UNDRIP

Manitoba USKE Land Managers Association INC. (“USKE”) received $75,000 to carry out a series of meetings with First Nations throughout Manitoba to discuss the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (“UNDRIP”).

USKE & UNDRIP

As a First Nation organization that is 100% indigenous-managed, we work directly with over 41 communities. USKE is a not-for-profit that provides technical support and capacity building in Land Management and has existed since 2004.

The Chief and Council assign an individual to represent the community. As everything and anything that happens in the Indigenous Peoples’s ancestral territories, and by its very nature is land-related, USKE’s Members-at-Large felt it was prudent that USKE participate in the UNDRIP project. One of the most arduous tasks facing First Nations participating in USKE is the relationship with the Province of Manitoba.

As one of the Regions directly impacted by the Natural Resource Transfer Act (“NRTA”), many First Nations see this transfer of jurisdiction as illegal. It goes directly against the Inherent Rights and Treaties signed with the Crown. Many First Nations state, “Our Inherent Rights to the lands supersede any agreements, and our existence outdates the signing of Treaties”. The Doctrine of Discovery is not recognized, and constantly places the onus on the First Nations.

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