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The British Columbia Treaty Process (BCTP) is a land claims negotiation process started in 1993 to resolve outstanding issues, including claims to un-extinguished indigenous rights, with British Columbia's First Nations. Three treaties have been implemented under the BCTP. [1]
Discussions with BC and Canada outside the treaty process to adjust Treaty 8. New Westminster Indian Band: Negotiating independently Fraser Valley, New Westminster: The New Westminster Indian Band is not a legitimate First Nation, but is a composite band with no right to Indigenous Land. They are not officially involved in treaty negotiations [68]
A recreational community in British Columbia is an "unincorporated place with seasonal or year-round services, accommodation and amenities associated primarily with recreational or leisure activities". [5] British Columbia has 11 communities that are classified as recreational communities. [1]
Specific claims are longstanding land claims disputes pertaining to Canada's legal obligations to indigenous communities. They are related to the administration of lands and other First Nations assets by the Government of Canada, or breaches of treaty obligations or of any other agreements between First Nations and the Crown by the government of Canada.
Klemtu, British Columbia Kitlope Indian Reserve No. 16: Henaksiala or Kitlope or Gitlope group of the Haisla: at the mouth of the Kitlope River, south of Kitimat: Kitsumkaylum 1: Gitxsan: Klaklacum 12: Union Bar First Nation: N/A Sto:lo: on the Fraser River, 3 miles N of Hope: Complete list of Union Bar reserves: Klitsis 16: Ehattesaht First Nation
However, from 1927 to 1951, prosecuting indigenous land claims in court and using band funds to sue the federal government was prohibited, thereby leaving land claims largely ignored. [5] In 1947, a parliamentary committee recommended that Canada create a "Claims Commission" similar to the Indian Claims Commission in the United States, which ...
Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC: government-sponsored website that promotes aboriginal culture in the context of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. First Nations Health Authority: - partnership of BC First Nations - working with federal and provincial partners to improve First Nations health in BC.
"First Nation" refers to the Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. In the context used here, it refers only to band governments. For a list of peoples and ethnicities please see List of First Nations peoples in British Columbia (which includes extinct groups).