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“Pretty much everything in the letter is meant to lead to a safer and more prosperous reality for Indigenous people.” — Alberta Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson

“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.

“If this proposed legislation affirms First Nations jurisdiction, respects diversity among First Nations, protects the safety and wellbeing of First Nations children and families, and embeds a statutory funding base, then it has a foundation for success. If it is deficient on one or more of these fronts or tries to kick these foundational items into a forum for future discussion, then we must press for a better deal.” —Cindy Blackstock, executive director for the Caring Society in 2019 First Peoples Child and Family Review paper

“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