Canada hands ‘long-overdue’ title over more than 200 islands to Haida Nation

can , 2 months ago

“We know the lands and waters better than anyone else. When it comes to protections, British Columbia won’t do it, and neither will Canada,” the forester Tyler Bellis told the Guardian earlier this year amid rumours an agreement with the province was close. “We have to be the ones that protect our islands.”

I hope to see more of this.

jeffw OP , 2 months ago

I hope to see more of provinces/states and other govts actually caring too lol

autotldr Bot , 2 months ago

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For centuries, the Haida people have known that the impenetrable forests and bountiful waters of Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai – “the islands at the boundary of the world” – were both a life-giving force and their rightful home.

Now, after decades of negotiation, the province of British Columbia has come to the same conclusion: the title over more than 200 islands off Canada’s west coast should rightfully be held by the Haida Nation.

On Sunday, the premier, David Eby, attended a signing ceremony for the “long-overdue” transfer of aboriginal land title to the Haida Nation.

The agreement is a “first-of-its-kind” deal negotiated between the government and the nation means the Haida no longer have to prove that their aboriginal title to land exists.

The decision to recognize Haida title, made outside the courts of the formal treaty process, reflects a vastly different way of negotiating that is typically fiercely contested and puts Indigenous groups on the hook for millions in legal fees as they spend generations fighting cases, even if they almost always win in the end.

When it comes to protections, British Columbia won’t do it, and neither will Canada,” the forester Tyler Bellis told the Guardian earlier this year amid rumours an agreement with the province was close.

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