Treaties Awareness Quiz Flashcards
Whose traditional territories do we live on? Is it treaty land?
Coast Salish people’s - Hul’qumi’num
What are nation-to-nation agreements?
agreements between two sovereign groups
How did First Nations make nation-to-nation treaties before European contact?
oral tradition and ceremony and or symbolic objects
Where and when were the first treaties signed in British Columbia?
1850 - 1854 Douglas Treaties or the Fort Victoria Treaties
About how many years passed between these treaties and the first modern-day treaty in British Columbia?
146 years
What Canadian law recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and treaty rights?
section 35 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution 1982
How many stages are there in the BC treaty Process?
6
The Nisga’s Treaty was the first treaty under the BC Treaty Process - True or Fase?
False. it was negotiated before the official BC process.
