Surface Rights in the Dasiqox Tribal Park

Just months the June 2014 the Supreme Court of Canada decision granting partial title to the Tsilhqotin First Nations land claim, the communities of Xeni Gwetin and Yunesitin, with support form the Tsilhqotin National Government, declared another traditional area, just beyond the granted claim, as the Dasiqox Tribal Park. The surface area of the new park contains a barrier to Tsilhqotin self-governance in the form of an undetermined amount of mineral claims staked under the mineral tenure system of British Columbia. In cooperation with (and as a contribution to) the work of Fair Mining Collaborative, this post-doctoral project will achieve three things: 1) examine the evolution of mineral tenure in a new social and legal environment, including through the creation of an inventory of mineral tenure in the Dasiqox Tribal Park; 2) contribute to the design and implementation of a governance framework for the new park, in light of these changes, using Tsilhqotin traditional values; 3) contribute to FMCs work drafting recommendations for new mineral tenure law in BC.

Faculty Supervisor:

Terre Satterfield

Student:

Dawn Hoogeveen

Partner:

Fair Mining Collaborative

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of British Columbia