Indigenous Peoples FPIC Protocols

In particular we call on the governments and corporations to immediately:  Recognize and respect KI protection of the Big Trout Lake and Fawn River watersheds and commit not to grant any industrial use permits in the watersheds;  Recognize and respect KI’s moratorium on industrial uses of our entire territory;  Withdraw all KI territory, starting with the watersheds covered in this declaration, from mineral exploration and staking until instructed to do otherwise. Annul any existing mining claims on KI territory;  Require KI’s free, prior, and informed consent before any landuse or water use decision, permits, and activities, including mining exploration at the earliest stages anywhere on our homelands;  Fund KI contaminants research, source identification, cleanup, restitution, and community healing;  Fund KI’s full landuse and occupancy research, traditional ecological knowledge collection, indigenous side research, internal community processes, codification of KI laws, protocols, and regulations, land use planning and designation;  Respect KI protocols on ownership and control of information related to KI territory and knowledge.  Respect and do not interfere with KI traditional and contemporary landuses and occupancy including fishing, hunting, trapping, gathering food, medicine, and materials, travel and occupancy;  Fund KI monitoring and enforcement team to implement KI laws, protocols, and regulations on KI lands. This should replace MNR monitoring and enforcement and should be at a level of funding greater than or equal to that devoted to the MNR.