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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Tahltan people

Involvement in mining industry (Livingston, G.) 573

Tanner, Clive

Presentation to committee 579-83
Indians
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
  - legislation governing referendum 582
  - process 580-2
  - results, regional reporting of results 580
- treaty negotiations
  - guiding principles 580-2
  - private property issue 582
  - process 580-1
  - public education and information 580
Yukon, land claims umbrella agreement 581

Tarr, Mike

Presentation to committee on behalf of Prince Rupert Economic Development Council 98-102
Indians
- economic development by Indians, economic barriers 98, 101
- treaties, certainty and finality 98
- treaty negotiations
  - addressing of urban and rural Indians' needs 100
  - process 98-9
  - public education and information 99-100, 102
  - time limit 100
- treaty settlements, cash and land compensation, payments to groups and individuals 101
Society, goal of non-differentiation among different ethnicities or races 102

Telkwa, B.C.

See also witness Hartwell, Sharon

Presentation to committee 133-6
Community's position on Indian self-government (Hartwell, S.) 134

Tennant, Paul

Presentation to committee 63-72
B.C. Treaty Commission, role 66
Indians
- aboriginal identity 67-8
- aboriginal rights
  - constitutional entrenchment 67
  - determination based on ethnicity or race 67
- land claims, total area of claims 68-9
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
  - process 64-5
  - referendum questions 66
- self-government, municipal style of government 65
- treaties, certainty and finality 66
- treaty negotiations
  - certainty and finality 71
  - local government involvement 66-7, 69-70
  - negotiation with small Indian bands 70
  - process 65-6, 68-9
  - process, comparison to other jurisdictions 67, 71-2
  - provincial government involvement 69
  - representation of individuals' views by Indian leaders 67, 69
Nisga'a people, treaty
- debate on treaty 66
- impact on non-Indian population within treaty lands 69

Terlesky, Merle

Presentation to committee 439-40
Indians, land claims, settlement 440
Sun Peaks Resort at Tod Mountain, Indian land claim in area 440

Terrace school district See School district 82 (Coast Mountains)
Thiel, Ron

Presentation to committee on behalf of Prince George Treaty Advisory Committee 423-6
Aboriginal Affairs Committee, advertising and publicity 424
Fisheries, fishing by Indians, allocation of resource 426
Indians
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
  - referendum questions 423-4
  - results, regional reporting of results 424
- self-government, municipal style of government 424
- treaties, provisions for mineral exploration industry 424
- treaty negotiations
  - interim and treaty-related measures 423-5
  - local government involvement 423-5
  - time limit 423
- treaty settlements, allocation of resources, equity issue 423-4
Lheidli-T'enneh nation, involvement in treaty negotiation process 424-6
Prince George Treaty Advisory Committee, role and position on treaty negotiation process 423-5
Wildlife, management of resource 426

Thorlakson, Steve

Presentation to committee on behalf of city of Fort St. John 182-6
B.C., northern B.C., issues of Indians in northeastern B.C. 182-4
Fort St. John, relations with Indians in area 183
Indians
- aboriginal rights, constitutional entrenchment 182
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, process 182-5
- self-government, structure of government 185-6
- treaty negotiations
  - guiding principles 183-4, 186
  - public education and information 184
- treaty settlements, cash and land compensation 185

Thornburgh, Jack

Presentation to committee 534-5
Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, process 535

Timmermans, Casey

Presentation to committee 492-3
de Soto, Hernando, theories on private property in The Mystery of Capital 492-3
Indians
- equality issue 492
- property rights 492-3
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations, referendum questions 493
- treaties, inclusion of individual property allotments in treaties 493
Nisga'a people, treaty model 493
Property, ownership of property, role in society 492-3
Smith, Melvin, comments on Indians in Canada 493

Tobacco Plains Indian band

Reserve land (Floyd, P.) 286

Tod Mountain

Resort in area See Sun Peaks Resort at Tod Mountain

Treaty 8

Certainty and finality of treaty (Anderson, V.) 181 (Goodings, K.) 181
Consultation on treaty (Belsey) 190 (Hunter) 191 (Viens, S.) 190-1
Federal government position on treaty (Gibson, G.) 77
Trapping rights (George, P.) 392
Treaty (Belsey) 244 (Gibson, G.) 78 (Goodings, K.) 180 (Hunter) 181 (Lekstrom) 78 (Werstuik, M.) 244

Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee

Opportunity for input to Aboriginal Affairs Committee (Hunter) 7-8 (Trumper) 8

Treaty negotiations office See Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Treaty Negotiations
Trethewey, Alan

Work for B.C. Electric Co. (Peters, G.) 43-4

Trumper, Gillian (Alberni-Qualicum)

