Snuneymuxw First Nation/ Islands Trust Council Protocol Agreement 2

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Snuneymuxw First Nation 
 
PROTOCOL AGREEMENT  
 
THIS PROTOCOL AGREEMENT (‘Agreement’) dated for reference the 4
th
 day of 
December, 2008 
 
BETWEEN:  
 
THE ISLANDS TRUST COUNCIL (the Trust Council) established under the 
Islands Trust Act RSBC 1979, acting on its own behalf and on behalf of the 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee (the Committee) 
 
 (the Islands Trust) 
 
AND:  
SNUNEYMUXW FIRST NATION (Snuneymuxw) a “Band” as that term is 
defined in the Indian Act (Canada), as represented by the Snuneymuxw Band 
Council 
 
 (Snuneymuxw) 
 
RECITALS 
 
A. Snuneymuxw and the Islands Trust have mutual respect for each party’s 
mandates, policies, rights and responsibilities, and areas of jurisdiction. 
 
B. Snuneymuxw has legal and cultural interests, including Douglas Treaty rights and 
asserted aboriginal rights, relating to lands and resources in Snuneymuxw 
territory including Snuneymuxw reserves and territory on Gabriola Island.   
 
C. The Committee has power and authority in relation to planning, land use 
management and heritage conservation under the Islands Trust Act with respect to 
areas within Snuneymuxw’s traditional territory. 
 
D. Snuneymuxw and the Islands Trust have common interests in planning, land use 
management and heritage conservation in the areas within the authority of the 
Committee. 

 
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E. Snuneymuxw and the Islands Trust wish to establish a government-to-government 
relationship of mutual respect and cooperation with respect to planning, land use 
management and heritage conservation in the areas within the authority of the 
Committee. 
 
 
ENTRY INTO AGREEMENT 
 
1. The Islands Trust, the Committee, and Snuneymuxw are approaching this Agreement:  
a. In furtherance of their government-to-government relationship; 
b. With a view to building that relationship based on the principles of trust and 
goodwill toward each other, rather than obligations to meet minimum legal 
requirements toward each other;  
c. With a view also to guiding principles of mutual recognition and respect for 
each other, for Snuneymuxw connections to land , and for matters of 
environmental, cultural and historic importance to each other; and a desire for 
and in recognition of the need for reconciliation, which may be achieved in 
many different ways;  
d. In particular with respect for each other’s rights, obligations, responsibilities, 
mandates, policies, and areas of jurisdiction ;  
e. Without limitation to their respective rights and responsibilities and 
relationship with respect to any other area within the jurisdiction of the Islands 
Trust; 
f. In a spirit of cooperation and compromise where necessary and beneficial; and  
g. With the common vision of environmental integrity, community stability and 
well-being for all residents of the area within the authority of the Committee 
as a result of their relationship.  
 
 
PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT  
 
2. The purpose of this Agreement is to set out policies, procedures, and pr

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