VICTORIA — A Vancouver Island First Nation whose people were the first to greet European explorers in the region almost 250 years ago is taking British Columbia to court, seeking title to its traditional territories and financial compensation.
The Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation filed a claim Thursday in B.C. Supreme Court seeking a return of decision-making, resource and ecological stewardship, said Chief Mike Maquinna, a descendent of the former Chief Maquinna who met British explorer Capt. James Cook in 1776.
"As a result of the explorations of our territory, the natural resources of our lands have been taken. We want to correct rights and wrongs here and hopefully as time goes on this will show that Mowachaht/Muchalaht has been infringed upon since time of contact." The Parks Canada website says the village became the capital for all 17 tribes of the Nootka Sound region.
"It is common knowledge we were here long before Capt. Cook and now we have to go to court and definitively prove that," he said."I don't like that we have to prove that we owned it before he showed up to my territory, to my beach."
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