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Cowichan Tribes

Last updated on May 13, 2024

Current activities

  • Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group is negotiating with Canada and British Columbia in the B.C. treaty process on behalf of its six member bands.

Treaty stage

  • Stage 5 - Final Agreement Negotiations

Completed agreements

  • Lyackson First Nation - Cowichan Tribes Incremental Treaty Agreement - 2024
  • Cowichan Tribes Incremental Treaty Agreement - 2019
  • Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group Transition to Stage 5 and Treaty Revitalization Agreement - 2019

Forestry agreements

  • Cowichan Tribes Forest Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement - 2021
  • Cowichan Tribes Forest Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement - 2017
  • Cowichan Tribes Forest Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement - 2014
  • Cowichan Tribes Forest Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement - 2011
  • Cowichan Tribes Forest Agreement - 2004

Other agreements

  • Xwulqw'selu Watershed Planning Agreement - 2023
  • Cowichan Nation / British Columbia Government to Government Agreement - 2021
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Cowichan Tribes

Location: Adjacent to Duncan, 50 km northwest of Victoria

Region: Vancouver Island

Member of: Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group

Website: Cowichan Tribes

Population: 5,528

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