- Tsawwassen First Nation
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settlement_type = Tsawwassen Lands
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subdivision_type = First Nation
subdivision_name = Tsawwassen
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subdivision_name1 = Canada
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subdivision_name2 =British Columbia
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subdivision_name3 =Greater Vancouver
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leader_title =Chief
leader_name = Kim Baird
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leader_name1 = Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council
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area_footnotes =cite web |url=http://www.tsawwassenfirstnation.com/whoweare/factbook.pdf |title=Factbook |accessdate=2007-07-06 |format= |work= |quote=We are the people of the Tsawwassen First Nation.Our 290-hectare (717 acre) reserve is located at Roberts Bank in Delta, on the southern Strait of Georgia near the Canada – U.S. border.]
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blank_name =Ethnic group s
blank_info =Coast Salish
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blank1_info =Salishan , English
website = [http://www.tsawwassenfirstnation.com/ Tsawwassen First Nation website]
footnotes = The Tsawwassen First Nation is aFirst Nations government located in theGreater Vancouver area of theLower Mainland ofBritish Columbia ,Canada , adjacent to the South Arm of the Fraser River and theTsawwassen Ferry Terminal and just north of the international boundary with theUnited States atPoint Roberts, Washington .The Tsawwassen First Nation is a member government of the
Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council .Treaty and land claims negotiations
The Tsawwassen, a
Coast Salish people, are one of the few British Columbia First Nations to come to the end of theBC Treaty Process , the others being theNisga'a , theTemexw Treaty Association and theLheidl T'enneh First Nation . The treaty deal would have allowed for the expansion of theRoberts Bank Superport and the employment of band members in the expanded facility, but was criticized for being a sell-out, as the negotiated settlement included an abandonment of allaboriginal rights . The treaty deal was voted down in March 2007 by band members, as was also the case with the Temexw and Lheidli T'enneh treaties.In July 2007 the nation voted in favour of a new package, more than doubling the size of the Tsawwassen reserve by 400 hectares, offering a cash settlement of $16 million and $36 million in program funding, and reserving a portion of the Fraser River
salmon catch to the Tsawwassen. In return, the Tsawwassen will abandon other land claims and will eventually pay taxes. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070725.BC-treaty-no26/BNStory/National/home]ee also
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Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
*Musqueam First Nation
*Kwantlen First Nation
*Lummi
*Semiahmoo First Nation
*Halkomelem (language)
*North Straits Salish (language)
*References
External links
* [http://www.tsawwassenfirstnation.com/ Tsawwassen First Nation website]
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