Documents, Agreements & Legal

Documents

Governance
Constitution of the Haida Nation 2021-10
Haida Accord 2013-05
CHN Election Act 2017-10

Marine
Sea Changes: Working Together on Haida Gwaii – May 2021
Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area Plan (PNCIMA Initiative) 07-2019

SGaan-Kinghlas – Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area Management Plan 07-2019
Gwaii Haanas Gina ‘Waadluxan KilGuhlGa Land Sea People Management Plan 2018
Haida Gwaii Marine Plan
Gaaysiigang – Ocean Forum Proceedings
Oceans and Way of Life Map
Oceans and Way of Life Companion Document
Towards a Marine Use Plan
Sea Changes: Working Together on Haida Gwaii – April 2017

Land
Haida Gwaii Land Use Map
Haida Land Use Vision
Land Use Objectives Order
Lessons from the Islands: Introduced species and what they tell us about how ecosystems work
Measuring UP: A Graphic Comparison
Strategic Land Use Agreement
Cedar Stewardship Area Management Plan

Legal
Statement of Claim

Communication
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols
Directory 2013

Enbridge
Joint Review Panel Final Argument

Agreements

Nang K’uula Nang K’úulaas Haida Recognition Agreement – July 2023
GayGahlda Changing Tide Framework Agreement – August 2021
Fisheries Resources Reconciliation Agreement – July 2021
Haida Nation Indigenous Atmospheric Benefit Agreement – February 2019
Reconciliation Framework Agreement for Bioregional Oceans Management and Protection – June 2018
Haida Gwaii Marine Plan Implementation Agreement – August 2016
Kunst’aa Guu – Kunst’aayah Reconciliation Protocol
Haida Gwaii Strategic Land Use Agreement
Gwaii Haanas Agreement – January 1993
Gwaii Haanas Marine Agreement
Haida Nation Children and Youth Declaration – 2010
PROTOCOL AGREEMENT between CHN and Skeen-Queen Charlotte Regional District Electoral Area ‘E’ – April 17, 2008
PROTOCOL AGREEMENT between CHN and the Municipality of Queen Charlotte – November 2006
PROTOCOL AGREEMENT between CHN and Skeena – Queen Charlotte Regional District Electoral Area D -April 2006
UNDERSTANDING ARISING from April 22, 2005 discussions between the Province and the Council of the Haida Nation. – April 2005
PROTOCOL AGREEMENT between CHN and the Municipalities of Port Clements and Masset – March 2005
DECLARATION OF FIRST NATIONS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST – Turning Point Conference, Vancouver – June 2000

Haida

Notice of Civil Claim of the Haida Nation, 2016 (BC Supreme Court)
Canada’s Response to Civil Claim, 2016 (BC Supreme Court)
HMQBC Response to Civil Claim, 2016 (BC Supreme Court)

Consultation

BC NATURE vs. Northern Gateway Pipelines and National Energy Board, 2016 (Federal Court of Appeal)

Title & Rights

Haida Nation vs. British Columbia, 2018 (Attorney General)
Council of the Haida Nation vs. British Columbia, 2018 (BC Supreme Court)
Council of the Haida Nation vs. British Columbia, 2017 (BC Supreme Court)
Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 (Supreme Court of Canada)
Haida Territory Boundary Map – July 30, 2004

Interventions

BC Attorney General vs. Canada Attorney General, 2020 (Supreme Court of Canada)

Injunctions

Council of the Haida Nation vs. Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans, 2015 (Federal Court)

Teal Litigation

Haida Nation v. B.C. and Weyerhaeuser [February 2002] (BC Court of Appeal)
Haida Nation v. B.C. and Weyerhaeuser [June 2002] (BC Court of Appeal)
Haida First Nation v. BC and Weyerhaeuser [Nov. 2004] (Supreme Court of Canada)

Important Cases

United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, Local 1-1937 v. Taan Forest Limited Partnership, 2018 (BC Court of Appeal)
Council of the Haida Nation v. British Columbia, 2018 (Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development)


Aboriginal Rights

R. v. Van der Peet (1996, Supreme Court of Canada)
R. v. Sparrow (1990, Supreme Court of Canada)
Mitchell v. Ministry of National Revenue (M.N.R). (2001, Supreme Court of Canada)
R. v. Gladstone (1996, Supreme Court of Canada)
Calder v. B.C. (Attorney General) [1973] (Supreme Court of Canada)
R. v. Sappier; R. v. Gray (2006 Supreme Court of Canada)
R. v. Morris (2006 Supreme Court of Canada)


Legislature & Acts

Constitution Amendment Proclamation, 1983
Constitution Act, 1982
Indian Act, 1876
BC Terms of Union, 1871
Constitution Act, 1867
Act of Union, 1840
Constitution Act, 1791
Treaty of Paris, 1763
Royal Proclamation, 1763
Charter of Hudson’s Bay Company, 1670