The treaty group is seeking compensation for the dispossession of their aboriginal lands.

Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group members say 270,000 hectares of traditional territory were illegally confiscated from them as part of the 1884 E&N Railway grant. The Vancouver Island property is now privately owned and not up for discussion at the trea…

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The treaty group is seeking compensation for the dispossession of their aboriginal lands.

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hear Hul’qumi’num land claim

gave nearly 20% of Vancouver Island to a railway company

Small Island First Nations make a big statement with international complaint about human rights violations

traditional territory handed over to private interests to build the railway was illegal

International tribunal to consider First Nations' land claim

A Vancouver Island native group has won a ruling that will force the Canadian government to defend its domestic human rights

Ottawa must defend human rights record regarding B.C. treaty

Vancouver Island property is not up for dicussion.

Government responds to rights complaint