Province of British Columbia
2nd Session, 37th Parliament (2001)

INDEX to the Hansard Report of the
Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs

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Hall, Bob

Presentation to committee on behalf of Stó:lo nation 295-9
Aboriginal Affairs Committee, mandate 297
Indians
- aboriginal rights 296
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
  - impact 295-6
  - legislation governing referendum 297-8
  - participation by Indians 295
  - referendum questions 298-9
- self-government, structure of government 296-7
- taxation, inclusion in treaty negotiation process 297
- treaty negotiations
  - development of understanding between cultures 298
  - guiding principles 299
  - history 296
  - interim and treaty-related measures 297, 299
  - number and size of Indian groups in negotiations 296, 298-9
  - process 296
- treaty settlements, impact on B.C. economy 296
Nisga'a people, treaty, legal challenges to treaty 297
Referendum Act, applicability to referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 297-8
Stó:lo nation
- involvement in treaty negotiation process 297-8
- participation in referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 295

Hames, Clint

Presentation to committee on behalf of Fraser Valley Treaty Advisory Committee 312-20
B.C. Treaty Commission
- report on treaty negotiation process 313
- role 316
Delgamuukw cases, decisions, impact on treaty negotiations 313-4
Fraser Valley Treaty Advisory Committee, role and position on treaty negotiation process 312-3
Indians
- economic development by Indians 314
- governance 320
- land claims, access to resources in lands, access by non-Indians, consultation issue 315
- population
  - Indians living off reserves, participation in treaty process 317
  - relationship with non-Indian population, need for long-term strategy to address Indian issues 314-5
- programs and services for Indians, infrastructure and social services, provision by federal government 314
- reserves, non-Indians living on reserves, services, "non-member representation" issue 314-5
- self-government, municipal style of government 318
- treaties, provisions for industrial and resource-extraction activities 315
- treaty negotiations
  - federal role 317
  - guiding principles 312-4, 316
  - interim and treaty-related measures 319-20
  - process 312-6, 319-20
  - public education and information 315-6
  - public education and information, role of local government 317-8
Stó:lo nation, fishing rights 317, 319

Hamilton, Ron

Presentation to committee 529-32
As subject
- experience living on Indian reserve 530
- involvement in Native Alliance for Red Power 529
Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
- process 530-1
- referendum questions 532-3

Hanuse, Debra

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Treaty Commission 367, 371, 373-4
Indians
- aboriginal title, Crown and aboriginal title 373
- treaties, land and resources ownership 373
- treaty negotiations
  - guiding principles 367
  - number and size of Indian groups in negotiations 373
  - participation by Indians, legal authority to negotiate 374
  - process, trust issue 367

Hartford, Alex

Presentation to committee on behalf of North Island Concerned Woodlots 551-2
Campbell River, woodlot licences in area, inclusion in treaty negotiations 552
Forest industry, woodlot licences
- holders, private property and resource tenure rights 552
- licences 551-2
Indians, treaty negotiations, private property issue 552
North Island Concerned Woodlots, position on treaty negotiation process 551-2

Hartwell, Sharon

Presentation to committee on behalf of village of Telkwa 133-6
Indian Act, repeal 134
Indians
- land claims, negotiation versus litigation 133
- reserves, conditions on reserve lands 135
- self-government, municipal style of government 134
- treaties, certainty and finality 135
- treaty negotiations, guiding principles 133-5
- treaty settlements
  - cash and land compensation, distribution to band members 134-6
  - land transfers, impact on municipalities 134
Telkwa, community's position on Indian self-government 134

Hatch, Mary Helen

Presentation to committee 311-2
B.C. Liberal Party government, commitment to hold referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 311-2
Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 312

Haythornthwaite, Gabe

Presentation to committee 600-3
Attorney General ministry, treaty negotiations office, transfer of responsibilities from Aboriginal Affairs ministry to Attorney General ministry 601-2
B.C. Liberal Party, position on issues
- Nisga'a treaty 600, 602-3
- treaty negotiation process 600-3
Crown land, sale by government of Crown land involved in land claims 600-1
Indians
- government policy re Indians, provincial policy 600-2
- land claims, commercial or industrial activities on land involved in claims 600
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
  - participation by Indians 601
  - referendum 601-2
- treaty negotiations
  - guiding principles 600-3
  - process, B.C. Liberal Party position 600-3
Nisga'a people, treaty, B.C. Liberal Party position 600, 602-3

Hazelton, B.C.

Position on referendum on principles for treaty negotiations (Buchanan, K.) 170

Heaman, Isabel

Presentation to committee on behalf of Aboriginal Rights Coalition of Victoria 575-8
Aboriginal Rights Coalition of Victoria, activities 576
Indians
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, process 578
- self-government, municipal style of government 576
- treaty negotiations
  - inclusion of fee simple land in negotiations 576
  - local government involvement 576-7
  - public education and information 576
Referenda, Charlottetown accord referendum 578

Hecate Logging Ltd.

