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T’Sou-ke acquires land in pre-treaty agreement
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The two 60-hectare properties awarded to the T’Sou-ke Nations are lots 40 and 41 on the above map.
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Every penny counts Five-year-old Oliver clutches two jars full of coins which he brought in to give to the Sooke Food Bank. It was a family effort. The Sooke News Mirror is accepting donations of non-perishable food and coins for the local food bank.
The T’Sou-ke Nation calls it Sacred Mountain and the area holds a special place in their cultural heritage. The valleys and hills stretched out across what is now known as Broom Hill, are all in the traditional lands of the T ‘Sou-ke Nation. It is one of the places where the band hunted, gathered and lived. On February 26,
the province signed a agreement which would see the band, over time, acquire two 60-hectare (296 acres) parcels of Crown land. The two lots, Section 40 and 41, lie in the area between Otter Point Road near Poirier Lake and Cedar Park Place in Sooke. One 60-hectare parcel was transfered to the T’Sou-ke Nation at the signing of the Incremental Treaty Agreement and the remaining parcel will be transfered when the
band signs the agreementin-principle, one of the steps in the final treaty process. These benefits are considered an advance by B.C. of a portion of the provincial share of a future treaty settlement package. “It’s good to get the land back,” said T’Sou-ke Chief Gordon Planes. “We have to go through quite a process. It is one step of many, we have a lot of work to do.” What the land will be used
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