US EditionB.C. tables another First Nation treaty ratification, but overlap concerns persist
The agreement would transfer 38,250 hectares and give the nation self-governance powers, while critics say it affects ancestral rights without full consultation.
- On Wednesday, Indigenous Relations Minister Spencer Chandra Herbert tabled legislation to ratify the treaty for The Kitselas First Nation near Terrace, marking a major milestone in the decades-long process.
- The Kitselas will become the ninth First Nation to finalize a modern treaty, following negotiations that began in 1993 and reached an agreement in principle in 2015.
- Under the treaty, the First Nation receives about $109.8 million from the federal government and $20 million from the provincial government, plus ownership of 38,250 hectares near Terrace.
- Critics, including The Nine Allied Tribes and Lax, have called on the government to pause ratification, claiming the treaty impacts over 90 per cent of their title and ancestral rights.
- Cyril Bennett-Nabess says his First Nation has overcome a "struggle" dating back over 113 years to the Indian Act, while Premier David Eby called the treaty "historic" and "long-over due.
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BC tables another First Nation treaty ratification, but overlap concerns remain
The Kitselas First Nation in northwestern BC has reached a major milestone in its treaty process as the province tabled legislation to ratify the agreement, in the second such achievement for a First Nation in as many days.
B.C. moves to implement treaty with Kitselas First Nation in northwest
The Kitselas First Nation will receive ownership of more than 38 square kilometres of land, self-government over those lands and $148 million in one-time transfers and continued funding, in a treaty reached with B.C. and Canada.
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B.C. tables another First Nation treaty ratification, but overlap concerns persist
VICTORIA - The Kitselas First Nation in northwestern B.C. has reached a major milestone in its treaty process as the province tabled legislation to ratify the agreement, in the second
B.C. tables another First Nation treaty ratification, but overlap concerns persist – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — The Kitselas First Nation in northwestern B.C. has reached a major milestone in its treaty process as the province tabled legislation to ratify the agreement, in the second such achievement for a First Nation in as many days. But like the province’s treaty process with the K’omoks First Nation, the Kitselas process is also facing opposition from its neighbours. The legislation tabled Wednesday by Indigenous Relations Minister Spencer …
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