This document explains why British Columbia has made a commitment to negotiate treaty settlements with First Nations, outlines the anticipated benefits of fair settlements, and sets out the history and key events leading up to treaty negotiations. In addition, it provides answers to some frequently-asked questions about treaty negotiations, and provides a brief glossary of terms.

This fact sheet provides information about how First Nations are moving towards greater self-reliance and independence by assuming control of real property taxation on reserve lands.

This fact sheet provides information about why aboriginal people are exempt from some taxes and under what circumstances.

This fact sheet provides information about what interim measures are, why the province is negotiating them, and how the interests of all British Columbians are being represented during these negotiations.

This fact sheet provides information about five landmark rulings by Canadian courts that have gone a long way towards defining aboriginal rights: the Calder decision, the Guerin Decision, the Meares Island case, the Sparrow decision and the Delgamuukw decision.

This fact sheet provides information about how province-wide, and negotiation-specific treaty mandates are developed. These are the instructions that provincial treaty negotiators receive from the Province of British Columbia and take to the negotiating table.

This fact sheet provides information about the treaty negotiation process. It outlines the six stages of negotiation that take place under the auspices of the B.C. Treaty Commission and provides information on provincial public consultation processes, the cost-sharing agreement between Canada and B.C. and the Nisga'a negotiations.

This is a compilation of news releases, backgrounders, and excerpts from speeches by Premier Mike Harcourt and Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Cashore to the Union of B.C. Municipalities outlining the provincial government's commitment to an open treaty negotiation process.

This is a compilation of news releases and backgrounders announcing the key events in the creation of the B.C. Treaty Commission.

This volume contains reprints, from the originals, of correspondence concerning questions about Indian lands in B.C. The letters, written by Governor James Douglas, government officials, the Indian Commissioner, clergy, settlers, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies in Westminster, provide a clear background for, and are strikingly similar to, the debate about Indian land claims of the present day.

This publication confirms that Canada accepts all 19 recommendations of the B.C. Claims Task Force and is prepared to implement those recommendations that are directed towards the federal government. It also outlines the federal government's proposals for implementing the task force recommendations.

This publication sets out the reasons for, and the details of, the federal government's revised comprehensive land claims policy that was announced in December, 1986. The revised policy provided for new approaches in areas such as the cession and surrender of aboriginal title, self-government, wildlife and environmental management, the inclusion of offshore areas in negotiations, resource revenue-sharing, and negotiating procedures.

This fact sheet, written in a question and answer format, provides detailed answers to a range of commonly-asked questions about the Nisga'a negotiations. It also lists other information materials available from the federal government on this subject.

This fact sheet provides information on the federal government policy in regard to comprehensive claims, the 6-stage treaty negotiation process, the scope of negotiations provincial and territorial involvement in negotiations, and the federal policy in regard to public and third party interests.

This pamphlet gives a brief history of aboriginal peoples' relationship with the land and resources of Canada prior to the Europeans' arrival, explains why the federal government is committed to negotiating treaties with First Nations in B.C., and outlines the 6-stage treaty negotiation process.

This pamphlet, written in question and answer format, provides answers to 20 commonly-asked questions relating to treaty negotiations in B.C. including: What are treaties? What is a comprehensive claim? How long with negotiations last? How much will it cost? Can we afford it?

This pamphlet includes a brief historical background on treaty negotiations in B.C., a description of the 6-stage negotiation process and the key players involved, and a timeline on aboriginal rights and the land claims issue in B.C.

This is a quarterly newsletter produced by the Federal Treaty Negotiation Office to keep the public informed about the progress of treaty negotiations.

This is a bi-monthly newsletter, produced by the Commission, designed to keep British Columbians informed about the progress of treaty negotiations.

The first annual report of the B.C. Treaty Commission describes events of the Commission's first 14 months, from April 15, 1993 through June 15, 1994.

This pamphlet contains information about the background and role of the B.C. Treaty Commission, the six-stage negotiation process, and the names and biographies of the treaty commissioners.

This pamphlet briefly outlines the background to treaty negotiations in B.C., the anticipated benefits to all British Columbians and the process that will be followed.

This is the final report of the British Columbia Claims Task Force which was created on December 3, 1990 by the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, and the First Nations of British Columbia to recommend how the three parties could begin negotiations and what the negotiations should include. The report includes historical background information on land claims in British Columbia and 19 recommendations on the scope and process of treaty negotiations, interim measures, public information and education. Among the key recommendations of the task force were the creation of the B.C. Treaty Commission, and the establishment of a 6-stage negotiation process.

Copies of these joint publications are available from the B.C. Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs.

This booklet contains the names, addresses, phone and fax numbers of aboriginal organizations, bands and tribal councils, and the names of current First Nations Chiefs in British Columbia.

This video addresses a number of basic questions about treaty negotiations including: Why is B.C. negotiating treaties? What will treaty settlements include? What do First Nations really want? How will treaty settlements benefit other British Columbians?

This is a video record of the public forum on treaty-making in B.C. held in Vancouver on Dec.15, 1994 and sponsored by the Tri-partite Public Education Committee. During the forum, four panellists -- Linda Jolson, Provincial Treaty Negotiator; Robin Dodson, Chief Federal Treaty Negotiator; Barbara Fisher, Acting Chief Commissioner, B.C. Treaty Commission; and Chief Joe Mathias (t'echuxanm) of the First Nations Summit -- answered questions about treaty negotiations from four other panellists and members of the audience. The panellists asking questions were Corinne Lonsdale, Mayor, District of Squamish; Stewart Bell, reporter, Vancouver Sun; Vina Starr, Haisla lawyer; and Dennis Brown, First Vice President, United Fishermen's and Allied Workers' Union. The video includes an interview with political science Professor Paul Tennant of the University of British Columbia in which he provides an overview of the history of the relationship between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people in B.C.