Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation is seeking aboriginal title to about 430,000 hectares of land in the Gold River-Tahsis area, and compensation for forestry operations on its traditional lands
The head chief of an Island First Nation has filed a civil claim against the province on behalf of his people for aboriginal title to about 430,000 hectares of land in the Gold River-Tahsis area.
No one asked permission, and none was granted, and it’s time to correct some of those wrongs, he said. At an unrelated news conference in Langley, Premier David Eby said the B.C. government prefers negotiated land-claims settlements to lengthy, expensive court cases, but the Mowachaht/Muchalaht have the right to take that route.Maquinna, who is representing the Mowachaht/Muchalaht peoples in the suit, is also seeking to return forestry and environmental decision-making rights to First Nation hands.
The Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation estimates “millions” of cubic metres of timber have been removed from its lands since the early 1990s, with others reaping most of the profits. Hereditary Chief Jerry Jack Jr. said he was shocked by how much his land had been changed by logging when he flew over with the Canadian Coast Guard a few years ago. “I couldn’t believe how much of our territory was gone. No more forest,” he said at the news conference.
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