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I haven’t actually seen the treaty yet, so I’m going to reserve comment for now, but here are a few stories about this. If you are familiar with this treaty, know where i can find it, or have your own thoughts about this, please add a comment here. I’d like to hear what you have to say. - Ahni.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
New treaty a sham
By Bill Tieleman, billtieleman.blogspot.com

The tentative treaty between the Tsawwassen First Nation and the provincial and federal governments must be rejected.

It is totally unacceptable that the treaty terms would take 207 hectares of valuable …

We are the Indigenous Peoples of our Territories!

We have never given up our responsibilities for our land and our peoples. We cannot move away from that fundamental position and our beliefs and let our future generations down. We therefore reject the policies and processes of the federal and provincial governments, such as the federal policies on land claims and self-government and the British Columbia Treaty Process and the New Relationship that implement
those policies and undermine our strong historic position! Now is the time to stand up for: OUR LAND, OUR FUTURE!

We the INDIGENOUS PEOPLES in our TERRITORIES HAVE:

LAND RIGHTS:
Our …

Historic B.C. treaty faces strong opposition
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 | 1:22 PM PT
CBC News

A traditional chief says he and his family will block a ground-breaking treaty with a First Nation in northern B.C.

At the signing ceremony in Prince George last month, Premier Gordon Campbell called the treaty with the Lheidli T’enneh band a “historic agreement and a “milestone of reconciliation.”

But traditional Lheidli T’enneh Chief Peter Quaw calls it “one of the worst treaties in Canadian history,” saying it won’t sustain current band members or future generations.

The treaty, the first final agreement negotiated through the …

The agreement is said to be worth $73 million dollars in cash, land and forest tenure. (click here for highlights) It has now been initialed, opening the doors to ratification by the Lheidli T’enneh. This is the first treaty under the B.C. Treaty process and has been 13 years in the making so the three parties to the agreement wanted to celebrate.

Two hundred and fifty people turned out to the Civic Centre in Prince George to witness the historic event.

Premier Gordon Campbell said that for 2 centuries the relationship between B.C. and the First …

Natives: Now united, bands say blockades are not out of the question
Ian Bailey, The Province
Published: Sunday, October 29, 2006

B.C. risks native protests, uncertainty and a black mark on its reputation before the 2010 Olympics — all due to flaws in the present treaty process, natives are warning.

Chiefs, elders and representatives of more than 40 native communities yesterday signed a “unity protocol” in Nanaimo to highlight their concerns about treaty positions taken by Ottawa and Victoria that they say work against them.

The groups said that First Nations communities are losing patience with the situation that they say has confounded a …