--- title: "Eagle Eye Digest: Mikisew earthquake, Manitoba mining exploration agreements, and more" description: Indigenous funding programs, Indigenous impact benefit agreements, and stories of Indigenous jurisdiction and sovereignty in action. image: https://info.sharedvaluesolutions.com/hubfs/2017%20Blog%20Images/Square%20Images%20for%20Blog/Eagle%20Eye.jpg --- # We don't miss much. [![Sign-up for The Talon, our Biweekly Newsletter!](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/359762/ce92b91a-eb3e-417a-a5ec-266948ca3afb.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/359762/ce92b91a-eb3e-417a-a5ec-266948ca3afb) # Eagle Eye Digest: Mikisew earthquake, Manitoba mining exploration agreements, and more by Don Richardson and Mike VanEgmond | Jan 10, 2019 ![Eagle Eye-2](https://info.sharedvaluesolutions.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/Eagle%20Eye-2.jpg) Read on for updates on Indigenous funding programs, precedent setting impact benefit and resource management agreements, and stories of prosperity, jurisdiction and stewardship in action.    ### Indigenous Prosperity ###### [Prosperity: ‘We’ll continue to win’ - how Indigenous leaders reached new heights in 2018](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-leaders-reflect-biggest-stories-2018-1.4958833?fbclid=IwAR25COMJqPFjq6vSVUN5JJsNTvPfo92ill-uDo4m221nQPbUemM99cRO-5I) From a landmark court decision that put the brakes on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, to a Sixties Scoop settlement, to a renaissance in Indigenous languages, it was a groundbreaking year.     [Read more](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-leaders-reflect-biggest-stories-2018-1.4958833?fbclid=IwAR25COMJqPFjq6vSVUN5JJsNTvPfo92ill-uDo4m221nQPbUemM99cRO-5I)   ###### [Prosperity: Northern Ontario First Nations win battle to raise $4 treaty annuities](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/robinson-huron-treaty-annuities-decision-1.4958050?fbclid=IwAR1dHBudWJZoixX3WtSCZkkPWNcVdP0T4eH_wUhY1aVNeJFtOaj-85op3xc) Twenty-one First Nations in northern Ontario have won a court case against the federal and provincial governments to increase their yearly annuities, which have not been raised in over 140 years.   [Read more](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/robinson-huron-treaty-annuities-decision-1.4958050?fbclid=IwAR1dHBudWJZoixX3WtSCZkkPWNcVdP0T4eH_wUhY1aVNeJFtOaj-85op3xc)   ### Indigenous Jurisdiction ###### [Jurisdiction: Mikisew earthquake shakes up Impact Assessments and Collaborative Consent](https://info.sharedvaluesolutions.com/blog/collaborative-consent-in-impact-assessments-survives-mikisew-quake) When Canada’s Supreme Court ruled in October that Ottawa has no duty to consult with Indigenous people when drafting new legislation, a “magnitude 9.8 reconciliation quake” struck Canada, according to the good folk at Walking Eagle News. Did collaborative consent survive?   [Read more](https://info.sharedvaluesolutions.com/blog/collaborative-consent-in-impact-assessments-survives-mikisew-quake)   ###### [Jurisdiction: Exploration agreements move Manitoba mining into modern era](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/exploration-deals-move-manitoba-mining-into-modern-era-502322251.html?fbclid=IwAR0o9H6PamcvitjLumUog4xxyWbeSxLRyhmywHSGWWlsl7q_HU_rSfbxFQ8) First Nation inclusion in mineral exploration deals move Manitoba mining into modern era: Lawyer Kate Kempton of OKT Law says having an exploration agreement, or an Impact and Benefit Agreement (IBA) once a mineable deposit is found, are "bankable assets" for mining companies. "The companies get absolute legal and financial certainty."   [Read more](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/exploration-deals-move-manitoba-mining-into-modern-era-502322251.html?fbclid=IwAR0o9H6PamcvitjLumUog4xxyWbeSxLRyhmywHSGWWlsl7q_HU_rSfbxFQ8)   ### Indigenous Stewardship ###### [Stewardship: Bought for a buck, now priceless – Indigenous Alberta media archive digitized](https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4967857?usqp=mq331AQECAFYAQ%3D%3D&fbclid=IwAR1leXqtja6fWHolgMjPMxgDt0Wyd-FXo3-FhISkCLWgiR6Y1wV8tKeJBOU&_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Fedmonton%2Findigenous-archives-edmonton-1.4967857) "Boxes and boxes and boxes" of old audiotape and film that Bert Crowfoot bought for a buck, and has safeguarded for decades, are turning out to be a priceless trove of Indigenous stories, culture and language. "I care about our voices and, for me, Indigenous voices have been missing. I care that the next generation has an opportunity to hear and understand."   [Read more](https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4967857?usqp=mq331AQECAFYAQ%3D%3D&fbclid=IwAR1leXqtja6fWHolgMjPMxgDt0Wyd-FXo3-FhISkCLWgiR6Y1wV8tKeJBOU&_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Fedmonton%2Findigenous-archives-edmonton-1.4967857)   ###### [Stewardship: ‘Both things are true’ – Science and Indigenous knowledge seek common ground](https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/regional/both-things-are-true-science-indigenous-wisdom-seek-common-ground-268273/) "Sure enough, the elders were right. Berries closer to the oilsands were different..." Alberta's Indigenous Wisdom Advisory Panel — a group charged with bringing Indigenous perspectives to environmental monitoring, and to "unite the white coats and the bush jackets" is so successful that the Alberta government is extending the model into fish and wetland projects.   [Read more](https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/regional/both-things-are-true-science-indigenous-wisdom-seek-common-ground-268273/)   **Want to receive updates like this directly to your inbox?** [![Sign-up for The Talon!](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/359762/f461c23d-1362-4c15-93bd-6e24d3c20d95.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/359762/f461c23d-1362-4c15-93bd-6e24d3c20d95)   ### About Us: [Shared Value Solutions](http://www.sharedvaluesolutions.com/) We are a [Canadian B Corp](https://info.sharedvaluesolutions.com/blog/whats-a-b-corp-look-like), and we assist Indigenous communities with support throughout regulatory processes surrounding major development projects like mines, hydroelectric facilities, transmission lines, highway expansions, oil and gas pipelines, natural resource transport applications and nuclear power.    We have deep context and experience behind the recommendations we provide, having worked for our clients on almost every major project in Canada over the last 10 years. For us, it’s all about building long-term relationships with our clients. 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