Stay informed on Gitxaała’s Reconciliation and Treaty response

The Lu Sa Hax Hoyaxgm Wil’nat’aał, formerly known as The Joint Committee on Reconciliation and Treaty Response (JCRTR), consists of four Hereditary Chiefs representing each tribe. The Chair of the Lu Sa Hax Hoyaxgm Wil’nat’aał (LSHH) is Txagyet, Clarence Innis and Lou Ga Gwelks, Elected Chief Councillor Linda Innes as the Voice of the Nation. The Joint Committee reports to the Hereditary Chiefs and the Band Council, which in turn, will communicate with the membership directly.

The Joint Committee is as follows:

Txagyet – Clarence Innis – Joint Committee Chair
Lou Ga Gwelks – Elected Chief Linda Innes, Voice of the Nation
Lax Sgyiik: Nis hiywaas – Mathew Hill
Ganhada: Wii halaayt – John Vickers
Lax Gyibuu: Nis ma ‘awta – Clifford White
Gisbutwada: Inta’wii walp – Larry Bolton
Gugwelksm’neext – Marica Robinson – Elected Councillor

Reconciliation

July 2017 – Canada’s new policy approach to achieving reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, through a series of processes, agreements and other arrangements over time

Since 2019, BC also pursues reconciliation and related agreements, focused on closing socio-economic gaps

Reconciliation Agreements, essentially, are pathways for the reconciliation of Aboriginal title and rights with Crown sovereignty outside the modern treaty process in BC. The reconciliation agreement process:

Can result in multiple agreements incrementally addressing the reconciliation of Gitxaała title and rights with Crown title and rights
Enables some agreements to become section 35 agreements but does not require that
Provides funding in advance to address priority measures
Provides clarity in advance on the scope of the fiscal arrangement

A Reconciliation Agreements is not:

A modern BCTC treaty;
A “full and final” settlement of everything related to Gitxaała’s title and rights ” i.e. one agreement to cover everything;
Based on negotiations not knowing how much the fiscal contribution may be; or
Based on extinguishment, surrender or modification of title and rights

In essence, the reconciliation process is a non-BCTC process seeking to achieve meaningful recognition of Gitxaała Aboriginal title and rights protected by Section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 without the requirements of a modern treaty

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