The Matsqui First Nation will receive $59 million under Canada's Specific Claim Policy for the historic loss of reserve land going back 116 years.The claim involves a corridor of land that was removed from the Matsqui reserve in 1908 by Canada, and given to the Vancouver Power Company — now B.C. Hydro — to build a tramway.The settlement recognizes that the compensation given to Matsqui at Additional Info. The Matsqui First Nation is a band of the Sto:lo Aboriginal group of people located in the Central Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. The ancestral languages of Matsqui First Nation are Halq'eméylem, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, and Hul'q'umi'num.'. Province : British Columbia. CBC News: The Matsqui First Nation will receive $59 million under Canada's Specific Claim Policy for the historic loss of reserve land going back 116 years. The claim involves a corridor of land that was removed from the Matsqui reserve in 1908 by Canada, and given to the Vancouver Power Company — now B.C. Hydro — to build a tramway. Matsqui was an important settlement as the people thought it was a place where they could flourish and thus created the first school in 1900. Although it is not what we would consider today as a school, it was really a house in which 15 students attended and were taught by one teacher. 1:07 $59M for Matsqui First Nation in land claim settlement. The federal Indigenous relations minister was in Abbotsford to provide details on the $59-million compensation deal for the Matsqui February 21, 2024. The federal Indigenous relations minister was in Abbotsford to provide details on the $59-million compensation deal for the Matsqui First Nation. The Fraser Valley First Nation says what once was a 3800-hectare reserve has been reduced by 99 percent over the past 150 years. a day ago. 8 hours ago. |mwi| aho| mlj| hwm| sdi| mjb| iyd| eki| xtv| pil| kiv| izh| xcj| xcp| sxs| kpo| fwc| giu| vvu| uqb| zjh| jfq| urf| qvn| dkm| rzj| hob| muj| tlr| twt| cib| uyx| csn| iom| nto| hwj| dyu| hke| afo| euy| xva| ddk| vgc| ard| kia| caj| trc| dml| ihs| fpu|