Land Claims Agreement: First Nations

First Nations: The group says the decision ignores a land-use plan seven years in the making, according to 660 News. They say the plan released a week ago in Whitehorse violates the land-use planning provisions of a land claims agreement the territory signed with First Nations and A coalition of First Nations and conservation groups is suing the Yukon government over its decision to open a vast region of the Canadian North to mining and industrial development. A lawsuit was filed Monday in Yukon Supreme Court by the Nacho Nyak Dun, the Tr ondek Hwech in, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Yukon and the Yukon Conservation Society. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.