MCK supports two First Nations requesting mining moratorium

10/28/2014

The Mohawk Council of Kahnaw�:ke (MCK) would like to inform the community that Chief & Council have sent a Letter of Support to the First Nations of Eagle Village and Wolf Lake, who have requested a moratorium on a major project involving the mining of uranium and other rare earth elements within their traditional lands.

�The MCK has been made aware of this situation and is sending this Letter of Support as a show of solidarity with Eagle Village and  Wolf Lake,� said Environment Portfolio Chief Clinton Phillips. �They are asking that Matamec�s rare earths project must not occur without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of the affected First Nations, which has not happened.�

The letter is attached in the PDF.

Eagle Village and Wolf Lake are neighboring Algonquin communities located close to the Ottawa River in western Quebec in the Temiscamingue region.