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Our tribute to Crystal Smith

Chief Crystal Smith with Karen Ogen (right): Leaders, builders, champions Chief Councillor Crystal Smith of the Haisla Nation was honoured after she attended her last First Nations Natural Gas Alliance board meeting as Alliance chair, on July 11. Tributes included the following from Alliance CEO Karen Ogen: What happens all too often in Indigenous communities …

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Chief Crystal Smith: LNG gives the Haisla Nation ‘an incredible reversal of fortune.’

The Public Policy Forum presented Crystal Smith (elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation and chair of our Alliance) with its Testimonial Dinner 2025 Award in recognition of her leadership in the energy sector.  Here are points from her acceptance speech on April 24, including her call for Indigenous ownership and partnership in resource projects. …

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Celebrating the Nisga’a Treaty – 25 Years of Opportunity

By Karen Ogen, CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance The Nisga’a Final Agreement, negotiated between the Nisga’a Nation, British Columbia and Canada, was the first modern treaty in B.C. Now, 25 years on, the treaty stands not only as a landmark of Indigenous self-determination but as a model for how reconciliation can be meaningfully pursued. …

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UNDRIP bill moves on in Ottawa

Some First Nations leaders have successfully put heat on Ottawa to speed up Bill C-15, Canada’s UNDRIP legislation. The government responded by putting a time limit on the first round of Commons debate on the bill, in order to move it along to a Commons committee for further scrutiny. Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the …

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