After waiting more than a century, Williams Lake First Nation has received an apology from the Canadian government for being displaced from its village lands at the west end of Williams Lake.
Williams Lake First Nation has received a formal apology from the Canadian government for being displaced from its village lands at the west end of Williams Lake in the 1800s.
The official apology was read out by Trudeau, in which he said by being displaced from the village lands by settlers, the people of WLFN lost access to a variety of resources year-round.Before the apology was read out, Chief Sellars thanked the Trudeau government for working with WLFN on its specific claims process which brought the community $135 million. "It gives us a fighting chance, levelling that playing field and allows us to do some amazing things.
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