/R E P E A T -- Invitation to Media - News Conference - Victorious and Historic Supreme Court Ruling Against Rio Tinto for Two Québec Innu First Nations and for British Columbia's Saik'uz and Stellat'en First Nations/

OTTAWA, Dec. 8, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Québec Innu Chiefs Mike McKenzie and Réal McKenzie, of Uashat mak Mani-utenam and Matimekush-Lac John First Nations respectively, and Chiefs Stanley Thomas and Archie Patrick of the Saik'uz and Stellat'en First Nations in British Columbia, cordially invite media representatives to a news conference in the wake of a joint victory in the Supreme Court of Canada against mining company Rio Tinto. Aboriginal communities are uniting their voices at this news conference, to be held Tuesday, December 9, during the Assembly of First Nations meetings in Gatineau, to inform the public of the historic nature of this Supreme Court ruling.

SUBJECT:	Joint news conference by the Innu Chiefs of Uashat mak Mani-utenam and Matimekush-Lac John First Nations in Québec and by the Chiefs of the Saik'uz and Stellat'en First Nations in British Columbia.
DATE:	Wednesday, December 9, 2015
TIME:	10 AM
PLACE:	Room Julien
	Hilton Lac Leamy
	3, boulevard du Casino
	Gatineau (Québec) J8Y 6X4

SOURCE Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM)

Jackie Thomas, Land & Resources Manager, Saik'uz First Nation, [email protected], Cell: [phone]; Jean-Claude Therrien Pinette, Director, Office for the Protection of Rights and the Territory, ITUM, Cell: 418-409-5681, [email protected]