Paulette Caveat

In 1973, Fort Smith Chief Francois Paulette, along with sixteen NWT chiefs, attempted to file a caveat in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to gain a legal interest in 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 km2) of land in the Northwest Territories.The chiefs claimed the land, by virtue of their aboriginal rights, and sought to prevent the construction of the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline.Justice Morrow agreed with these witnesses and ruled that the chiefs had established a case for claiming Aboriginal rights sufficiently to warrant the filing of a caveat.[1] The Paulette case resulted in the initiation of the Dene/Metis comprehensive land claim process.The Paulette and Calder cases prompted the Government of Canada to hold public hearings on the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline (hearings that become known as the Berger Inquiry).

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