Getting to the table: making the decision to negotiate comprehensive land claims in British Columbia

• Main Author: Thomas, Patty
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: First Nations > Canada > Land tenure; First Nations > Canada > Government relations > 1951-; First Nations > Canada > Treaties; Oka Crisis; Québec; 1990; Canada; Indian; British Columbia; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5151

Although the rest of Canada has a long history of treaty making, British Columbia has refused to negotiate treaties with Natives since 1854. In 1991, B.C. reversed this position. Events across Canada in the years 1990 and 1991 provide a case study to explain why this decision was made. Quebec’s Oka...