Distribution of dividends (Coulson, W.) 524 (Hunter) 524
Involvement of Indians with company (Anderson, V.) 524 (Coulson, W.) 522-4

Hemsworth, Cynthia

Presentation to committee on behalf of Gabriola Ratepayers and Residents Association 511-2
Gabriola Island
- involvement in treaty negotiation process with Snuneymuxw people 511-2
- land use bylaws 511-2
Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, referendum questions 511
Land, regulation of fee simple land 511
Snuneymuxw people, treaty negotiations 511-2

Henderson, Bob

Presentation to committee 131-3
Guide-outfitters, industry in North Coast area, position on Indian land claims process 132
Indians
- land claims, rural and urban perceptions 132-3
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, impact 132
- treaty negotiations, participation of third parties 132-3

Henderson, Dian

Presentation to committee 450-1
Indians
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, process 450-1
- treaty negotiations, public education and information 450

Henderson, John

Presentation to committee 558-9
Fisheries, fishing by Indians, involvement in commercial fishery 559
Indian Act, revision or repeal 559
Indians
- economic development by Indians, participation in economy 559
- population
  - autonomy as a people 558-9
  - socioeconomic conditions in Canada 558-9
- taxation 558-9
- treaty settlements, settlement, percentage of land allocated for settlement 558-9

Henderson, Richard

Presentation to committee 454
Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, process 454

Highway 97

Alaska Highway gas pipeline project (Stock, L.) 474

Hogg, Richard

Presentation to committee 250-1
Indians
- culture and history 250-1
- population, relationship with non-Indian population, integration into Canadian society 251
- treaty negotiations, process 250-1

Hooker, Bee

Presentation to committee on behalf of Share Cariboo-Chilcotin Resources 221-4
Crown land, access to Crown land and resources 221-2
Indians
- self-government, municipal style of government 222-3
- treaties
  - certainty and finality 222
  - land ownership 222-3
- treaty negotiations
  - interim and treaty-related measures 222
  - process 222
  - time limit 223
- treaty settlements, cash and land compensation 221-2
Share Cariboo-Chilcotin Resources, mandate and membership 221

Hooper, Craig

As subject
- work experience with Indian culture 419
Presentation to committee 419-21
B.C., history of European settlement 419-20
Indians
- culture and history 419
- land claims, direction from courts to negotiate claims 420
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, purpose of referendum 420-1
- reserves, establishment 419
- treaty negotiations, public education and information 420

Human rights

Rights based on ethnicity or race (Boyanowski, E.) 56, 62 (Landrock, K.) 137 (McLaren, R.) 136-7

Humanity

History (Berkshire, D.) 556

Hume, Stephen

Comments on Stó:lo atlas of B.C. (Drost, H.) 611

Hunter, Mike (Nanaimo)

