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Indigenous Peoples Opposed 

to the 

Brish Columbia Treaty Process 

STATEMENTTOTHEB.C. ASSEMBLY OFFIRSTNATIONS:

June28,2012

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WeareheretodayasGrassrootsPeopleswhoareopposedtotheunjust andillegalBritishColumbi

TreatyProcess.

Thisisaprocessof  AboriginalTitleandRightsextinguishment nomatterif thetermsusedare

“certainty”,“non‐assertionof rights”ormodi iedrights”,theresult isthesame,theeliminationof 

our AboriginalTitleandRightsassovereignIndigenousNationsandsurrendertothelawsof BCan

CanadatobecomemerelyethnicmunicipalitiesandCanadiancitizens.

TheB.C.TreatyProcessgivesunfairadvantagetothe“YES”sidewithinourIndigenouscommunitie

andNations. Allof thehundredsof millionsof dollarsinfunding,legal,technicalandadvisorysup‐

port goestotheChiefsandCouncils,Staff andNegotiatorswhoareultimatelyinvestedingettinga

“YES”votefromthePeoplestoFinalTreatySettlement offersfromtheBC&Federalgovernments.

Werepresent not onlythe“NO”sideinthevotesheldinLheidliT’enneh,Tsawwassenandthoseop

posedtotheTla’aminTreatyvote,but wealsogivevoicetothoseIndigenousPeoplesopposedto

theBCTreatyProcessthroughout therest of theBCregion.

OURPOSITION:

Wecallforanimmediatehalt toall“Treaty”votesthroughout theBCregion,untilthenegotia‐

tionstoreformthefederalComprehensiveClaimsPolicyhaveconcludedbetween Assemblyof 

First NationsComprehensiveClaimsWorkingGroupandtheGovernment of Canada.

Wecallforopenforumsthroughout theBCregiontobeheldforallinterestedIndigenousPeo‐

plestodiscussacomparisonof thekeyclausesofferedbytheBCandFederalgovernmentsat 

various“TreatyTables”that negativelyimpact the AboriginalTitleandRightsof IndigenousNa‐

tions.

Wecallforanendtotheuseof theracist “Doctrineof Discovery”bytheBCandFederalgovern‐

mentsasjusti icationforthetheft of Indigenouslandsandresources.

WecallforallBCregionalIndigenousleaderstofullyrespect andimplement theUnitedNations

DeclarationontheRightsof IndigenousPeoplesinanyprocessaffectingthe AboriginalTitle,

RightsorSovereigntyof anyIndigenouscommunityorNationintheBCregion,includingthe

right toFree,PriorInformedConsent (Article28).

‐PRESENTEDBY THECOALITIONOFINDIGENOUSPEOPLES AGAINSTTREATY EXTINGISHMENT

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