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“Exercising this right to self-determination is not an action against Quebecers and Canadians. Rather, it is an action taken by and for us, for our nations and our communities. This is a legitimate take-over of the responsibilities that are ours.” — Chief Ghislain Picard, Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador

“This regulatory regime infringes the rights of ACFN in its structure and operation, and is unconstitutional and must be declared so.” —Statement of Claim from Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation to the Alberta Energy Regulator

“We never surrendered the natural resources. When we signed the treaty with the Crown it was to the depth of the plow. That means six inches. So it’s been a long time coming. It’s probably been decades, I would say.” —Frog Lake First Nation Chief Greg Desjarlais

“It’s the thing that we are not people of the past. We are people of the present and of the future.” — Drew Hayden Taylor

January Rogers, Richard Van Camp and Tanya Talaga are among the seven mentors of this year's Audible Writers Circle program.

“Several Indigenous groups … (are) concerned that this might impede them from moving forward on a project unless they have the consent of all the First Nations when they're trying to do a project.” —Minister Rick Wilson