US EditionHomalco First Nation Files Judicial Review over Ancient Campbell River Burial Site
- The Ƿ[malk�u First Nation has filed a legal challenge in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, claiming a lack of consultation regarding a burial site discovered at a construction area.
- The remains, estimated to be 1,230 to 1,650 years old, were discovered by C.R. Horizon during the construction of an apartment complex.
- Chief Darren Blaney stated that the province failed to consult them as required by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act .
- The remains were not held at the Campbell River Museum but with the Wei Wai Kum First Nation instead.
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‘When We’re All Together, We Stand Stronger’ - Underscore Native News
The Washington state Department of Transportation’s desecration of an ancestral village and burial site was still an open wound in 2005 when the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe last hosted the Intertribal Canoe Journey, an annual gathering of Northwest Indigenous canoe cultures. Tribal officials had warned the state that the place the Klallam knew as Tse-whit-zen was there, that people were living at Tse-whit-zen when Rome was founded, that the land …
χʷɛmaɬkʷu (Homalco) First Nation files dispute over remains found at construction site
After remains were found at a construction site at the end of 2024, χʷɛmaɬkʷu (Homalco) First Nation has now filed for a judicial review over a lack of consultation and proper process. The ancestral remains were found at a construction site in Campbell River in December 2024, which χʷɛmaɬkʷu First Nation says are estimated to be between 1,230 and 1,650 years old. χʷɛmaɬkʷu First Nation says it only learned of the finding of the remains after it …
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