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Agreement Creates New Opportunities for Kaska Dena First Nations
VICTORIA, BC – April 10, 2013 – A new agreement will create economic opportunities for the Kaska Dena First Nations in northern B.C. in advance of a treaty.
Under the Incremental Treaty Agreement (ITA), the Province will transfer 10 Crown land parcels, comprising 607 hectares, to the Kaska Dena First Nations.
The land parcels support Kaska Dena interests in a number of possible economic development opportunities. …
Court of Appeal Agrees with Kaska Challenge to "Free Entry" Mining System
WHITEHORSE, YT – January 7, 2013 – For years the Kaska Nation has been looking to negotiate modern day solutions with Government to the realities of common law regarding aboriginal rights and title in Canada. The issue of “free entry” has been one that the Kaska have been asking YTG to negotiate with them on. YTG continue to refuse to negotiate, instead choosing a path of confrontation with First Nations on issues such as the Peel and changes to the Yukon Oil and Gas Act. …
Land Use Plan Charts Course to Prosperity
GOOD HOPE LAKE, BC – August 22, 2012 – Certainty for natural-resource development and environmental stewardship in northern B.C. was confirmed today, with the formal signing of a Strategic Land Use Planning Agreement between the government of British Columbia and First Nations represented by the Kaska Dena Council.
Minister Steve Thomson joined Kaska Dena Council Chair George Miller and other First Nations representatives in a ceremony to mark the occasion during…
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