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Impasses slowing treaty process in Cowichan: chief negotiator
The group says governments blocked private land talks over the E&N land grant, and a court recently acknowledged its claim after 26 years of negotiations.
- Recently, the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group won a landmark court decision regarding the contested E&N land grant, overcoming a major obstacle that governments previously refused to include in treaty negotiations.
- Chief negotiator Robert Morales identified the E&N land grant as the primary negotiation challenge, as governments claimed the grant privatized the land and excluded it from treaty discussions.
- Representing approximately 6,890 members across five First Nations, the HTG entered the British Columbia treaty process in the 1990s to secure Aboriginal treaty title and rights for their communities.
- After 26 years of negotiations, Morales predicted courts will push parties back to the table, stating, "There's no vision of what the outcomes should be." Morales acknowledged progress has been slow at best.
- Committed to the long game, Morales—a lawyer for more than 40 years—remains focused on resolving systemic inequality through collaborative negotiations that establish a clear vision for these treaty discussions.
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Impasses slowing treaty process in Cowichan: chief negotiator
Deal weariness: unresolved tension or endlessly protracted negotiations cause parties to feel helpless, exhausted, and deeply fed up. Feeling undervalued: prolonged negotiations, especially when trying to secure fair value, often result in ongoing resentment. But even after 26 years of negotiationg, Robert Morales is in it for the long game. As the chief negotiator, and a lawyer, for the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, he is representing five area in…
·Duncan, Canada
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