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"Helping Band Members Get Access to Justice"

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Our Legal Connections

If we agree to assist you, we make the arrangements and do the preparation work with the law firm that will represent you. All of these services are free of charge!  


We are grateful for the lawyers and law firms that work with us: 


Janelle O'Connor and Scott Stanley - Murphy Battista LLP Vancouver, BC


Jake Cabott - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver, BC


Ian Knapp - Mackenzie Fujisawa LLP Vancouver, BC


Anita Boscariol - Watson Goepel LLP, Vancouver, BC


Bryan Walker and Kaitlin Long - Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Calgary, AB


William S. Klym - DD West LLP, Calgary, AB


Andrew Wilson, KC and Sean Carrie - Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP, Calgary, AB


Evan Duffy - Bailey Wadden & Duffy LLP, Edmonton, AB


Tavengwa Runyowa - Runyowa Law LLP, Regina, SK


Bryn Gray, KC and Kyle McMillan - McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Toronto, ON

Rob Louie being gifted buffalo meat from Alberta "Cree" Judge Ivan Ladouceur (2022)

Our Court Cases

Right now, BMAAAC along with the national law firms of McCarthy Tétrault LLP and Borden Ladner Gervais LLP are helping lay the groundwork to help Band Members that are at odds with chief and council on two separate issues at:


  • Lower Kootenay Indian Band (BC)


Right now, BMAAAC along with the international law firm of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP are laying the groundwork to help Band Members that are at odds with chief and council in the following First Nation communities:


  • Buffalo Point First Nation (Manitoba)
  • Muskowekwan First Nation (Saskatchewan)
  • T’suut’ina First Nation (Alberta)


BMAAAC appeared as an Intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada case in February 2023 regarding the applicability of the Charter to inherent right Indigenous governments:


DICKSON v. VUNTUT GWITCHIN FIRST NATION (SCC No. 39856) (Intervener) Charter case



BMAAAC appeared as an intervener in a Federal Court decision in 2021 regarding the lawfulness of the federal Election Postponement Regulations:



BERTRAND v. ACHO DENE KOE FIRST NATION (Federal Court No. T-1274-20) (Intervener) Indigenous governance - First Nation election case



Since 2020, BMAAAC has helped Band members from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and NWT in the following judicial proceedings:



CROOKEDNECK v. (Former Chief) CROOKEDNECK et. al. (Sask QB No. 425) Saskatchewan.Indigenous finances – Band Council fiduciary duty case


RICHARD SHANKS v. SALT RIVER FIRST NATION #195 (Federal Court No. T-95-22) NWT.Indigenous governance – Charter and per capita distribution and equality case


ALVIN ARCAND v. MUSKEG LAKE CREE NATION (Federal Court No. T-1339-21) Saskatchewan.Indigenous governance – First Nation election case


KAREN MCCARTHY et al v. WHITEFISH LAKE FIRST NATION #128 et al (Federal Court No. T-800-21) Alberta.Indigenous governance – Charter and band member equality case


MARNIE SELLARS v. XATSULL FIRST NATION (SODA CREEK INDIAN BAND) (Federal Court No. T-1318-20) BC.Indigenous governance – First Nation election case


CALVIN GARNER v. UNION BAR FIRST NATION et al (Federal Court No. T-518-21) BC. Indigenous governance – Charter and band member equality case


CHEYNE CRIER-JAMERSON v. SAMSON CREE NATION (Federal Court No. T-991-20) Alberta. Indigenous governance – First Nation election case


LISA CROOKEDNECK et al. v. MINISTIKWAN LAKE CREE NATION (Federal Court No. T-367-21) Saskatchewan. Indigenous governance – First Nation election case


BRYAN CROOKEDNECK v. MINISTIKWAN LAKE CREE NATION (Federal Court No. T-1283-20) Saskatchewan. Indigenous governance – Rights of Band Councillors’ case


LEON CROOKEDNECK v. MINISTIKWAN LAKE CREE NATION (Federal Court No. T-1282-20) Saskatchewan. Indigenous governance – Rights of Band Councillors’ case 


WANDA CROOKEDNECK v. MINISTIKWAN LAKE CREE NATION (Federal Court No. T-1281-20) Saskatchewan. Indigenous governance – Rights of Band Councillors’ case


PHILICIA CLAY et al. v MOSQUITO-GRIZZLY BEAR'S HEAD-LEAN MAN FIRST NATIONS (Federal Court No. T-412-21) Saskatchewan. Indigenous governance – First Nation election case


VERNETTA CAMPEAU v. MUSKOWEKWAN FIRST NATION BAND COUNCIL (Federal Court No. T-601-21) Saskatchewan. Indigenous governance – First Nation election case


ALLAN DUCKWORTH et al v. CALDWELL FIRST NATION et al (Federal Court No. T-714-21) Ontario. Indigenous governance – First Nation election case


NORMA JOHNSTONE v. MISTAWASIS NEHIYAWAK et al (Federal Court No. T-749-21) Saskatchewan. Indigenous governance – First Nation election case


MURIEL LABELLE v. CHINIKI FIRST NATION (Federal Court No. T-678-21) Alberta. Indigenous governance – First Nation election case


KAREN OGEN v. WET'SUWET'EN FIRST NATION (Federal Court No. 21-T-10) BC. Indigenous governance – Rights of Band Councillors’ case


RODERICK WIGWAS et al v. GULL BAY FIRST NATION (Federal Court No.T-553-21) Ontario Indigenous governance – First Nation election case 


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