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The Nisga'a Treaty
Summary: Explores the history of the Nisga'a treaty. Describes the details of the treaty and examines how it affected all Nisga. Analyzes how the treaty affects the status of other aboriginal groups.
Since time immemorial, the Nisga'a lived on the vivid green lands of Northern British Columbia, prospering until the Europeans arrived. According to the European colonists, this land, British Columbia, was empty though the Nisga'a lived here. These new settlers cared not for the natives and, in 1881, confined the Nisga'a to small reserves, taking most of their traditional lands. For nearly two centuries, the Nisga'a remained confined to their reserves because no one acknowledged their ancestral rights. Recently, the federal and the provincial governments negotiated and ratified a treaty with the Nisga'a chief Gosnell and his negotiating team, transferring 1992 square kilometers in fee simple. All seemed well, except, at a debate in Victoria, a group of Gingolx Nisga'a showed up and complained that they weren't properly represented. This created groundless speculations on the validity of the Nisga'a treaty. Although seemingly unjust for certain Nisga'a individuals, the Nisga'a treaty was...
This section contains 2,062 words (approx. 7 pages at 300 words per page) |