LLRIB continues to work on Cows and Plows agricultural settlement
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The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) continues to work with the federal government on the Cows and Plows Treaty 6 adhesion agricultural benefits.
That’s according to LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, who said the band filed a claim in October 2018 but has yet to begin negotiations with the federal government. Since Alberta’s Sunchild First Nation, which is also part of Treaty 6, already began its negotiations, Cook-Searson would like the band’s claim to be expedited and validated.
“Once our claim is validated, then we can be at the negotiation table with the federal government, but currently we are still working on validating our claim,” she said. “We want to be at that negotiating table negotiating on behalf of our membership. We are one of the largest First Nations as part of Treaty 6.”
Cook-Searson noted it takes approximately three years for a claim to be validated, but she added the LLRIB is working with Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett to have that time period shortened. She said it would be good for that to happen as a precedent has already been set through a settlement with Black Lake First Nation and Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation in 2017.
