Elsipogtog band council issues eviction notice to fracking company

Elsipogtog Chief issues eviction notice to Texas-based frackers. Band Council Resolution to reclaim all unoccupied Crown Land.

Chief Arren Sock of Elsipogtog First Nation, flanked by hundreds. [Photo: M. Howe]

by Miles Howe,  Halifax Media Coop, Oct 1, 2013

Rexton, New Brunswick – In what may well go down as an historic Treaty Day, Eslipogtog First Nation’s Chief Arren Sock today presented a Band Council Resolution stating that his community is prepared to reclaim all unoccupied Crown Lands in Signigtog District, which comprises most of present day provincial New Brunswick. The resolution was read to an exuberant crowd of hundreds of supporters from across Kent County, New Brunswick, and beyond.