This page provides some archival material showing parts of the interaction between Haida People and Imperial Britain, through the Hudson’s Bay Company and then the Colony of British Columbia, and then Canada and the Province of British Columbia.

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HAIDA

1974 September “Haida people seek independence”

1985 Nov 1. “Civil disobedience would be justified – MP” at Lyell. VanSun.GlennBohn

1985 Nov 6. “Lyell logging political issue judge tells court” VanSun.GlennBohn Nov 6

1985 Nov 7. “Haidas, loggers vie in court re. Lyell” VanSun.GlennBohn

1985 Nov 17. “3 Haidas charged w defying order on island logging at Lyell.” GaM.JohnCruickshank

1985 Nov 19. “Haidas expecting long fight at Lyell” GaM.CP

1985 Nov 21. “So what choice do the Haida have?” VanSun.MarjorieNichols

1985 Nov 23. “17 Haidas and MP ordered to court on contempt count” Lyell Island TheProvince

1985 Nov 23. LETTERS re Lyle Island. “A fragile web that is a national treasure” TheSun

1985 Nov 27. “Nation pleads for aid as cost of blockade mounts.” VanSun.RevSmith

1985 Nov 29. “BC Fed backs Haida at Lyell” VanSun

1985 Dec 7. “Barred from Lyell Haidas vow to fight on” VanSun.KeithBaldrey

1986 March 21. Fundraising Gala programme and info brochure for Athlii Gwaii – South Moresby and Duu Guusd Tribal Park. Concert with Pete Seeger.

1987 re. Lyell Island park: “There’s no accounting for it” VanSun editorial GlennBohn

1987 “Labour’s reaction to Haida land claim” in The Vancouver Postal Worker

1987 July 5. “Rogers predicts Haida better off talking land claims with Ottawa” VanSun.TomBarrett

1987 July 7. “Moresby park costs kept under wraps.” VanSun.IanGill

1987 July 8. “Park pact saves world of wonder”. South Moresby. TheProvince

1987 July 13. “Delight over park tempered with concerns about land claim.” VanSun.MiroCernetig

1987 July 18 “Drawing the line at Moresby.” GaM.MichaelKeating

1987. “Road to national park status paved with loads of conflict – chronology.” JohnDunn.

1987. “Haida feast celebrates park deal.” VanSun

1988 Jan 30. SouthMoresby. “Haidas to get star role in new park.” VanSun/TerryGlavin

1988 Feb 1. “Haida will fight to halt proposed fishing lodge.” Van Sun.TerryGlavin

1989 Feb 7. “Haida refuse to recognize park reserve.” VanSun.JeanKavanagh

1990s – Letter to Minister re Forest Practice Code. Charlie Bellis. in Haida Laas magazine

1994 Lavina White in Alternatives journal “A First Nation elder’s perspective on the environment”

1997 Nov 10. CHN press release- Haida Nation wins in court of appeal

1998 March 11. CHN press release re. Herring fisheries

2000 Jan 13. CHN press release- Council of the Haida Nation takes on forestry giant to invalidate license

2002 Haida Nation v. Minister of Forests and Weyerhauser (BC Supreme Court). Implications for local Governments. UBCM Sept 02

2003 Nov 28 – Letter to Minister re confiscated logs – Edenshaw to MoF:

2004 Haida Nation v. BC Minister of Forests – Supreme Court of Canada decision

2004 Nov 18. Haida and Taku rulings CBC

2004 Nov. “Ruling tips scales to natives.” VanSun. Mulgrew

2007 May 29. Draft Land Use Agreement: Haida and BC

2007 Dec 10. “Land Use Agreement.” The Observer.

2009 Dec 11. Reconciliation protocol between Haida and BC

2010 April 29. CHN and BC press release: HAIDA CELEBRATE RECONCILIATION ACT and RESTORED NAME

2010 June. “Haida sign protocol – step toward reconciliation.” StatimcRunner.

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