The Sinixt Launch Dual Constitutional Challenges Against BC Government Over Discriminatory Exclusion from Land Consultation and Education
September 3, 2025
Today, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation filed two constitutional challenges to defend the rights of their Sinixt membership. The lawsuits come in response to British Columbia’s formal decisions to treat the Sinixt differently than other BC First Nations, despite the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that the Sinixt are an Aboriginal people of Canada in R. v. Desautel (2021).