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B.C., COAST SALISH NATIONS, TRIBES HONOUR SALISH SEA
VICTORIA – Coast Salish leaders welcomed Lieutenant Governor Steven Point and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation George Abbott to the Songhees waterfront for a colourful and lively ceremony to celebrate the official naming of the Salish Sea.

B.C., HAIDA NATION RESTORE NAME ‘HAIDA GWAII’ TO ISLANDS
OLD MASSETT – An unprecedented cultural ceremony has formally returned the name Queen Charlotte Islands to the Crown and restored the name Haida Gwaii.

AWARDS TO CELEBRATE BC ABORIGINAL BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENTS
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Aboriginal business sector will be celebrated in the second annual BC Aboriginal Business Awards.

PROVINCE PROCLAIMS MAY 27 “FOUR HOST FIRST NATIONS DAY”
VICTORIA – Premier Gordon Campbell and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation George Abbott have proclaimed May 27 as Four Host First Nations Day.

B.C. AND TREATY 8 FIRST NATIONS SIGN FIVE AGREEMENTS
VICTORIA – The Province and three Treaty 8 First Nations – Doig River First Nation, West Moberly First Nations, and Prophet River First Nation – signed a final agreement and four resource management agreements.





