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The First Nations Summit is a First Nations political organization in British Columbia founded in 1992 after the formation of the British Columbia Treaty Commission and the British Columbia Treaty Process. It represents the interests of First Nation band governments involved in the treaty process.
John was the First Nations representative to the First Ministers Conference on aboriginal constitutional rights from 1983 to 1987. In 1991, along with the late Squamish Chief Joe Matthias , he helped to create the First Nations Summit , the organization representing the British Columbia First Nations involved in treaty negotiations with Canada ...
Pages in category "First Nations organizations in British Columbia" ... First Nations Health Authority; First Nations Summit; G. Gitxsan Treaty Society; H.
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]
First Nations, Land Rights and Environmentalism in British Columbia German website that uses visual representations to support Aboriginal Title and Rights. Government of British Columbia's First Nations A-Z Listing
Bill Wilson (1944 – January 25, 2025) was a Canadian hereditary chief, politician, and lawyer. He carried the Kwak’wala name Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla. Hemas means “the Chief who is always there to help” and Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla means “the first rank among the eagles.” [1] He was a descendant of the Musgamgw Tsawataineuk and Laich-kwil-tach peoples, which are part of the Kwakwaka'wakw, also ...
The Chiefs held their first assembly as "the Assembly of First Nations" (AFN) in Penticton, British Columbia, in April 1982. The new structure, which gave membership and voting rights to individual First Nations chiefs rather than provincial/territorial organizations, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] was adopted in July 1985, as part of the Charter of the Assembly ...
Tsimshian First Nations: Terrace: Kitsumkalum First Nation: Kitselas: Tsimshian: Tsimshianic languages: Tsimshian First Nations: Terrace: Klahoose First Nation: Klahoose Indian Band Clo-oose: Kʼómoks First Nation: Comox First Nation K'ómoks: Coast Salish: Comox language: Kwakiutl District Council: Campbell River: Kwadacha Band: Kwadacha ...