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A unanimous vote to abandon the British Columbia Treaty Commission (BCTC) at last week’s Treaty Forum held on the Nak’azdli Reserve, near Fort St. James, has some members of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (CSTC) upset.
Chief Leonard Thomas of Nak’azdli wasn’t in attendance when the vote was taken, having had to leave the meeting early on March 28, but he was dismayed with the actions of the council.
“I wasn’t impressed with the resolution being passed at that particular forum,” said Thomas.
What has Thomas upset is the forum wasn’t for making any major decisions, it wasn’t an annual general meeting, it was to inform and discuss the CSTC position and to hear from community members. Thomas wasn’t the only Chief absent at the time of the vote. Other chiefs weren’t present, including Chief Thomas Alexis of Tl’azt’en Nation and Chief Robert Charlie of Ts’il Kaz Koh First Nation (Burns Lake). In total the CSTC has eight member nations.
Posted: Jun 02, 2021 6:16 PM PT | Last Updated: June 3
The City of Vancouver says city hall will be lit up orange at night until further notice after the Tk emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announced the remains of 215 children were found at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. (City of Vancouver)
Local and regional governments across B.C. are issuing statements of condolence and commitments to further reconciliation after the Tk emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announced the remains of 215 children were found at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops but Victoria s mayor has a piece of advice.
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Who, ultimately, possesses the land?
That is a question at the root of the territorial acknowledgments that have become pervasive across Canada, a sombre public rite.
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But it’s not only non-Indigenous Canadians who undergo conflicted feelings, whether gratitude, guilt or consternation, when politicians, school principals and others open a gathering by acknowledging they’re on the “unceded traditional territory” of the Wet’suwet’en, Algonquin, Musqueam or other First Nation.
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