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What's New:
Durable
Treaties Require Choices:
December
8, 2006: All parties to the three treaties now being
considered have had to make tough choices and show courage
to reach agreement, according to the BC Treaty Commission.
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Collaboration
Key to Success:
December
7, 2006: The product of a partnership between the BC
Treaty Commission and the Royal BC Museum premiered today
in Victoria. First Peoples of British Columbia, a six-minute,
large-format multimedia presentation celebrating BC First
Nations, will run 10 times a day on the two-storey, three-dimensional
map in the museum lobby. Read
more...
Latest
Edition of Update
December 4, 2006:
The latest edition of the Treaty Commission's newsletter
update is now available on line in PDF format.. Read
more...
Lheidi
T'enneh Initialling Ceremony
November 29, 2006:
The Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
has produced a video commemorating the Lheidli T'enneh Final
Agreement signing. To view the video Click
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Feature Stories:
Two
Titles, One Territory
October 25, 2006:
Finally, recognition of aboriginal rights, title.The legacy
of the first colonial government’s inaction on treaty
making is the small reserves we see today protecting indigenous
village sites and surrounding lands. Read
more...
The
Aboriginal Right to Fish
October 25, 2006:
There is a belief that First Nations people have always enjoyed
the same right of access to commercial fisheries as everyone
else. In fact, aboriginal people were for a long time systemically
excluded from the commercial fishery in British Columbia.
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First Nations Perspectives:
Nisga'a
Nation
The Nisga'a people have a long history of seeking to negotiate
their way into Canada, of wanting to become full participants
in the social, political and economic life of the country.
The Nisga'a treaty makes their long-awaited goal possible.
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Lheidli
T'enneh Band
The Lheidli T'enneh have always been at the forefront of the
BC treaty process and at the forefront is exactly where this
First Nation wants to be.
Whether signing the first
agreement in principle under the BC treaty process in 2003
or being the first to complete final agreement negotiations
in August 2006, the Lheidli T'enneh's desire to achieve a
final treaty is driven by one goal: to govern themselves in
a way that they want. Read
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