Representative Transactions: Aboriginal

• Legal support to the negotiation team of the Kaska Dena Council (on behalf of the BC Kaska) which today announced that is has entered into a Resource Funding Agreement ("Agreement") with Hawthorne Gold Corp. ("Hawthorne"). This Agreement is in connection with the continued exploration and development of Hawthorne's Cassiar Gold Camp near Cassiar, British Columbia. Under the Agreement, Hawthorne has agreed to provide resource funding to the BC Kaska to contribute to the cost of negotiating a Traditional Knowledge Protocol and a detailed Socio-Economic Participation Agreement.
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• Negotiated and advised on the drafting of a 'Traditional Knowledge Protocol' between BC Kaska First Nations and Hard Creek Nickel Corporation. (June 2009)
  
  
• Acted on behalf of BC Kaska First Nations in the drafting and development of two Resource Funding Agreements to negotiate a Traditional Knowledge Protocol and a detailed Socio-Economic Participation Agreement with Columbia Yukon Explorations Inc. (July 2009)
  
  
• Legal support to the negotiation team developing Memorandum of Understanding and Traditional Knowledge Protocol between Kwadacha First Nation, Tsay Key Dene and Canada Zinc Minerals Ltd. with respect to the Cardiac Creek Exploration Project. (July 2009)
  
  
• Legal support to the negotiation team developing Cornerstone Agreement and Traditional Knowledge Protocol between Dease River Indian Band, Daylu Dena Council, Kwadacha First Nation and Hard Creek Nickel with respect to the Turnagain Nickel Exploration Project. (October 2008)
  
  
• Legal support to the negotiation team developing Memorandum of Understanding, Resource Funding Agreement and Traditional Knowledge Protocol for the Kutcho Creek Mining Project between Dease River Indian Band, Daylu Dena Council and Western Keltic/Sherwood Copper/Capstone Minerals Ltd. (December 2007-2008)
  
  
• Legal support to the negotiation team developing Memorandum of Understanding between Dease River Indian Band, Daylu Dena Council, Kwadacha First Nation, Kaska Dena Council and Columbia Yukon Explorations on the Storie Molybdenum Exploration Project. (November 2007)
  
  
• Provided legal advice and drafting of Co-operation Agreement, Agreement-in-Principle, Participation Agreement, Financial Participation Negotiations Agreement and Traditional Knowledge Protocol for the Alaska Highway Pipeline Project between the Kaska Nation and TransCanada Pipelines. (2003-2006)
  
  
• Counsel for Council of Yukon First Nations breach of constitutional duties to consult and accommodate. Little Salmon / Carmacks First Nation v. The Government of Yukon, 2007 YKSC (CanLII), 2008 YKSC 13 (CanLII), leave to appeal to SCC granted January 29, 2009. 
  Boughton Contact: James M. Coady
  
  
• Obtained charitable registrations for multiple First Nation operated non-profit organizations. (2008-2009)
  Boughton Contact: Jeffrey S. Glasner
  
  
• Acted on behalf of First Nation run organization and received a successful GST Ruling for a 100% exemption. (2008)
  Boughton Contact: Jeffrey S. Glasner
  
  
• Completed extensive business structure reviews and provided recommendations for restructuring for three First Nations. (2007-2009)
  Boughton Contacts: William H. Cooper and Jeffrey S. Glasner
  
  
• Provided tax dispute services related to business structure for businesses operated by First Nation individuals. (2007-2009)
  Boughton Contact: Jeffrey S. Glasner

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