1907 2006. 2008 2009 2010 The Peace River Block is transferred 1912 1914-1915 1916 1917-1919 1920’s –30’s 1930’s– 40’s 1947-48 1950 1957-1959 1960’s 1968 1970 1979 1981 1992 1998 2000 2004 2005 to the Dominion Government 1911 Economic Benefits Agreement signed in On April 19, the provincial government Most members of the T8FN’s move in- Western Coal’s Wolverine Mine opens Consultation Process Agreements Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Spanish Flu epidemics wipe out en- A large number of white people seek Recognizing wide spread poverty relat- The Department of Indian Affairs Three small replacement reserves are PGE Railway reaches the Peace River. W.A.C. Bennett Dam is completed. The first television appears at Doig Active Opposition to Site C by T8FN’s AMOCO’s proposed gas exploration Federal Government settles out fo Pipeline that carries oil from Taylor to Relentless Energy Corporation vs. Davis Montney and forty –three members The West Moberly First Nations reserve, Reserve #172 (Montney) of Representatives of Denison Mines, The Dominion government selects (CPA’s) established in December be- March between the provincial govern- Resources approved the exploration per- announced plan to move ahead with to escape the Great Depression by ed to the imposition of the registered transfers the Montney Reserve, in- established (#204, 205 & 206). The Bea- Travel is possible from Prince George to permanent housing. The traditional Williston Reservoir is created by River reserve. Radio-telephone in- activity in the alpine area around court with BRFN and DRFN for 147 Kamloops breaks on the Pine River, et al. An oil and gas company brought an in Tumbler Ridge in 2005, followed by of his Beaver band take Treaty for the which was once a summer camp for the 18,000 acres is created formally tire Indian communities and approxi- begins. Site C became the focus of a Teck Corporation, the Government of lands in the Peace River Block to be cluding “inadvertently” the minerals, ver of Fort St. John split and move to to Chetwynd to Dawson Creek and round was modified with travel more flooding the territories of the Dane- interim injunction application against Peace River Coal’s Trend mine tween the Government of British ment and four T8FN’s—DRFN, PRFN, mit and associated clearing permits for the Site C project and advance it into Dane-zaa, was surveyed in 1914. In 1915, mately half of the population in the becoming trappers. Increased farm- trap line system, Indian Affairs negoti- stalled at Doig as a first aid measure major debate about he future of hy- BC and the Japanese steel industry Twin Sister the T8FN’s spiritual site million over Montney oil and gas which flows into the Peace River, 110km targeted for release in the first wave first time, and are combined with the for the Fort St. John band by an Columbia and selected Treaty 8 First WMFN and FNFN. The agreement pro- First Coal Corporation’s mining explora- the regulatory review phase. ing in the Peace River valley and ates and purchases trap lines for the to the Director of the Veteran Land two of the reserves (Blueberry River Re- from Chetwynd to Fort St. John. from a base camp. zaa, Ingenika and Mesilinka in the for- by Medical Services. between the Upper Moberly and Car- upstream from Chetwynd. Approxi- member of Blueberry River Indian Band, existing Beaver Band of Fort St. John West Moberly had 41 First Nations people Order in Council, West Moberly Fort St. John area. Frank Beatton droelectricity in British Columbia. BC signed an agreement that allowed the BC Hydro with the support of the En- of settlement. The population was Act for transfer as farmland for re- serve and Doig River Reserve) mer Parsnip and Finlay River valleys a beneficiary under Treaty No. 8. The ap- Nations. The CPA’s establish a con- vides for an initial equity payment of tion. In March, the BC Supreme Court rules in including the Brown, Desjarlais, Cryingman, Lake Reserve is also created buries hundreds of bodies in the Old throughout the Peace River region in- First Nations Hydro, the provincial utility, wished Northeast Coal Development to pro- bon River watersheds south of the mately 6,200 barrels of oil are spilled ergy Minister, Richard Neufeld, res- reported as 2000 and the goal was to turning war veterans. People are for- north of where they meet the Peace plication was rejected by the court, sultation framework between the $13.3 million and revenue-sharing pay- favor of the WMFN’s in its case against Mykoose, and Dokkie families Fort area of Fort St. John. Only 11 of creasingly alienates Dane-zaa from The reserves are about 40km apart and to fulfill the logic of the Peace River ceed, and in the space of three years, Williston