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Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n Nation Elders worked with Simon Fraser University听and Russian Academy of Science researchers to name a new fossil species. The green lacewing insect fossil, found in Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park near Smithers, is now known as Archaeochrysa sanikwa.
鈥淭he Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n word sanikwa refers to the transformation of insects and suggests the appearance of this very ancient鈥
You鈥檙e outta here, said the Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n hereditary chiefs,听returning a $25,000 cheque to the province, a down payment on capacity funding for the Pacific Trail pipeline.
In seeking support for the pipeline that will bring natural gas to Kitimat for a planned LNG plant, BC鈥檚 Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation department drew a line between the capacity funding and ongoing support鈥
Tales drawn from 5,000 years of existence are woven together through audio, visual and modern technology to breathe life into the colorful history of the Musqueam First Nation community.
The Musqueam, Museum of Vancouver and the Museum of Anthropology have partnered on a series of three distinct exhibitions, opening simultaneously this coming January known as c鈥揧sna卯Ym The City Before鈥
On the morning of Oct. 17, the Canadian Coast Guard contacted the Council of the Haida Nation听to mobilize vessels to assist with a marine emergency. A 135-metre Russian registered container had lost power and was drifting 12 miles off the coast of Gowgaia Bay carrying 500 metric tonnes of bunker fuel and 60 metric tonnes of diesel. Based on calculations, the ship could run aground within nine鈥
Hupacasath First Nation is shocked and disappointed听that the federal government has ratified the foreign investment treaty with China, considering the matter is still before a Canadian court to decide if government should have consulted on the controversial 31-year agreement with the nation first. The Canada-China FIPA will come into effect on Oct. 1. 鈥淭he Canada-China FIPA will help ensure鈥
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers cancelled meetings听with the Terrace City Council and the Terrace Chamber of Commerce, because the representatives the company had sent for the meetings wouldn鈥檛 be able to answer questions from people who had planned protests. 鈥淲e have been focused most recently on LNG and the natural gas value chain. That鈥檚 what we were prepared to speak to鈥
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听if Burnaby City Council delays survey work on Burnaby Mountain. The city is seeking an injunction to stop the survey work in the conservation area. The company wants the National Energy Board to force the city to allow the work. 鈥淭his work is planned and necessary in order to meet the deadlines from the National Energy Board,鈥 said Kinder Morgan spokesperson Ali Hounsell. 鈥淲e have to鈥
RCMP Const. Andrew Curtis says an important historical mask was stolen听from a shed in Alert Bay on Cormorant Island off the northern tip of Vancouver Island. The piece depicts the supernatural bird Huxhukw, and is one of three bird masks used by the Kwakwaka鈥檞akw peoples during winter ceremonies. RCMP are concerned that the thief will attempt to sell the mask to a private collector or gallery鈥
Westbank First Nations will co-manage the new Black Mountain/Sntsk鈥檌l鈥檔tYn Regional Park听with the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The 1,260-acre park runs from Tower Ranch through to Highway 33. Sntsk鈥檌l鈥檔tYn is a syilx/Okanagan word that means鈥犫渢he place where arrowheads/flint rock is found鈥. The area was important to First Nations for gathering tools. It has four sensitive ecosystems鈥
The Okanagan Nation Alliance and the Arrow Lakes Tribe听of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville reservation in Washington took responsibility for the reburial of 10,000-year-old bones considered to be remains of an ancestor to the Sinixt people, considered extinct in Canada. First Nations gathered on the banks of the Kootenay River for the burial. The remains were found in February and sent鈥
It was described as a historic meeting of First Nations leaders, the Premier of British Columbia, Christy Clark, and her Cabinet, who gathered Sept. 11 to 鈥渄ialogue鈥 on transforming the First Nations-Crown relationship.
The meeting was spurred on by the new legal landscape facing the province since the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Tsilhqot鈥檌n case which recognized, for the鈥
The T鈥橲ou-ke First Nation continues to implement its 100-year vision for its 250-member community with a new business. Three greenhouses are growing wasabi seedlings over the next 15 months. The Pacific Coast Wasabi enterprise will help the community achieve economic self-sufficiency. T鈥橲ou-ke Nation is located on 67 hectares near Victoria on Vancouver Island. T鈥橲ou-ke has been going green in鈥
A small piece of land located in the Grange Harbour at Salt Spring Island is causing big headaches听 to the developers of Grace Islet. First Nations want it protected because it is a burial place, but the private property owner has begun constructing a home there. 鈥淔irst Nations heritage sites, burial site and sacred sites continue to be desecrated and destroyed,鈥 said Grand Chief Stewart鈥
Nuxalk Chief Wally Webber is happy that a traditional mask that was used as a Super Bowl wager by the Seattle Art Museum will be used in Bella Coola for a potlatch in September. It鈥檚 only a temporary visit back to the community, however. The ceremonial mask was used for the wager in January, because it was reminiscent of the Seattle Seahawk鈥檚 logo, said the museum. Depending on the outcome of鈥
It鈥檚 up to First Nations leaders in British Columbia to decide if their representative on the executive of the Assembly of First Nations should remain in her role now she has declared as a Liberal Party candidate for the next federal election.
听听听 But according to Ken Young, a former advisor to former AFN national chief Phil Fontaine, B.C. Regional Chief Jody Wilson-Raybould could tempt鈥