The BC Indian Position Paper, Draft Copy - Union of British ...

3. ,Soripinal clairxs aiid troaty ohli';?.t.io;ls :TS priority item forsettlo~iznt,. 3227 xust '23 rscogniz,:d n;id h,x~ourr:cl.. i%il.:ncial rssources ;,ust be pyovid;d to 1;-~tlizis. '5s capital :-l...r.!;dbrust h3 tapp.:; for nsod finmcing of ~cono:.:ic d-vL;lo~r~ont. . i3~13.y::~of gmnts is nozdsd to initint- XL?scor~o.iic dcv;lopl13n'L fund. .5. ':s~hnical assistailcc is i-~ozdod. to provids hzlp in d-velopiasnt .5. Counselling survicc is required to i;12!cd Irirlians ~ ~ a of r o thoir rizhts.~nd as a g~ida in self d-v~lopia~~it.7, Oblig,~tioc,~ of tho psd,sml ;ovcrni-,iziit for Tiiildians and land:; rmcrv-dfor th.2 Indians 'oo rs-statod and ru-af.Pix~c?.72. Indians wa!~t to ?xcoine full citiems - Zldian citizsns with fullrizhts and privilu~cs that 20 with citizenship.9. .I coiwutne?it of full consultation with liidians in all policy mttersaffcctinz Indians is nesded frori tho i:oc?zral Sovor~li~~ont.10. Dof initioli of Indian status to '3s c!~ tr,n,iiiiod by Indians.12. :'oras of the tr~st in which rosclrvz ?.and is !wid by the GOVCP~XIO~?~for tho uso a'nd tine b;;lofit of tli: ro~;~~c'bivz balds should '22 r;~,I.l~c'out in djtail.13. Th3 word surrc~dcr in rzlation to lands should bc rcpllczd byword in^ that conveys tho maaniag that ti12inistcr is zictii1~ upon the,instructions of Zidians in hmdlin,rr llild in rrhich he holds in trv.stfor Indian?.1. Land holdors shoulcl havi~ a Cortificnto of Yitls rrith a restricticrthzt tho land may not b;:dispos-d of to ~~IJTO!IC ilot of Indian st3i;ils.Land owners nust 13,:zllowod to laase la?d aiid such right to liaui:should includ: thc power to borr01~r-monuy oil ths s::curity of ra'i, to 53rccoivjd undzr the laass.15. Tho propcrty of docoased Indians ~,rith no wills and no heirs shouldr-vert to tho 3o:1d.