Declaration of title over Jacko Lake officially signed by local First Nations – CBC
Jun 22, 2015
It’s been signed and sealed, but will it deliver? Local First Nations sign the declaration of tit
Local First Nations call it a historic day.
Chiefs and band councillors of several nations in the Thompson-Shuswap area made their first declaration of title since the Tsilhqot’in land claims ruling last summer.
The declaration was signed Sunday on the shores of Jacko Lake, known in the Secwepemc language as Pipsell Lake.
It asserts sovereignty and full control over the area.
Jacko Lake is the largest body of water located next to the KGHM Ajax Mine project.
If approved, Ajax would use some of that body of water for its purposes.
