Five first nations in northeastern B.C., who signed a land treaty known as Treaty 8 in 1899, celebrated the culmination of decades of negotiations to have it honoured as it was agreed to more than 100 years ago.
“It’s been a long road for my people,” said an emotional Chief Judy Desjarlais of the Blueberry River First Nations at a press conference in Vancouver Saturday afternoon, which included representatives from four of the five nations, B.C. Premier David Eby, and both provincial and federal ministers of Indigenous relations.
For decades Treaty 8 nations have fought to have B.C. and Canada live up to agreements made
