The Lennox Island First Nation, located of the east coast of Prince Edward Island, is accusing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans of illegally seizing lobster traps that are supposed to protected by treaty.
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Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island) is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw People. The Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq have occupied this Island for over 12,000 years. We honour the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship,” which recognize Mi’kmaw rights and establish an ongoing relationship between nations, past, present and future. We are all Treaty People.