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RESCUE RECOGNITION
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S Q U A M I S H C H I E F. C O M
SQUAMISH NATION REGAINS 20,000 HECTARES OF ANCESTRAL LAND
Two decades of planning and negotiations result in an historic land use agreement with the province INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY/INA PACE news@squamishchief.com
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istory was made last week with a massive land agreement between the province and Sḵwx̱w ú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). On June 26, the province announced the signing of a land use agreement (X̱ ay Temíxw) with the Nation that adds 20,000 hectares of legally protected land—equal to about 50 Stanley Parks, or nearly double the land area of Vancouver—to the Nation’s territory. Among the officials and attendees at the long-awaited announcement, which took
PHOTO BY INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY/THE SQUAMISH CHIEF
The land use agreement (X a̱ y Temíxw) adds 20,000 hectares of land to the Sḵwx ̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) territory.
place at the summit of the Sea-to-Sky Gondola, was Nation council chairperson Khelsilem, councillor and spokesperson Sxwíxwtn Wilson Williams, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Randene Neill, and B.C.’s Minister of Forests and deputy government house leader Ravi Parmar.
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KEY POINTS OF THE AGREEMENT The historic agreement conserves 33 Siiyamin ta Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (cultural sites) and landmarks, covering approximately 4,250 hectares. This designation preserves these areas for Squamish cultural use, meaning there will be no forestry, third-party land rights or industrial
activity on this land. Squamish Nation member and lawyer Aaron Bruce has been working on the project for almost 20 years and explained that the rules around the 33 cultural sites ensure no new ANNOUNCEMENT: Continued on 2
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