Blacksands Petroleum Partners

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Buffalo River Dene Nation

People have been living in Buffalo River for over 8000 years, surviving off the bounty of the land and streams in Northern Saskatchewan. Over the years, there have been many cultural changes among the Dene of Buffalo River, including the introduction of new technologies and the interaction between colonial officials and settlers. In 1906, the people of Buffalo River and representatives of the Canadian Federal government signed Treaty 10.

This treaty allows First Nations peoples to continue their traditional way of life throughout the land. Treaty 10, which applies to the traditional lands of the Dene Nation and the Project Land, recognizes the Dene's right to control surface access to their land. Current law reserves the right of Province of Saskatchewan to grant rights to access the subsurface of the Dene's land.

Any subsurface rights granted by the Province would be encumbered by the Dene who control surface access rights, which have been granted exclusively to Access pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement and Amendment. The Dene are a nation of over 1,500 people whose traditional land encompasses 85,800 square miles within the area of Treaty 10.

Treaty 10 Area, Western Canada