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Yale First Nation Final Agreement.

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
British Columbia
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Fisheries, Forestry, Land & soil, Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Contract/agreement Indigenous peoples Governance Pollution control Land tenure Traditional rights/customary rights Ownership Freshwater resources management Sustainable use Collecting/harvesting Institution Community management
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Agreement - made under section 35 of the Constitutino of Canada - constitutes the full and final settlement in respect of the aboriginal rights, including aboriginal title, in Canada of Yale First Nation. For the purpose of the present Agreement “section 35 Rights of Yale First Nation” means the rights, anywhere in Canada, of Yale First Nation, that are recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. The Agreement exhaustively sets out the Section 35 Rights of Yale First Nation, their attributes, the geographic extent of those rights, and the limitations to those rights, to which the Parties have agreed.

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Constitution Act, 1982.

Legislation | Canada | 1982

Keyword: Agricultural land, Cultural heritage, Economic/social/cultural rights, Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights, Human rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Yale First Nation Final Agreement Act (S.C. 2013, c. 25).

Legislation | Canada | 2013

Keyword: Contract/agreement, Indigenous peoples, Governance, Pollution control, Land tenure, Traditional rights/customary rights, Ownership, Collecting/harvesting, Institution, Community management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX