The Vancouver Sun reports in its Tuesday edition the Gitga'at First Nation will ask the Federal Court of Appeal to recognize the band's aboriginal title along the proposed tanker route where ships would be carrying oil from the Northern Gateway pipeline. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Sun says the band's filing brings to at least five the number of groups seeking judicial review of cabinet's decision approving the project. Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized the Tsilhqot'in nations' aboriginal title. Theirs was the first such recognition in the country. Gitga'at lawyer, Michael Lee Ross, said the band's participation in the joint review process provided a legal basis for declaring the North Coast community's title over their traditional marine territory. Such a declaration would mean the band would have to approve of the project, or the feds would have to prove it was in the national interest. "The Gitga'at did try to engage with the federal government in a more serious way about some of these things and they really didn't get anywhere," Mr. Ross said. Environmental groups claim cabinet's decision last month is invalid because it was based on a flawed report from a joint review panel.