reservoir, is openly opposed and becomes one of the most expensive urrects discussion on Site C as a pos- reach 20,000. “A steady stream of (168A) setting aside 5025 acres 1960 Government of British Columbia ments between $3.4 and $13.4 million 100 PRFN members living at Fish Lake their traditional seasonal rounds. bidden to return to this area, includ- no area was set up for summer gather- River. “In addition to flooding project and develop the next dame the town, infrastructure, and two by WMFN’s and other area First Na- 1999 inland oil spill cleanups in Canadian his- which state it is unreasonable for the sible new dam site, despite public the Minister of Energy, Mines and Petro- settlers moved northerly and quickly for the Hudson Hope Band and individual Treaty 8 First Nations per year for 15 years. Revenue-sharing survived the winter of 1918-1919, ing ing. 1957 350,000 acres of forested land and 1976 at Site C. Local interests reacted neg- mines were built from scratch in Tum- tion’s. The Project was first delayed tory. According to the Government of Crown to always tell the First Nations to outcry dating back to the 1970’s leum Resources over First Coal Corpora- First Nations are allowed to vote in took possession of the choicest prai- Halfway River first Nations vs. BC. Al- related to industry applications sub- payments are linked to the level of activ- leaving the country “almost empty of 1934 drowning countless animals, the res- atively. Earlier projects had caused bler Ridge. and later abandoned by AMOCO in British Columbia, SFN and WMFN’s envi- “go elsewhere” and never take into con- tion’s mining exploration impacts on the Federal Elections rie lands.” Fort St. John Lumber Company com- mitted to the Oil and Gas Commis- ity from oil and gas, mining, and forestry people” ervoir blocked the east-west migra- Oil and gas discovered on the former considerable dislocation and hard- the face of continuing protests and an so known as the Metecheah case. ronmental impacts include mortality to sideration whether there was some- Burnt Pine Caribou Herd. This ruling was mences operations. The company lat- Fort St. John natural gas fields are con- development in the Northeast region. The Government of British Columbia A second major influenza epidemic tion of the now endangered moun- Montney reserve The BC Supreme Court decided in fa- where to actually go with respect to ex- sion for approval of the oil and gas upheld in the May 2011, suspending ex- 1923 ship in the Peace River Valley, partic- unsuccessful well drilled in the shad- fish, insects and some wildlife. “wiped out many of the Indians” er became known as Canadian Forest nected through pipelines to the south- vour of the HRFN, ruling that the de- activities. ploration pending consultation with the requires the registration of trap lines , tain caribou across the Rocky Moun- Families of the Fort St. John Beaver ularly for First Nations, and another ow of the Twin Sisters in the late ercising their hunting and trapping Peace River no longer considered to Products or Canfor ern markets and natural gas industry is cision by the Ministry of Forests to requiring payment for which many tain Trench”. Band were formally split into two sep- dam seemed too much to bear. 1990’s after First Nations court chal- rights. WMFN’s on how to protect the herd. developing on a major scale. 1982 The Quintette Coal Mine at Tumbler Dane-zaa were not immediately pre- have a profitable beaver market 1947 arate Bands, becoming Blueberry Riv- lenges of Ministry of Energy and give the permit to Canfor was done Sour gas well erupts at Blueberry cre- The defendant, too, will suffer irrepara- without meaningful consultation and Ridge, open since the mid 1980’s, closes. pared. Most of the traditional territo- 1951 er First Nation and Doig River First The Treaty 8 Tribal Association (T8TA) Moines exploration permits failed. ble harm if the injunction were to be ating a state of emergency. Some Bullmoose Mine flows in April, 2003. ries of the Dane-zaa families were Aboriginal people allowed to vote in is incorporated under the B.C. Socie- thereby quashed Nation. people come to live at Doig River or granted. The evidence discloses that the provincial election for the first time Only one resident at Peterson’s Cross- taken over by white men ties Act ing can speak English Doig hunting camps. deprivation of the band’s hunting and 1925 1939 1961 1995 Dominion Government Peace River Block Montney Constitution Act, 1982, is passed and trapping land through development has Forgotten Land, Forgotten People, the From book “Peacemakers of North Peace” comes into law, recognizing the re- been steadily growing over the years, as Halfway River Indian Reserve No.