Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Maa-nulth First Nations' Final Agreement, Stage 5 in the BC Treaty Process, was initialled on December 9, 2006, and subsequently ratified by Maa-nulth First Nations members in the summer and fall of 2007. Provincial ratification legislation was introduced in the Legislative Assembly on November 21, and received Royal Assent on November 29.
It is a member of the Maa-nulth Treaty Society and the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. Before 1951, both the Kyuquot First Nation and the Cheklesath First Nation were separately managed and funded by the then Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
The implementation of the Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement freed the Toquaht Nation from the Indian Act and re-established self-governance and control over Toquaht traditional territories. Under the Maa-nulth treaty, Toquaht regained control of 1,489 hectares of land with an option to purchase 721 more hectares over 15 years.
It completed and ratified its community constitution and ratified the Maa-nulth Treaty on 28 July 2007. The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia passed the Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act on Wednesday, 21 November 2007 and celebrated with the member-nations of the Maa-nulth Treaty Society that evening.
First Nation of the Maa-Nulth Treaty Society: Port Alberni: Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council: Lytton: Boothroyd, Boston Bar, Lytton, Oregon Jack Creek, Skuppah, and Spuzzum: Gitksan Local Services Society: Hazelton: Gitanmaax, Gitanyow, Glen Vowell, and Kispiox: Ktunaxa Nation Council Society: Cranbrook Ɂakisq̓nuk, ʔaq̓am, and Tobacco Plains
The Uchucklesaht Tribe, or Uchucklesaht First Nation, is a modern treaty government located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is a member of the Maa-nulth Treaty Society and the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. [1] In 1881, only 56 people were still considered Uchucklesaht.
The five Maa-nulth First Nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth ratified their treaty in October 2007. The BC government has ratified the final agreement which is yet to be ratified in the federal parliament. Ditidaht First Nation has subsequently taken legal action against the Maa-nulth in a dispute over land and resource ownership.
Nuu-chah-nulth-aht: Nuu-chah-nulth language: Maa-nulth Treaty Society, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council: Hitacu, Ucluelet?aqam: St. Mary's First Nation Kutenai: Kutenai language: Ktunaxa Nation: Cranbrook?Esdilagh First Nation: Alexandria Tsilhqotʼin: Tsilhqotʼin: Tsilhqotʼin National Government: Quesnel