Indigenous Lawyer Calls for Alberta's Future | Calgary News

An Indigenous lawyer and Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation member, Leighton Grey, ignited a rally calling for Alberta’s separation from Canada, arguing that decades of systemic neglect have left Indigenous communities behind — ranking last in life expectancy and income while leading in social crises like missing and murdered women. Drawing on his grandmother’s story from residential school, he revealed how education broke generational cycles of poverty — even within oppressive systems. He challenged the Indian Act as proof of exclusion, questioned Premier Danielle Smith’s role in separatism, and warned that some Treaty Chiefs are considering treason charges against her. But Grey reframed the movement not as division, but as conservation — envisioning an independent Alberta where Indigenous peoples are no longer outsiders, but central to a more just, prosperous future for all. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/53930e8a2c7bc659