Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
Also Burrard Indian Band
Background
Negotiating status
: Negotiating a comprehensive treaty settlement within the British Columbia Treaty Commission six-stage treaty process.
Negotiating affiliation
: Negotiating independently
with Canada and British Columbia.
Location
: Main community is on Burrard Inlet Indian Reserve #3, near North Vancouver. There are two other reserves at the end of Indian Arm, 30 km northeast of Vancouver. (Three reserves on 110.7 hectares.)
Number of Band Members: 430 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and
Residence December 2006, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Negotiations
The Tsleil-Waututh First Nation entered the treaty process in February 1994, and is now in Stage 4 of the six-stage process, negotiating an agreement in principle.
Outside of the treaty process, the Tsleil-Waututh has formal agreements with the Ministry of Forests, the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, and the District of North Vancouver on various resource uses in specific parks and other sites in its asserted traditional territory. The Tsleil-Waututh has focused on economic development, aided by an eco-tourism economic development study in 2001 and the creation of an eco-tourism business.
A conference on the development of wellness indicators was held in January 2002.
Three interim measures were initiated in February 2002:
assessment of eco-tourism and eco-forestry opportunities on Tsleil-Waututh fee simple lands
assessment of a joint venture opportunity renovating and renting a commercial heritage building in downtown Vancouver
assessment of a joint venture opportunity developing a marine eco-tourism business at Canada Place in Vancouver.
Planned meetings
As dates are established for open public meetings, they will be publicized through the local media.
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Final Agreements
Principle
