Gordon J Holtslander@Mannanan Sen̓áḵw for Cowichan?
The Cowichan decision does not demand the surrender of fee-simple lands, it demands Richmond and Prov of BC negotiate a resolution.
I'm guessing if the Cowichan were offered publicly owned land that could establish what Squamish were provided to establish a Cowichan "Sen̓áḵw", that issue would be resolved.
But Richmond and Prov of BC would rather force years of uncertainty than to face the responsibility history has laid at their feet.
Cowichan housing success would lay bare Richmond and the prov's inability to resolve these issues.
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Sen̓áḵw — Hiy̓ám̓ Housing, Bringing Squamish People Home
Project Background Over a century ago, Squamish People were forcibly removed from our village at Sen̓áḵw.* Our homes were destroyed and our physical presence was erased from a place we had lived for generations. But our People never forgot and we never stopped working to return to it. In 2003, the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) […]