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Difference between revisions of "Know Your Rights (Legal Information for Indigenous People)"
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=== Government authorities: On land & water === | === Government authorities: On land & water === | ||
''' | '''Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)'''<BR> | ||
DFO officers conduct regular patrols on land and sea to catch violations of the ''Fisheries Act''. A DFO officer’s job is to ensure that individuals who are fishing are doing so subject to a recreational or a commercial fishing license. Indigenous people have an inherent and Constitutional right to fish. | DFO officers conduct regular patrols on land and sea to catch violations of the ''Fisheries Act''. A DFO officer’s job is to ensure that individuals who are fishing are doing so subject to a recreational or a commercial fishing license. Indigenous people have an inherent and Constitutional right to fish. | ||
''' | '''Conservation Officers "C.O."'''<BR> | ||
C.O.’s enforce multiple federal and provincial statutes related to hunting, gathering (e.g. wood, medicines), trapping and human-wildlife conflict. Indigenous people have established rights to harvest for food, social and ceremonial purposes in their traditional areas. | C.O.’s enforce multiple federal and provincial statutes related to hunting, gathering (e.g. wood, medicines), trapping and human-wildlife conflict. Indigenous people have established rights to harvest for food, social and ceremonial purposes in their traditional areas. | ||
