingtablesaremoving.TheoptionisnowopentothemtosayiftheCrownsman-datesarenotadequatetothetaskofrecognizingthetitlethatexists...thecourtshaveclearlyshownthattheyarewillingtodosohesaid.SeeSupremeonpage3.PYCANAAY