By Tom Summer, Alaska Highway News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Blueberry River and Doig River First Nations gathered Monday to sign a historic treaty land entitlement agreement more than 20 years in the making, settling land debts still owed from the signing of Treaty 8.
Continue reading Doig River, Blueberry River sign historic Treaty Land EntitlementBy Tom Summer, Alaska Highway News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A new dig at the Tse’K’wa cave in Charlie Lake continues this month, with University of Northern B.C. students and community members from local First Nations already discovering flakes of stone tools through their field school.
It’s the first time in over 30 years that any archaeological research has been conducted at the historic site, picking up where Simon Fraser University professor and bone expert Dr. Jon Driver left off in the 1990s at the beginning of his career.
Continue reading Tse’K’wa cave field school underwayBy Tom Summer, Alaska Highway News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
An ancient cave site at Charlie Lake will go under the shovel for the first time in more than 30 years this spring.
The Tse’K’wa Heritage Society will host an archaeology field school at the national historic site from May 2 to June 10.
Continue reading New archaeological dig planned at Charlie Lake cave siteBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Blueberry River First Nations signed an agreement with British Columbia Thursday, outlining first steps toward healing the land and restoring the nations’ ability to exercise its Treaty 8 Rights, which the province breached by permitting and encouraging industrial development on a vast scale, according to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling in June.
Continue reading B.C. pays Blueberry River First Nations $65 million as 195 projects approved before court victory proceedBy Roy L Hales
Chief Roland Willson, of West Moberly First Nation, said his people celebrated the 100th anniversary of Treaty #8 in 2014. One of the provisions is that they will be allowed to use the land about to be submerged by the Site C Dam “as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river flows.” This appears to be the Treaty Canada wants to forget.
Continue reading The Treaty Canada Wants To Forget
