The Nisga'a Treaty of Northern British Columbia by https://padlet.com/aidenbeley/aidenselfgovernance Self Governing since May 11, 2000 en-us 2017-06-07 16:11:48 UTC 2025-12-16 09:24:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Timeline of events aidenbeley https://padlet.com/aidenbeley/aidenselfgovernance/wish/175593029 1887
Nisga'a chiefs travel to victoria to talk about becoming self governing
1890
Nisga'a establishes its first land committee
1913
Nisga'a land committee sends its petition to London
1927
Canadian government prevents Aboriginal people from discussing the land question
1955
Nisga'a re-establishes as the Nisga'a tribal council
1960
Aboriginal people are given the right to vote
1976
The federal government negotiates with Nisga'a tribal council, provincial government is a bystander
1989
Nisga'a nation starts running its own health care  
1990
Federal government joins the Nisga'a tribal council and federal government at the negotiation 
1992
Nisga'a nation and canadian government come into a resource agreement
1994
Provincial government gives family and child care over to the Nisga'a Nation
1996
Nisga'a people vote for self government
1999
Final agreement is given royal consent
2000
Nisga'a Nation officially starts self governing
2010
Celebration of the first decade of the Nisga'a nations self government ]]> 2017-06-07 16:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenbeley/aidenselfgovernance/wish/175593029 Successes and failures or lessons learned aidenbeley https://padlet.com/aidenbeley/aidenselfgovernance/wish/175593090 Successes
The Nisga'a nation was very successful on its quest to achieve self-government. While it took them a very long time they were able to become one of the first self-governing First Nations communities. They succeeded in gaining complete control over the Nisga'a lands. They now govern these lands according to how they see fit and the First Nations traditions that have historically been used to govern people. The Nisga'a Nation successfully runs its economy and legal problems. Since they started in 2000 they haven't run into any problem they couldn't deal with.

Lessons Learned
The Nisga'a Nation learned to never give up on what you want. They have shown other First Nation communities that self government is possible. Even if it seems like forever, and it can take over a hundred years, to keep fighting. The lesson that they taught other communities is that the Canadian government isn't all powerful, that if you are patient and insistent  you can win. The Nisga'a Nation learned that Aboriginal people and Governments can work together.

Failures
The Nisga'a nation didn't run into many failures on their quest for self governance. One setback they ran into is when the government disbanded because of the new law about First Nations people getting together for governmental meetings. Another one was that it took them over a hundred years to achieve their goal.

]]> 2017-06-07 16:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenbeley/aidenselfgovernance/wish/175593090 Details of capacity to self-govern aidenbeley https://padlet.com/aidenbeley/aidenselfgovernance/wish/175593180 The Nisga'a Nation has the ability to self govern, this means that they can pass laws and elect leaders. However, this does not give them an all powerful "trump card" that lets them do whatever they like. The Nisga'a government still needs to comply with federal and provincial restrictions. The Nisga'a Nation and the Canadian government work together in transparency so the best compromise can be reached. The Nisga'a government is responsible for the fisheries, forestry and all other resources to come out of their land. This of course is taxed by the Canadian government. The Nisga'a government is also responsible for the education and health care of their people. The Nisga'a Nation more or less handles all of the affairs just like the provincial or federal government. They have their own admonistraighters and their own "prime minister" of sorts, they hold their own elections and deal with their legal difficulties. While this is going on, the Canadian government is always peering over their shoulder to make sure nothing is going astray. One of the main differences between the Nisga'a government and the federal/provincial government is that the Nisga'a government is concerned in the preservation of culture. The Nisga'a government is working at keeping their ancestral traditions alive. Some of these traditions are used in the basics of government. In fact the election process is defined in the Nisga'a nation traditions. The Nisga'a Nation has a varying degree of power in all aspects of government. It works with the Canadian government to create something beautiful.]]> 2017-06-07 16:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenbeley/aidenselfgovernance/wish/175593180