Alberta Premier Jim Prentice Meets With Lubicon Band Chief – Huffington Post Canada

EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has rebooted talks with a northern aboriginal band that has been seeking a land claim for almost 80 years.

“I felt it was an important place to start,” Prentice said Thursday after meeting with the chief and council of the Lubicon Lake Cree in Little Buffalo. “I think there’s some unfinished business there.”

Prentice, who was treated to a bowl of moose nose stew by his “gracious” hosts, said the band and the province will open negotiations on a land settlement, workforce training and education.

“The provincial government has not had that degree of dialogue with Lubicon First Nation in many, many, many years,” Prentice said. “I think both the chief and I were pleased with the progress that we made today.”

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