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A treaty council, or treaty association, has additional meaning and historically in most provinces represents signatory bands of treaty areas. British Columbia is an exception as treaties in most of the province have not been completed. There the treaty councils have been formed in order to negotiate future treaty claims.
Each treaty delineates a tract of land which was thought to be the traditional territory of the First Nations signing that particular treaty. [12] For Canada it was a necessary step before settlement and development could occur further westward.
Stellat’en First Nation and Nadleh Whut’en Band were put together as one band by the government. 1900s 1901: Provincial Government asks for a reduction of the number of reserves. 1911: Barricade Treaty. 1958-60: Stellaquo Indian Reserve separates from the Fraser Lake Indian Band 1922-76: Lejac Indian Residential school in operation
The Yaqan Nukiy band is located along the Kootenay river. The proximity of the lake and the river were able to determine what type of lifestyle the Yaqan Nukiy band would have. The Yaqan Nukiy band became depended on hunting, gathering and fishing to survive. The river was used a main water source, and became useful in ritual practices. [5]
Under the BC treaty process, negotiating nations have received as little as 5% of their claimed land recognized. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, member governments of which reject the treaty process and remain outside it, has called the court victory a "nail in the coffin" of the B.C. treaty process. [17]
Kutenai bands live in southeastern British Columbia, northern Idaho, and western Montana. The Kutenai language is a language isolate, thus unrelated to the languages of neighboring peoples or any other known language. Four bands form Ktunaxa Nation in British Columbia.
British Columbia Treaty Process; Crown and Indigenous peoples ... Treaty rights; Genocide; ... The following is a partial list of First Nations band governments in ...
Through the treaty process with the United States, the Pillager Band were settled on reservations in north-central Minnesota. A majority were placed on the following three reservations, established under the 1855 Treaty of Washington 10 Stat. 1165: Cass Lake Reservation; Lake Winnibigoshish Reservation; Leech Lake Reservation