Alberta separatism threats spur First Nation to revive lawsuit against Sovereignty Act

Hours later, about 600 treaty holders and allies rally against Bill 54 outside legislature

Grand Chief Greg Desjarlais of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations says no referendum can overturn the treaty that encompasses most of central Alberta.

“We’re tired of seeing the government pass these bills where you don’t see two sentences of Indigenous inclusion, and that has to stop,” Desjarlais told the media at an anti-separatist rally on the steps of the Alberta Legislature building in Edmonton, amiskwaciwaskahikan, on Thursday.

Writes Edzi’u Loverin for CBC News.

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