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In 1916, the Indian Rights Association and the Interior Tribes of British Columbia united in opposition to the McKenna-McBride Royal Commission (which was tasked with reviewing the size of Indian reserves in the province with an aim to confirming, expanding, or, more typically, reducing them) and formed the Allied Tribes of British Columbia. [2]
In 1915, the Allied Tribes of B.C. was formed by Peter Kelly and Andrew Paull to seek treaties and adequate-size reserves. After the First World War, the League of Indians in Canada was founded by a Mohawk veteran, Fred Ogilvie Loft (1862-1934). [1]
Tribal councils in BC, as of 2019 [1] Tribal council Location/headquarters Member Nations Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council: Williams Lake: Lhoosk'uz Dene, Lhtako Dene, Toosey, and Ulkatcho: Carrier Sekani Tribal Council: Prince George, British Columbia: Burns Lake, Nadleh Whut'en, Saik'uz, Stellat'en, Takla, Tl'azt'en, and Wet'suwet'en
Since the disbanding of the Allied Tribes of British Columbia in 1927, there had been many attempts to create a unified provincial organization, but conflict between the primarily coastal/Protestant Native Brotherhood of British Columbia and the primarily interior/Catholic National American Indian Brotherhood had been too great.
However, it had been claimed by the British Columbia government that the aforementioned lands belonged to themselves by right of conquest. [6] After the Canadian federal government made it illegal for indigenous peoples in the country to organize funds for land claims issues, the Allied Tribes of BC quickly dissolved.
The Gitando are the youngest (or last to form) of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian people in British Columbia, Canada.It is one of the nine of those tribes making up the "Nine Tribes" First Nation of the lower Skeena River resident at Lax Kw'alaams (a.k.a. Port Simpson), British Columbia.
The legal and political interests of the people of Lax Kwʼalaams vis à vis the provincial and federal governments are represented by the Allied Tsimshian Tribes Association, which represents the hereditary chiefs of the Nine Tribes. The Tsimshian have a matrilineal kinship system, with property and descent passed through the maternal lines ...
Lithic stage (pre 8000 BC) Archaic stage (c. 8000 – 1000 BC) Formative stage (c. 1000 BC – AD 500) Classic stage (c. AD 500–1200) Post-Classic stage (c. 1200–1900) List of bibliographical materials on the potlatch; List of Canadians; List of Canadians § Aboriginal leaders Big Bear (1825–1888) – Cree leader Brant, Joseph (1742 ...