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Maiyoo Keyoh is 17,000 hectares of forest land rich in fish, wildlife, timber and other resources. Situated near the headwaters of the Salmon River on the central plateau of British Columbia, Canada’s most westerly province, the keyoh has been owned and occupied by the same extended Dene family for countless generations.
The family’s ownership of the keyoh is continuously recognized and affirmed by neighbouring people at periodic feasts. The family continues to assert its ownership of the keyoh and has formed the legal non-profit entity, the Maiyoo Keyoh Society, to represent it.
The People of the Maiyoo Keyoh
The Maiyoo Keyoh Society has developed partnerships with other organizations to confirm the family’s ownership and title to their lands and resources, and to balance conservation and development in the keyoh.
(Map drawn by Dr. Julian Steward, 1940, © Smithsonian Institute, orange lines are pre-1840)
In particular, the society has forged a new relationship with the largest forest company in the region, Canadian Forest Products (Canfor). With support from Canfor, the Maiyoo Keyoh has completed a state-of-the-art land use and occupancy study identifying more than 2,000 locations of traditional land and resource use in the keyoh. The Maiyoo Keyoh will be using the results for many applications, including, with Canfor, better land and resource planning.
The Maiyoo Keyoh is developing constructive relationships with neighbouring keyoh owners, neighbouring Indian Bands, government agencies and industry. It views the ability to initiate, generate, manage and communicate research as a lynch-pin in the process of building these relationships. The Maiyoo Keyoh is regaining its position as the knowledgeable authority for managing the lands and resources of their keyoh.
As it develops information management capacity, governance and conducts new research, the Maiyoo Keyoh’s voice will be heard by many.
Maiyoo Keyoh News & Press Releases
Yahulhduk’un - On March 20 we set up a camp to protest the continuation of proposed harvesting of our keyoh without considerations to our interests the animals, plants, fish, and habitat. Our camp has been named Yahulhduk'un...it means "the place where people come to talk”.
Closer to Home: An excerpt from Closer To Home season two, episode two "The Maiyoo Keyoh" starring Wayne Baker this episode features Jim Munroe who is fighting the destruction of the land around Great Beaver Lake in northern British Columbia. Land that has been in the hands of one family for hundreds of years. Closer To Home, produced by Real World Films in Vancouver directed by Carmen Henriquez and Denis Paquette will be airing on APTN across Canada in 2010.
First Nations and the Olympics
March 17th 2010 the book "Living Proof" by Terry Tobias was launched. The book has a case study of the Maiyoo Keyoh Land Use and Occupancy Study, titled "We've Got Teapots Hanging Up All Over There" Tobias 2004
Keyoh Holders Gather at Beaver Lake - November 4, 2009
Maiyoo Keyoh Society in B.C. to Assess Web-Mapping Needs
Details - February - March 2008 Roadblock
- News article - Caledonia Courier - August 14, 2002
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Maiyoo Keyoh Society Constitution
Land and Resource Policy Background
Notice of Aboriginal Title
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Notice of
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Title Area Map
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Synopsis - The Consultation Process
"Furthermore, the current referral or consultation and accommodation process is often adversarial and imbalanced in that First Nations are inundated with referral letters which require them to justify why the land disposition, licence or development permit in question ought not be granted. Moreover, the referral process facilitates unilateral self-serving actions, since the Crown alone is regularly the final arbitrator of land and resource use decisions in circumstances where it stands to gain substantial revenue from further land alienation or resource development. As a consequence, insufficient regard has been given to how Aboriginal concerns can be addressed with a view to protecting Aboriginal rights or creating sustainable economic opportunities for First Nations. Establishing a joint decision-making process to ameliorate the current referral process is in keeping with the cases addressed above and also prevents the sort of unilateral action objected to by the Court in Mikisew and Haida."
For the full report visit: www.fngovernance.org/pdf/NCFNG_Crown_Consultation_and_Practices.pdf
Director Profiles
For more information, please contact:
Jim Munroe / President, Maiyoo Keyoh Society
Provisional Office | 702 Willoughby Place
Williams Lake, BC | V2G 3J6
Work: (250) 305-7092 | Fax: (250) 392-1426
jim@maiyookeyoh.ca
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