Archive - Mar 1, 2009

BC government and First Nations agree to legislation protecting native rights and land title

From the Globe and Mail 

Proposed law would enshrine native rights and land title - Province to introduce Act to define method to make decisions over lands and resources

JUSTINE HUNTER - February 28, 2009

VICTORIA -- British Columbia is poised to introduce an unprecedented law that will recreate the economic interdependence that once existed between early colonists and aboriginal populations, a top native leader said yesterday.