Tsilhqot'in Nation

• B.C. community opens solar farm 100 per cent owned and operated by First Nation

  With capacity to generate enough energy to power between 130 and 150 homes, it's small on a global scale but large for British Columbia.

  Dec 1, 2019
  
• Chiefs honour Indigenous leader hanged in 1865

  Chief Ahan was hanged in the city's downtown on July 18, 1865, and a ceremony memorializing his exoneration was held at a high school where the Tsilhqot'in Nation believes its ancestor could be buried.

  Jul 18, 2019
  
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• Tsilhqot’in First Nation members to rally in Vancouver as Taseko Mines heads to federal court

  Members of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation are expected to rally in Vancouver Monday morning as Taseko Mines heads to federal court hoping to bring back to life the New Prosperity copper-and-gold mine west of Williams Lake.

  Jan 30, 2017
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• Premier Clark to meet with First Nations chiefs

  At least 500 British Columbia aboriginal leaders are set to meet this week with Premier Christy Clark on how all sides can deal with the implications of a historic land rights ruling from Canada's highest court.

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  Sep 7, 2015
• B.C. aboriginal band enacts laws after court win

  The Tsilhqot'in Nation, located west of Williams Lake in the B.C. Interior, was granted 1,750 square kilometres of land in a Supreme Court of Canada decision last June.

  Mar 20, 2015
• B.C. ceremony marks chiefs’ hanging

  An aboriginal chief from central B.C. says today's ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the hanging of six warrior chiefs is his Remembrance Day.

  Oct 26, 2014