Getting to 100% (Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group 2005)

TITLE: Getting to 100%

AUTHOR: Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group

DATE: 2005

DESCRIPTION: A booklet describing the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group Nations’ histories, relationships to land, experiences of dispossession and aspirations to restore 100% of their jurisdiction to their territories.

EXTRACT: In the words of Robert Morales the Chief Negotiator of the HTG, the goal of the treaty was to “determine our ownership and jurisdiction or our lands and resources, as well as government structures and relations… Our people want title recognized to 100% of Hul’qumi’num territory, and we want great control over or compensation for lands and resources within that territory.”

ACCESS: Free online access here

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