\u00a0By Aaron Walker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com For Wei Wai Kum Chief Chris Roberts, whose First Nation is among those raising concerns surrounding Bill 20, the K\u2019\u00f3moks Treaty Act, the dispute over British Columbia\u2019s proposed K\u2019\u00f3moks treaty is not simply about lines on a map. It\u2019s about First Nations\u2019 law, territorial responsibility, constitutional rights, and whether neighbouring First Nations should be expected to resolve historic land overlap concerns after a treaty has already become legally entrenched. Bill-20 seeks to ratify into provincial law the K\u2019\u00f3moks First Nation treaty in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. It moves the K\u2019\u00f3moks First Nation out from beneath the Indian Act to recognize its inherent right to self-government and law-making on a wide range of treaty chapters, including culture and heritage, harvesting, stewardship… <\/p>\n
\u00a0By Aaron Walker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com For Wei Wai Kum Chief Chris Roberts, whose First Nation is among those raising concerns surrounding Bill 20, the K\u2019\u00f3moks Treaty Act, the dispute over British Columbia\u2019s proposed K\u2019\u00f3moks treaty is not simply about lines on a map. It\u2019s about First Nations\u2019 law, territorial responsibility, constitutional rights, and whether neighbouring First Nations should be expected to resolve historic land overlap concerns after a treaty has already become legally entrenched. Bill-20 seeks to ratify into provincial law the K\u2019\u00f3moks First Nation treaty in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. It moves the K\u2019\u00f3moks First Nation out from beneath the Indian Act to recognize its inherent right to self-government and law-making on a wide range of treaty chapters, including culture and heritage, harvesting, stewardship... <\/p>\n