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Province of British Columbia - Nisga'a Tribal Council - Government of Canada: Nisga'a Final Agreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Treaties, Agreements, and Related Documents
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1998

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* This document was reproduced and reformatted from the text appearing on the website of the British Columbia Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture (visited 10/7/98) <http://www.aaf.gov.bc.ca/aaf/treaty/nisgaa/docs/nisga_agreement.html>. Due to space limitations, International Legal Materials has reproduced only three chapters of the Agreement.

On August 4, 1998, representatives of the Province of BC, the Nisga’ a Tribal Council and the Government of Canada initialed the Nisga'a Final Agreement in a ceremony in the Nass River Valley. The agreement must be ratified by all three parties to become a treaty. The official results of the vote by the Nisga'a Nation on the Treaty was released on November 13, 1998. The Treaty was accepted by 1,451 votes (61%).