Indigenous Peoples FPIC Protocols

This declaration arises from our deep spiritual relationship with our watershed and it will live forever. It may only be amended by a Band Council Resolution respecting the result of a proper community referendum. The referendum must follow a proper information and participation process, respect the wisdom and guidance of the elders, have a participation rate, and level of support that is equal to or greater than the referendum that approved this Declaration. We acknowledge that there are areas within our territory where we share landuse with our neighboring Indigenous communities. We will continue to respect this ongoing shared traditional use and occupancy with our relations according to our system of kinship that are in place and at work. It is the externally imposed systems and pressures that cause disunity. We call on our neighbors to endorse and respect this declaration, and we invite you to meet with us to discuss ways that we can work together to honour our duty to protect the water in this area in the face of external threats from the government and corporations. We call on our supporters to recognize and respect this declaration. We call on you to fulfill your duty as treaty people to take action, under our direction, to hold your governments accountable to respecting this declaration. Please stand with us as we assert and implement our Indigenous Laws and responsibilities. Together we can protect this sacred water for all people, all animals, all plants and all life. Any government or corporation who seeks to violate this declaration will have to face the people of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and our supporters.