BC, Tsilhqot’in to mark historic Supreme Court anniversary with five-year deal – CTV
June 24, 2015
VICTORIA – A horse-drawn wagon train carrying aboriginal youths and elders is slowly rolling and rumbling this week towards the Williams Lake Stampede from central British Columbia’s Nemiah Valley.
It’s an annual First Nations’ rite of passage, but, this year’s 200-kilometre trek over the wind-swept Chilcotin Plateau is different, says Tsilhqot’in Nation Chief Roger William, a former champion bull rider.
It falls on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada decision that granted to the Tsilhqot’in aboriginal title to more than 1,750 square kilometres of land in the Nemiah Valley, a mountainous area with pristine lakes, alpine valleys and amazingly, wild horses.
