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Commonwealth NGOs
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 Council of Haida Nations Forest Guardians
1563 Main St.
P.O. Box 589
Masset, Haida Gwaii V0T 1M0
Canada
Email: fg3@island.net
Website: www.haidanation.ca/
Type: NGO
Scope: local
Interest in Forestry: peripheral
Description
The Council of the Haida Nation was formed in 1974
by a handful of people with a vision to organize Haida
people into one political entity. Part of the vision was
a clear mandate to settle land claims.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT this Convention direct
the Executives in the formulation of a proposal
for negotiating a land settlement, the Executive
seek the formalization and retention of aboriginal
title rather than the surrender of their aboriginal
rights forever.
From the minutes of the Council of the Haida Nation,
Executive Meeting Saturday, December 7, 1974
Shortly after the inaugural meeting a delegation
set out for Ottawa to secure funds for research
and claims development.
From those beginnings, and over the past 30 years the CHN has been addressing the land question and has become a National government
enacting legislation and policy affecting many aspects of life on Haida
Gwaii. The consolidation of the CHN as a national government has
worked hand-in-hand with collective action that Haida have taken to
protect culture and ensure that our way of living continues.
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