“We, the {1,514} Musqueam people openly and publicly declare and affirm {to the 3 million people of the Vancouver Lower Mainland} that we hold aboriginal title to {your} land and ‘aboriginal rights’ to exercise use of {your} land, the sea and fresh waters, and all their resources within that territory occupied and used by our ancestors…”

—‘Musqueam Declaration’

‘Government of Canada’s landmark agreement recognizes Musqueam First Nation’s Aboriginal title in Metro Vancouver’

“…A February 20 federal news release that received virtually no media coverage.

“The agreement creates a structured framework for gradually implementing Musqueam’s authority in decision-making over much of the Lower Mainland’s lands and waters. Their {claimed but unproven} ‘traditional territory’ includes the region’s mountainous, forested watershed that feed into Metro Vancouver’s drinking water reservoirs, as well as West Vancouver, North Vancouver City, North Vancouver District, Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, the University Endowment Lands, Burnaby, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra, New Westminster, Richmond, Vancouver International Airport, the northern areas of Delta and Surrey, and the waterways.” 

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