JFK Law is committed to working collaboratively with our clients to help them achieve their goals and aspirations. Working together for a common purpose, JFK is proud to have supported our clients in protecting constitutionally protected rights, taking on complicated legal challenges and otherwise advancing communities. Read more about their inspiring stories below.
White River First Nation is a Yukon Nation whose main community is Beaver Creek in western Yukon, near the Alaska border. Many of White River’s family members reside in Alaska. White River members speak both Northern Tutchone and Upper Tanana, both Athapaskan languages.
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The Mikisew Cree First Nation is a leader when it comes to the protection of Treaty 8 rights, recognition of indigenous knowledge, innovative approaches to Crown consultation, and negotiations. JFK works with Mikisew to develop legal strategies to deal with these challenges.
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JFK Law works closely with Gitxaala Nation to advance its Aboriginal rights and title in the face of unprecedented proposals for oil and gas pipeline projects in its traditional territory. The Gitxaala people are leaders in the legal challenges against the Northern Gateway Pipeline Project and are actively asserting their rights in a number of LNG projects.
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Canadians who are “Indians” under the Indian Act are protected from federal, provincial and municipal taxes on their on-reserve property. This is one of the key promises the governments have made to Indians and it helps to ensure the small parts of their traditional territories reserved for their use continue to provide benefits. Over the years, Parliament and the courts have been whittling away at this protection and, after a long and costly legal battle, Reynold and Leslie Dickie successfully pushed back.
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