Birdtail Sioux First Nation or Chan Kagha Otina Dakhóta Oyáte (also spelt Caƞ Kaġa Dakhóta Oyáte, 'People of the Log Houses')[2] are a Dakota First Nation located approximately 50 km north of Virden, Manitoba.
[5] The Canadian government alleges that the Dakota live in Manitoba on the good graces of the Crown.
The Dakota, excluding Birdtail, intended to use maps and papers that predate confederation in Canada to negotiate a modern treaty.
"[5] Chief Frank Brown of the Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation replied that "Divide and conquer is a game Indian Affairs plays all of the time...
The job creation is a good thing, but it's not fixing nothing, it's just a little Band-Aid, whereas we're working for the future of our people.