What the Tla’amin Treaty has to say on some important rights and responsibilities includes the following.
Treaty Update Brief Overview of the Tla'amin (Sliammon) First Nation Treaty The Tla'amin Final Agreement (Treaty) came into effect on April 5, 2016. This article looks at who the Tla’amin people are, the history of their negotiations, and highlights of their Final Agreement. The information below is quoted in full or part from the INAC website: https://www.aadncaandc.gc.ca/eng/1460134560857/14601346425 18 Tla'amin Nations’ main village site is near Powell River.Tla’amin membership totals approximately 1,100 people. Overall their traditional territory covers about 609,000 hectares (roughly equally divided between land and marine portions). Tla'amin Nation entered the British Columbia treaty process in 1994. Since this time the Nation has achieved the following major treaty events: 2003- Agreement-in-Principle was signed by Tla’amin, Canada and British Columbia 2009- Tla'amin Members ratified the Tla'amin Constitution 2011- The parties initialled the Final Agreement 2012- Tla'amin Citizens approved the Final Agreement through a community vote 2013/14- British Columbia's and Canada’s legislation ratifying the Final Agreement, received Royal Assent 2016- Tla'amin Final Agreement came into effect PAGE 1
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Tla’amin Government: With the exception of determining Indian status, after a transition period the Indian Act no longer applies to Tla'amin Nation, its members or lands.Instead, self-government provisions enable Tla'amin Nation to make its own decisions on matters related to the preservation of its culture, the exercise of its treaty rights and the operation of its government. Tla’amin Lands: The treaty land package consists of approximately 8,323 hectares of treaty settlement land or Tla'amin Lands (approx. 1,917 hectares of former reserves and 6,405 hectares of former provincial Crown land).Tla’amin’s lands include approximately 70 km of waterfront land. A further 1,212 hectares of Crown land may become Tla'amin Lands if acquired by Tla'amin Nation according to certain provisions of the treaty. Some areas of Tla’amin Lands are open for public recreation and leasing and use by nonMembers but certain areas of Tla’amin Lands are set aside exclusively for private use by Tla’amin Members for hunting and cultural use. Tla’amin prepared a short video ‘fly-over’ of their lands: http://sliammonfirstnation.com/?p=649 Financial Component: The Tla'amin treaty provides Tla'amin Nation with a capital transfer of $33.9 million over 10 years. Over the same period, Tla'amin will pay back to Canada the loans taken to negotiate the treaty. Tla'amin Nation also received an Economic Development Fund of $7.9 million and a Fishing Vessel Fund of $285,585.