Aboriginal Affairs Committee
- Aug. 29, 2001, Victoria meeting 1-2, 4, 6-10
- Sept. 5, 2001, Victoria meeting 15-6, 18, 20-3
- Sept. 19, 2001, Victoria meeting 25, 27, 29-31, 37, 42, 47, 52
- Sept. 26, 2001, Victoria meeting 59-60, 70-1, 75, 79-80, 87-8
- Oct. 3, 2001, Prince Rupert public hearing 89, 91, 95-6, 101, 104, 109, 125, 128
- Oct. 4, 2001, Smithers public hearing 131, 135, 142-3, 146, 154, 166, 177
- Oct. 5, 2001, Fort St. John public hearing 179, 181, 185, 190-1, 195, 200-1
- Oct. 10, 2001, Williams Lake public hearing 205, 215-6, 220-1
- Oct. 11, 2001, Kelowna public hearing 229, 233, 247-8, 253-4, 257-8, 262
- Oct. 12, 2001, Cranbrook public hearing 269, 273-4, 288
- Oct. 17, 2001, Chilliwack public hearing 295, 299, 302-3, 306-7, 318-9, 327, 329
- Oct. 18, 2001, Vancouver public hearing 333, 347-8, 356, 359, 361, 365-7
- Oct. 24, 2001, Prince George public hearing 397-9, 410, 417-8, 425, 432
- Oct. 25, 2001, Kamloops public hearing 433, 436, 438-9, 442, 459, 464
- Oct. 26, 2001, Lillooet public hearing 467, 476-7, 479, 484
- Nov. 1, 2001, Nanaimo public hearing 491, 502, 505, 507
- Nov. 1, 2001, Port Alberni public hearing 517, 522-4, 527
- Nov. 1, 2001, Campbell River public hearing 539, 542, 554
- Nov. 2, 2001, Victoria public hearing 561, 563-4, 574, 578, 581-2, 605, 609, 619-20
- advertising and publicity 4, 20, 30-1
- consultation by committee
  - process 15-6
  - written submissions 18
- meeting schedule and travel plans 7-8, 25, 27
- public hearings 20, 23, 29
- split committee proposal 15, 18
- terms of reference 1-2, 361
Alaska, mineral tenure system 177
B.C. Liberal Party government, commitment to negotiate treaties with Indians 166, 505
B.C. Treaty Commission, role 37, 366
Discrimination and racism, racism against Indians, incidence in B.C. 609
Fisheries
- commercial fishery 554
- fishing by Indians, involvement in commercial fishery 87-8
Forest industry, woodlot licences held by Indian bands 439
Hecate Logging Ltd., distribution of dividends 524
Indians
- aboriginal rights
  - constitutional entrenchment 79
  - rights 327, 507, 574
  - rights of aboriginal people and Canadians 359
- aboriginal title, Australian proof-of-title system 42
- economic development by Indians
  - economic barriers 101
  - sustainable economic development 200-1
- equality issue 507
- population
  - autonomy as a people 542
  - participation in public consultation processes, trust issue 273
  - relationship with non-Indian population, compensation for historical inequity 273
  - relationship with non-Indian population, integration into Canadian society 273
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
  - benefit to Indians 104
  - participation by rural and urban populations 253
  - process 527
  - purpose of referendum 247-8, 257, 262, 505
  - results, regional reporting of results 425
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, referendum questions
  - affirmative referendum process proposal 619
  - clarity of questions 329
  - questions 6, 208, 258
  - use of preamble to frame questions 166
- reserves, status 146
- treaties
  - certainty and finality 70
  - land and resources ownership 59
  - land ownership 47, 52, 216
  - provisions for mineral exploration industry 177
- treaty negotiations
  - Australian system 476
  - climate for negotiations 91
  - development of understanding between cultures 502
  - federal role 109
  - federal-provincial cost-sharing 37, 273-4, 464
  - guiding principles 95-6, 303, 318-9, 365, 459, 581-2
  - incremental and sectoral agreements 37
  - interim agreements 479
  - interim and treaty-related measures 142-3, 356, 425, 464
  - local and provincewide negotiations 215
  - local government involvement 96, 365, 410
  - national and local negotiations proposal 522
  - participation of third parties 363
  - process 299, 306
  - process, accountability and performance measurement 432
  - process, trust issue 365, 367
  - provincial government involvement 505
  - public consultation and participation 436
  - public education and information 37, 410
  - representation of individuals' views by Indian leaders 70
- treaty settlements
  - cash and land compensation 185, 273
  - cash and land compensation, distribution to band members 135
  - cash and land compensation, payments to groups and individuals 101
  - federal-provincial responsibility 195
  - impact on area and jurisdiction of Islands Trust 563-4
  - sharing of resource industry revenues 522
In-SHUCK-ch people, involvement in treaty negotiation process 484
Leboe, Ben, drafting of sample referendum questions 233
Lheidli-T'enneh nation, involvement in treaty negotiation process 425
Lillooet, current and future conditions of community 476-7
Nuu-chah-nulth people, treaty negotiation, commercial fishery component 87-8
Pacific Business and Law Institute, conference on Indian land claims, attendance by Aboriginal Affairs Committee members 8-10
Referenda
- process 6
- question models, affirmative referendum process 619
- referenda based on minority issues 605
Ski industry, partnerships with Indians 438
Snuneymuxw people, treaty negotiations 365
Society, recognition of cultural diversity in Canada 154
Stó:lo nation, fishing rights 318-9
Treaty 8
- consultation on treaty 191
- treaty 181
Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, opportunity for input to Aboriginal Affairs Committee 7-8
Union of B.C. Municipalities, convention, opportunity for delegates to make presentations to Aboriginal Affairs Committee 22

Hunting

Hunting by Indians
- allocation of wildlife resources (Karpuk, H.) 441 (Wimpney, B.) 305
- hunting and trapping rights (George, P.) 391-2
- use of pit-lamping (Campsall, M.) 286-7
Management of wildlife resources
- access by non-Indians to resources (Wimpney, B.) 305
- management by Indians (Chutter) 442 (Karpuk, H.) 441-2

Husband, Vicky

Presentation to committee on behalf of Sierra Club of B.C. 607-8
Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 607
Sierra Club of B.C., position on referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 607

Huu-ay-aht Indian band

Impact of forest industry activities on traditional lands (Dennis, C.) 512-3
Treaty negotiations (Dennis, R.) 536

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