Are unresolved aboriginal rights and title issues being addressed?
larger versions HTML | PDF | Excel • Resolution of aboriginal rights and title issues is expected to increase certainty for land and resource development in B.C. The preferred approach to addressing these issues is through treaty negotiations. • Historical treaties signed in the 1800s covered 7% of the First Nations population in 1999. • In 2000, the Nisgaa Treaty and an adhesion to Treaty 8 increased that coverage to 12% of the First Nations population. • Over 40 First Nations groups, involving more than 60% of the First Nations population, are currently in tripartite negotiations with the provincial and federal governments. Most are in the fourth stage of the six-stage process negotiation of an agreement in principle. • These negotiations are overseen and facilitated by the BC Treaty Commission, an independent body established in 1992 by Canada, British Columbia and the First Nations Summit. • Interim measures agreements are used to address aboriginal rights and title issues while tr
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