Prairie First Nations prepare to launch legal battle over natural resources

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations vice-chief Heather Bear and other leaders announced Tuesday in Sasakatoon that they're launching a legal challenge to a 1930 law granting provinces control over natural resources.

Beaudin and more than 20 other chiefs from across the Prairies attended a news conference Tuesday in Saskatoon. They want to quash the controversial 1930 Natural Resource Transfer Agreement . In the NTRA, the federal government granted Prairie provincial governments exclusive control over natural resources.

"It was unlawful in the 1930s, and it's still unlawful today. We see this legislation as an immediate threat to our inherent and treaty and constitutional rights," Bear said. Prince Albert Grand Council Chief Brian Hardlotte said First Nations have been against the NRTA from the start. In the 1930s, it was not possible to mount an opposition, because it was illegal for First Nations to hire a lawyer or hold protests.

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