R. v. Sundown, [1999] 2 C.N.L.R. 289 (S.C.C.), aff’g [1997] 4 C.N.L.R. 241 (Sask. C.A.), which aff’d

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Appeal by the Crown regarding the construction of a log cabin in a Saskatchewan provincial park. John Sundown was a member of a Cree First Nation and a member of Treaty 6. The treaty gives the signatories the right to fish and hunt for food. The log cabin was built by John Sundown as a means for smoking meat and to set up camp while hunting. The Crown asserts that a cabin is a permanent fixture in a provincial park that violates provincial law prohibiting the construction of permanent structures in provincial parks. The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeal's acquittal.