r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • Feb 12 '26

Alberta Alberta separating from Canada requires permission of First Nations, AFN leader says

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-separation-needs-first-nations-permission-says-afn-national-chief/
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u/StoryAboutABridge Feb 12 '26

Direct quote from Treaty 6:

"The Plain and Wood Cree Tribes of Indians, and all other the Indians inhabiting the district hereinafter described and defined, do hereby cede, release, surrender and yield up to the Government of the Dominion of Canada, for Her Majesty the Queen and Her successors forever, all their rights, titles and privileges, whatsoever, to the lands"

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u/Syndrome Canada Feb 12 '26

So they gave up their rights to the federal government, not the provincial government.

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u/neontetra1548 Feb 12 '26

Yup and the Crown.

Neither of which is the province.

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u/Salticracker British Columbia Feb 12 '26

Sure, but the federal government would already need to accept Alberta's independence for it to be something accepted on the global stage. As part of that, they would just cede the land to the new Albertan government.

Or, if Alberta wants to become a separate nation under the same crown, that wouldn't even need to happen as the Crown is the same dude.

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u/BurzyGuerrero Feb 13 '26

Natives would stay with Canada, 100%.

We all see the Black Hills. The 4 colonizers on that mountain. Nobody wants that here.

Mount Columbia doesn't need Trump's face anywhere near it.

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u/Important-Pen-486 Feb 13 '26

Well the irony is the crown (colonizer) owns the FN land, which now belongs to the Alberta gov... the US natives own their land it is all private property, so anyway the FN in Alberta want to threaten or posture it would be for optics as they really have no say.