Aboriginal Affairs Committee
- Aug. 29, 2001, Victoria meeting 2, 5, 7-9
- Sept. 5, 2001, Victoria meeting 14, 17, 21-2
- Sept. 19, 2001, Victoria meeting 25, 27-8, 40-1, 51-2
- Sept. 26, 2001, Victoria meeting 60-1, 78-9
- Oct. 3, 2001, Prince Rupert public hearing 89, 91, 99, 103, 113-4, 117, 124-5, 128-9
- Oct. 4, 2001, Smithers public hearing 131, 133, 138, 140, 143, 153, 161, 166-7, 177
- Oct. 5, 2001, Fort St. John public hearing 179, 181, 185, 188, 192-3, 195, 197
- Oct. 10, 2001, Williams Lake public hearing 205, 207, 216, 218, 220, 225-6
- Oct. 11, 2001, Kelowna public hearing 229, 233, 241, 248, 254, 257, 267
- Oct. 12, 2001, Cranbrook public hearing 269, 278, 284, 287-8, 291
- Oct. 17, 2001, Chilliwack public hearing 295, 298, 304, 316, 323-5
- Oct. 18, 2001, Vancouver public hearing 333, 338, 341, 359, 361, 364, 379, 387, 390
- Oct. 25, 2001, Kamloops public hearing 433, 435, 439, 442, 445, 453, 464-5
- Oct. 26, 2001, Lillooet public hearing 467, 469, 472, 474, 476, 483, 487-8
- Nov. 1, 2001, Nanaimo public hearing 491, 498, 505
- Nov. 1, 2001, Port Alberni public hearing 517, 522, 524, 527-9, 532, 534
- Nov. 1, 2001, Campbell River public hearing 539, 552
- Nov. 2, 2001, Victoria public hearing 561, 570, 572, 586, 588, 591-2, 596, 622
- advertising and publicity 248
- consultation by committee
  - consultation with B.C. Treaty Commission 28
  - consultation with Indians 5, 17, 248
  - consultation with youth 592
- meeting schedule and travel plans 7-8, 14, 25, 27
- membership, awareness of Indian issues 591
- participation by NDP MLAs 2
- public hearings process 5
- split committee proposal 14
B.C. Treaty Commission, role 41, 364, 483
Campbell River, woodlot licences in area, inclusion in treaty negotiations 552
Education
- curriculum, aboriginal education 113
- education of Indians, urban schools for Indians 341
Forest industry, woodlot licences
- licences 552
- licences held by Indian bands 439
Indians
- aboriginal rights, rights on and outside treaty settlement lands 220
- land claims, rural and urban perceptions 133
- population
  - Indians living off reserves, participation in treaty process 140, 596
  - socioeconomic conditions in Canada 278
- referenda with Indians 60
- referendum on principles for treaty negotiations
  - benefit to Indians 103
  - participation by Indians 622
  - referendum questions 124-5, 153, 181
  - referendum questions, cultural considerations 254
- reserves, system 488
- self-government, structure of government 188
- treaties
  - land ownership 216, 338
  - ratification of treaties 570
- treaty negotiations
  - advisory committees 291, 522, 534, 586
  - federal role 316
  - guiding principles 257, 288
  - incremental agreements 278
  - incremental and sectoral agreements 218, 359, 527-8
  - interim and treaty-related measures 143, 387
  - number and size of Indian groups in negotiations 298
  - process 167, 527
  - process, comparison to other jurisdictions 78-9
  - process, inclusion of women and children's issues 304
  - provincial government involvement 195
  - public consultation and participation 529
  - public education and information 40-1, 91, 99-100, 114, 197, 225, 233, 257, 267, 284, 325, 361, 364, 464, 469, 570, 592
  - single treaty for B.C. 278
  - third parties, participation 498
  - time limit 442
- treaty settlements, cash and land compensation 138, 207, 226
Justice system, treatment of Indians 192-3
Mining industry, initiatives with Indian bands 177
Nanaimo, involvement in treaty negotiation process with Snuneymuxw people 498
Nuu-chah-nulth people
- participation in referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 622
- treaty negotiation 99
Pacific Business and Law Institute, conference on Indian land claims, attendance by Aboriginal Affairs Committee members 9
School district 33 (Chilliwack), work on Indian education programs, local education agreement model 323-4
Snuneymuxw people, treaty negotiations 505
Soda Creek Indian band, treaty negotiations 218
Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, opportunity for input to Aboriginal Affairs Committee 8
Union of B.C. Municipalities, convention, opportunity for delegates to make presentations to Aboriginal Affairs Committee 7, 21-2
Wet'suwet'en nation, status of treaty negotiations 166-7
Yukon, land claims umbrella agreement 581

Tsawwassen people

Roberts Bank protocol agreement (Massey, D.) 344
Treaty negotiations (Cummins, J.) 353-4

Tsay Keh Dene people

Treaty negotiations (Goodings, K.) 182

Ts'kw'aylaxw (Pavilion), In-SHUCK-ch N'Quat'qua and Xaxli'p Treaty Advisory Committee

Role and position on treaty negotiation process (Warner, E.) 480-3

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