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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 …