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An Ocean of Opportunity: Indigenous law and co-governance of marine spaces Georgia Lloyd-smith Twitter: @WCELaw @GeorgiaLLS Web: www.wcel.org www.protectthegreatbearsea.org INDIGENOUS LAW Being Tsimshian is not simple. Being Tsimshian is

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Georgia Lloyd-smith Twitter: @WCELaw @GeorgiaLLS Web: www.wcel.org www.protectthegreatbearsea.org

An Ocean of Opportunity: Indigenous law and co-governance of marine spaces

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INDIGENOUS LAW

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“Being Tsimshian is not simple. Being Tsimshian is complicated – we have laws for everything.”

Elder from Gitga’at First Nation

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“[When we tip a canoe] we may lose some of

ur possessions.... Eventually we will regain our

possessions [but] they will not be the same as the old ones.”

Mi’kmaq Elder Stephen Augustine

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1. Accessing Indigenous

law through stories

2. Developing contemporary

Indigenous law instruments through deliberation & community engagement

3. Implementation &

Enforcement

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Yinka Dene All Clans Gathering

n the Enbridge Northern

Gateway Pipeline April 2014

Chief Tsodih, Nak’azdli:

“It’s important for the Canadian government, and the public in BC and Canada, to know that our people act according to principles and responsibilities in our own system of law and governance… This gathering of our clans, for our leaders and elders to give reasons for the rejection of the Enbridge pipeline in an assembly according to our laws, affirms that our ban on the Enbridge pipeline isn’t a preference, it’s a determination under law.”

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Indigenous Project Assessments

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Enforcement of Indigenous Laws

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Central Coast: Dungeness Crab Closures

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10% by 2020: What counts?

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Indigenous Protected Areas

“In effect, because of their attachment to, and dependence

n the land, Indigenous peoples

have been establishing their own protected areas for millennia.”

Taking Action Today Report

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Co-governance of Protected Areas

Equal power sharing
Indigenous laws and governance upheld

– How are decisions made? – What laws are being applied?

2-eyed seeing
Adequate funding

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Indigenous Guardian network

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“We consider the river an ancestor and always have” – Gerrard Albert

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