SRD Territorial Acknowledgements: Should Tla'amin be included?

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English - January 26, 2023 15:42 - 7 minutes - 16.5 MB
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Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) officially recognizes 10 First Nations within their boundaries, but the Tla’amin are not among them.

While Mansons Landing and Marina Island are both within their traditional area, the Tla’amin First Nation ceded their claim to most of this area when they signed a treaty in 2014. They retain a small parcel on Cortes Island, and thus still possess land within the SRD.

This question was part of a larger discussion at the inaugural meeting of the SRD’s First Nations committee, on Wednesday Jan 25.

SRD staff suggested that the following acknowledgement be used for written communications within their area:

“The Strathcona Regional District respectfully acknowledges that our corporate office and the Strathcona Garden Recreational Complex are located on the traditional unceded territory of the Liqʷiłdax̌ʷ people. We also recognize that we operate within the traditional, treaty and unceded territories of the Ehattesaht, Homalco, Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che: k'tles7et'h', Klahoose, K'omoks, Mowachaht–Muchalaht, Nuchatlaht, Tlowitsis, We Wai Kai and Wei Wai Kum First Nations.”