Documents, Agreements & Legal

DOCUMENTS

GOVERNANCE

Constitution of the Haida Nation 2023-10

Haida Accord 2013-05

CHN Election Act 2017-10

MARINE

Sea Changes: Working Together on Haida Gwaii – 2021-05

Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area Plan 2019-07

SGaan-Kinghlas – Bowie Seamount 2019-07

Gwaii Haanas 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 – 2017-04

LAND

Haida Gwaii Land Use Map

Haida Land Use Vision

Land Use Objectives Order

Lessons from the Islands

Measuring UP: A Graphic Comparison

Strategic Land Use Agreement

Cedar Stewardship Area Management Plan

LEGAL

Statement of Claim

ENBRIDGE

Joint Review Panel Final Argument

AGREEMENTS

Marine Protected Areas Advancement and Implementation Agreement – 2024-08

Marine Protected Areas Establishment and Management Agreement – 2024-08

Great Bear Sea Declaration – 2024-06

Gaayhllxid • Gíihlagalgang “Rising Tide” Haida Title Lands Agreement – 2024

Nang K’uula Nang K’úulaas Haida Recognition Agreement – 2023-07

GayGahlda Changing Tide Framework Agreement – 2021-08

Fisheries Resources Reconciliation Agreement – 2021-07

Haida Nation Indigenous Atmospheric Benefit Agreement – 2019-02

Bioregional Oceans Reconciliation Agreement – 2018-06

Haida Gwaii Marine Plan Implementation Agreement – 2016-08

Kunst’aa Guu – Kunst’aayah Reconciliation Protocol

Haida Gwaii Strategic Land Use Agreement

Gwaii Haanas Agreement – 1993-01

Gwaii Haanas Marine Agreement

Haida Nation Children and Youth Declaration – 2010

PROTOCOL AGREEMENT – CHN and Skeena-Queen Charlotte – 2008-04

PROTOCOL AGREEMENT – CHN and Queen Charlotte – 2006-11

PROTOCOL AGREEMENT – CHN and Skeena-Queen Charlotte – 2006-04

UNDERSTANDING ARISING – the Province and the CHN – 2005-04

PROTOCOL AGREEMENT – CHN and Port Clements and Masset – 2005-03

DECLARATION OF FIRST NATIONS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST – 2000-06

LEGAL

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

TITLE & RIGHTS

Haida Nation v. British Columbia, 2018 (Attorney General)

Council of the Haida Nation v. British Columbia, 2018 (BC Supreme Court)

Council of the Haida Nation v. British Columbia, 2017 (BC Supreme Court)

Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 (Supreme Court of Canada)

Haida Territory Boundary Map – 2004-07-30

INTERVENTIONS

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

INJUNCTIONS

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

TEAL LITIGATION

Haida Nation v. B.C. and Weyerhaeuser, 2002-02 (BC Court of Appeal)

Haida Nation v. B.C. and Weyerhaeuser, 2002-06 (BC Court of Appeal)

Haida First Nation v. BC and Weyerhaeuser, 2004-11 (Supreme Court of Canada)

IMPORTANT CASES

Local 1-1937 v. Taan Forest Limited Partnership, 2018 (BC Court of Appeal)

Council of the Haida Nation v. British Columbia, 2018


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 (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