# @cultura_movement on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-03-11T17:33:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Cultura_Movement (@cultura_movement) — https://gondola.cc/cultura_movement

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In an historic vote, an umbrella organization representing chiefs from Treaty 6, 7 and 8 has called on the legislative assembly to hold a vote of non-confidence in Premier Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party. 
The vote was unanimous at the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs Feb. 26 meeting at River Cree Resort in Enoch. It’s the first time the AOTC has voted non-confidence in a government. 
“A responsible government requires independent democratic oversight and a transparent legislative process. The UCP has obstructed and failed to meet these basic requirements to govern,” reads an AOTC news release.
Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Treaty 8 told Alberta Native News that as long as Smith remains in power, First Nations will use every legal means at their disposal to block resource development. 
“The message is that we’re not going to open the floodgates to any kind of resource development in our traditional territories,” said Adam. 
“We could tie industry up in the court system for the next 20 years if we want to, or else we could open the door in six months. Take your pick.”
Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations Grand Chief Joey Pete accused Smith’s government of having “created conditions in Alberta that are unsafe for First Nations Peoples — promoting ignorance and intolerance along with its support for the separatist agenda is leading to outright racism.”
There are four legal cases before the courts challenging the province’s authority to approve a referendum on independence, given its inherent impact on treaty rights, which are the product of agreements with the Crown that predate Alberta’s existence. 
These challenges are being led by Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, ACFN, Mikisew Cree Nation, and the Piikani, Siksika and Kainai Nations.

“Our rights are non-negotiable,” the Blackfoot Confederacy Chiefs said in the AOTC news release.
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