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'The B.C. government and the Council of the Haida Nation have signed an
agreement officially recognizing Haida Gwaii's Aboriginal title, more than two
decades after the nation launched a legal action seeking formal recognition.
The province announced last month that it had reached a proposed deal with the
Haida, which Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Minister Murray Rankin
called a "foundational step in the reconciliation pathway of Haida Nation and
B.C."
On April 6, the nation announced that more than 500 Haida citizens had voted 95
per cent in favour of approving the Gaayhllxid/Gíhlagalgang "Rising Tide" Haida
Title Lands Agreement.
"This does not mean that the government is granting us anything. We have always
held our inherent rights and title to our lands," Tamara Davidson, a Vancouver
regional representative for the Council of the Haida Nation, told
CBC News on
Sunday.
"We were born knowing this is ours."
The deal recognizes the First Nation's title throughout Haida Gwaii, an
archipelago of more than 150 islands about 90 kilometres off B.C.'s North
Coast.
However, it does not impact private property or government jurisdictions, and
Rankin has said that litigation would have created "uncertainty for residents
and businesses."
The province says the "Rising Tide" title agreement is a "first-of-its-kind"
deal negotiated between the NDP government and the nation, shifting "ownership
and jurisdiction of land from the Crown to the Haida Nation in Crown law."'
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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