The Huu-ay-aht First Nation of the west coast of Vancouver Island has become the second band in the province to ratify a treaty under the B.C. Treaty Commission.
The 615-member band, which has its home village at Pachena Bay near Bamfield, voted 90 per cent in favour of adopting the Maa-Nulth Treaty on Saturday. The results were announced Sunday. Of the 303 eligible Huu-ay-aht voters who took part, 272 approved the document that will grant the band self-government and 8,258 hectares of land, as well as cash, access to fisheries, forestry and other economic opportunities the band values at $145 million. (Edit: That’s $345 Million so far this week being given to Natives for those keeping score of their tax dollars)
Reaction to the vote was overwhelmingly positive.
Read the full story here
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment