Treaty 8 Tribal Association (T8TA) is an association of six of the eight

Peace River Country The Peace River Country (or Peace Country; ) is an aspen parkland region centring on the Peace River in Canada. It extends from northwestern Alberta to the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, where a certain portion of the region i ...

First Nations bands who are signatories to

Treaty 8 Treaty 8, which concluded with the June 21, 1899, signing by representatives of the Crown and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area, is the most comprehensive of the eleven Numbered Treaties. The agreement encompassed a land m ...

in northeastern

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. They have joined in an effort to negotiate with British Columbia and

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outside the

British Columbia Treaty Process The British Columbia Treaty Process (BCTP) is a land claims negotiation process started in 1993 to resolve outstanding issues, including claims to un-extinguished indigenous rights, with British Columbia's First Nations. Three treaties have ...

. Incorporated in 1982 under the ''BC Societies Act'', T8TA is primarily funded by the federal Department of Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs.

Members

*Doig River First Nation – Northeast of Fort St. John, BC * Fort Nelson First Nation – Fort Nelson, BC *

Halfway River First Nation Halfway River First Nation is a Dunneza First Nations government with a 3988 ha reserve located 75 km northwest of Fort St. John, British Columbia. It is a Treaty 8 nation. The Halfway River people were at one point part of the "Hudson ...

– Northwest of Fort St. John, BC *

Prophet River First Nation The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM), formerly the Northern Rockies Regional District (NRRD), and before that the Fort Nelson–Liard Regional District, is a single-tier municipality in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Althoug ...

– South of Fort Nelson, BC *Saulteau First Nations – Chetwynd, BC *

West Moberly First Nations The West Moberly First Nations is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations located in the Peace River Country in northern British Columbia. They are part of the Dane-zaa, Dunne-za and Cree cultural and language groups. The West Moberly First Nati ...

–

in northern BC

Treaty process

Blueberry River First Nations The Blueberry River First Nations is an Indian band based in the Peace country in northeast British Columbia. The band is headquartered on Blueberry River 205 Indian reserve located northwest of Fort St. John. The band is party to Treaty 8. H ...

retained lawyer and academic

Murray Rankin Murray Rankin (born January 26, 1950) is a Canadian lawyer, politician and public law expert who served as British Columbia's Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation from 2020 until 2024. A member of the New Democratic Party, Ranki ...

who successfully negotiated the first Economic Benefits Agreement relating to natural resources revenues in British Columbia.

References

External links

Treaty 8 British Columbia
Dane-zaa First Nations organizations in British Columbia Peace River Country Numbered Treaties First Nations tribal councils in British Columbia {{Treaty-stub

Members

Treaty process

See also

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