The Northern Regional Negotiations Table handles treaty negotiations in the British Columbia Treaty Process

British Columbia Treaty Process

The British Columbia Treaty Process is a land claims negotiation process started in 1993 to resolve outstanding issues - including claims to un-extinguished aboriginal rights - with British Columbia's First Nations....

 for a number of First Nations located in the far north of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 and the south of the Yukon Territory in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Membership

• Carcross/Tagish First Nation
  Carcross/Tagish First Nation
  The Carcross/Tagish First Nation is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. Its original population centres were Carcross, Yukon and Tagish, Yukon, although many of its citizens also live in Whitehorse...
  
  
• Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
  Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
  The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. Its original population centres were Champagne and Aishihik, but most of its citizens moved to Haines Junction to take advantage of services offered there such as schools. The First Nation government has...
  
  
• Taku River Tlingit First Nation
  Taku River Tlingit First Nation
  The Taku River Tlingit First Nation are the band government of the Inland Tlinkit in far northern British Columbia, Canada and also in Yukon. They comprise two ḵwaan of the Tlingit people, who are otherwise coastal, the Áa Tlein Ḵwáan of the Atlin Lake area and the Deisleen Ḵwáan of Teslin Lake,...
  
  
• Teslin Tlingit Council
  Teslin Tlingit Council
  The Teslin Tlingit Council is a First Nation government in the central Yukon in Canada, located in Teslin, Yukon along the Alaska Highway and Teslin Lake. The language originally spoken by the Teslin is Tlingit...
  
  

Treaty Process

All of the members are based in Yukon except for the Taku River Tlingit First Nation. Members of the Northern Regional Negotiations Table entered the British Columbia Treaty Process because some of their traditional territories lie within British Columbia's provincial boundaries.

First Nation	Population	Treaty Status
Carcross/Tagish First Nation Carcross/Tagish First Nation The Carcross/Tagish First Nation is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. Its original population centres were Carcross, Yukon and Tagish, Yukon, although many of its citizens also live in Whitehorse...	609	Entered the B.C. treaty process in 1997. Signed an agreement between Yukon and Canada in 2005.
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Champagne and Aishihik First Nations The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. Its original population centres were Champagne and Aishihik, but most of its citizens moved to Haines Junction to take advantage of services offered there such as schools. The First Nation government has...	507	Entered the B.C. treaty process in December 1993 after they had signed their Yukon agreement with Canada.
Taku River Tlingit First Nation Taku River Tlingit First Nation The Taku River Tlingit First Nation are the band government of the Inland Tlinkit in far northern British Columbia, Canada and also in Yukon. They comprise two ḵwaan of the Tlingit people, who are otherwise coastal, the Áa Tlein Ḵwáan of the Atlin Lake area and the Deisleen Ḵwáan of Teslin Lake,...	371	Entered the B.C. treaty process in December 1993 and are presently at Stage 4. They are the only B.C.-based first nation at this table and are not negotiating an agreement with Yukon and Canada.
Teslin Tlingit Council Teslin Tlingit Council The Teslin Tlingit Council is a First Nation government in the central Yukon in Canada, located in Teslin, Yukon along the Alaska Highway and Teslin Lake. The language originally spoken by the Teslin is Tlingit...	559	Entered the B.C. treaty process in 1994 after they had signed their Yukon agreement with Canada.