Court of King's Bench hears Sturgeon Lake's separatist petition challenge

“These laws weren’t built for us, but we have to live within them because we’re forced to, not because we want to.”

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Chief Sheldon Sunshine and Mikisew Cree First Nation Chief Billy-Joe Tuccaro hold a Treaty 8 banner outside the downtown Edmonton courthouse on April 7. (LinkedIn/Orlagh O’Kelly)

This story was originally published in Alberta Native News.

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation (SLCN) was in court Tuesday in an effort to stop the collection of…