<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>19</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Weber, Bob</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alberta Aboriginals file court challenge to province's system of oilsands leasing</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aboriginal</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACFN</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alberta government</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Athabascan Chipewyan First Nation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">consultation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">court</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">duty to consult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">land tenure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">land use rights</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">leasing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">oil and gas industry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">oil sands industry</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.nativejournal.ca/pages/2009%20sections/*2009.01.sections/2009.01.Oil.html#anchor3 </style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	Native Journal	</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	Edmonton: Native Journal Inc	</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	February	</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	en 	</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	An Aboriginal band has threatened the very basis of Alberta's oil sands industry by filing a court challenge to the province's system of granting land tenure. A notice filed December 10th in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench by the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation claims that a series of oil sands permits the provincial government sold to Shell Canada and other companies are invalid. Selling off rights to explore the land without consulting area Aboriginals breached the Crown's duty to consult, say legal documents prepared by the First Nation.	</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aboriginal, oil sands</style></custom1><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	Fort Chipewyan	</style></custom2><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	CEMA	</style></custom4></record></records></xml>