Robinson Huron nations say tariffs ‘do not apply to us’ – Sudbury News

Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin say the proposed tariffs, both those set by the American Government and retaliatory tariffs in Canada, have no bearing on First Nations who are self-determining

Proposed tariffs, both Canadian and American, “do not apply to us,” said Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin (RHW), the political working group advancing the causes of the Robinson Huron Treaty Nations, in a March 10 press release.

“As self-determining Nations, the signatory First Nations of the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850 have long governed their trade and economic relations, including trade with relatives across the Canada-U.S. Medicine line (border),” reads the release. “The imposition of external tariffs on First Nations commerce undermines their jurisdiction and disregards the Treaty relationship with the Crown.”