Table of Contents

• BILL 11 – 2011:
  YALE FIRST NATIONS FINAL AGREEMENT ACT
• SCHEDULE TO:
  YALE FIRST NATIONS FINAL AGREEMENT ACT
• Preamble
• Chapter 1 – Definitions
• Chapter 2 – General Provisions
  
  • 2.1 Nature of this Agreement
  • 2.2 Representation and Warranty
  • 2.3 Constitution of Canada
  • 2.4 Certainty
  • 2.5 Application of Federal and Provincial Law
  • 2.6 Relationship of Federal Law, Provincial Law and Yale First Nation Law
  • 2.7 Relationship of this Agreement and Federal Law, Provincial Law and Yale First Nation Law
  • 2.8 International Legal Obligations
  • 2.9 Other Rights, Benefits and Programs
  • 2.10 Application of the Indian Act
  • 2.11 Judicial Determination in Respect of Validity
  • 2.12 Other Aboriginal People
  • 2.13 Consultation
  • 2.14 Information and Privacy
  • 2.15 Obligation to Negotiate
  • 2.16 Other Agreements
  • 2.17 Entire Agreement
  • 2.18 Interpretation
  • 2.19 Official Languages
  • 2.20 No Implied Waiver
  • 2.21 Assignment
  • 2.22 Enurement
  • 2.23 Deposit of Agreement
  • 2.24 Notice
• Chapter 3 – Governance
  
  • 3.1 Yale First Nation Self-Government
  • 3.2 Legal Status and Capacity
  • 3.3 Yale First Nation Constitution
  • 3.4 Yale First Nation Government Structure
  • 3.5 Appeal and Review of Administrative Decisions
  • 3.6 Registry of Laws
  • 3.7 Participation of Non-Members
  • 3.8 Transitional Provisions
  • 3.9 Amendments to Provincial Legislation
  • 3.10 Delegation
  • 3.11 Yale First Nation Government
  • 3.12 Yale First Nation Membership
  • 3.13 Yale First Nation Assets
  • 3.14 Adoption
  • 3.15 Child Custody
  • 3.16 Child Protection Services
  • 3.17 Aboriginal Healers
  • 3.18 Health
  • 3.19 Family and Social Services
  • 3.20 Liquor Control
  • 3.21 Solemnization of Marriages
  • 3.22 Child Care
  • 3.23 Devolution of Cultural Property
  • 3.24 Language and Culture Education
  • 3.25 Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education
  • 3.26 Emergency Preparedness
  • 3.27 Regulation of Business
  • 3.28 Public Order, Peace and Safety
  • 3.29 Buildings and Structures
  • 3.30 Public Works
  • 3.31 Traffic, Parking, Transportation and Highways
  • 3.32 Penalties
  • 3.33 Enforcement of Yale First Nation Law
  • 3.34 Adjudication of Yale First Nation Law
  • 3.35 Community Corectional Services
  • 3.36 Members of Yale First Nation Government
  • 3.37 Yale First Nation Public Officers
  • 3.38 Yale First Nation and Yale First Nation Government
  • 3.39 Writ of Execution Against Yale First Nation
  • 3.40 Other Matters
• Chapter 4 – Local Government Relations
  
  • 4.1 General
  • 4.2 Regional District Membership
  • 4.3 Intergovernmental Agreements
  • 4.4 Regional Hospital District Membership
• Chapter 5 – Culture
  
  • 5.1 General
  • 5.2 Yale First Nation Laws
• Chapter 6 – Artifacts, Heritage Sites, Human Remains and Place Names
  
  • 6.1 Artifacts
  • 6.2 Canadian Museum of Civilization
  • 6.3 The Parks Canada Agency
  • 6.4 Royal British Columbia Museum
  • 6.5 Access to Other Collections
  • 6.6 Yale First Nation Archaeological Human Remains
  • 6.7 Heritage Sites
  • 6.8 Place Names
• Chapter 7 – Yale First Nation Role Off Yale First Nation Land
  
  • 7.1 General
  • 7.2 Economic Activities
  • 7.3 Governance Activities
  • 7.4 Resource Management
  • 7.5 Cultural Activities
  • 7.6 Water
  • 7.7 Gathering
  • 7.8 Provincial Public Planning Processes
  • 7.9 Provincial Protected Areas
  • 7.10 National Parks
  • 7.11 Guided Adventure Tourism Tenure
  • 7.12 Foreshore Recreation Area
• Chapter 8 – Fisheries
  
  • 8.1 General
  • 8.2 Commercial Opportunities
  • 8.3 Yale First Nation Laws
  • 8.4 Trade and Barter
  • 8.5 Yale First Nation Fisheries Operational Guidelines
  • 8.6 Designation and Documentation
  • 8.7 Yale First Nation Domestic Allocations
  • 8.8 Adjustments For Overages And Underages Of Salmon
  • 8.9 Non-Allocated Species
  • 8.10 Harvest Opportunities for Surplus Salmon
  • 8.11 Management of the Yale First Nation Domestic Fishery
  • 8.12 Regional Management Advisory Process for Aboriginal Fisheries
  • 8.13 Public Fisheries Advisory Processes
  • 8.14 Yale First Nation Fishing Plans
  • 8.15 Harvest Document
  • 8.16 Stewardship and Enhancement
  • Schedule 8-A – Yale First Nation Allocations for Fish and Aquatic Plants
• Chapter 9 – Water
  
  • 9.1 General
  • 9.2 Yale First Nation Laws
  • 9.3 Yale First Nation Water Reservation
  • 9.4 Sale of Water
  • 9.5 Water Management
  • 9.6 Power Reservation
  • 9.7 Groundwater
  • Schedule 9-A – Yale First Nation Water Volumes
• Chapter 10 – Wildlife
  
  • 10.1 General
  • 10.2 Yale First Nation Laws
  • 10.3 Documentation
  • 10.4 Conservation Measures for Wildlife Species
  • 10.5 Yale First Nation Wildlife Allocation
  • 10.6 Wildlife Advisory Management Processes
  • 10.7 Trade, Barter and Sale
  • 10.8 Trapping
  • 10.9 Guiding
• Chapter 11 – Migratory Birds
  
  • 11.1 General
  • 11.2 Yale First Nation Laws
  • 11.3 Trade and Barter
  • 11.4 Sale
  • 11.5 Transportation and Export
  • 11.6 Documentation
  • 11.7 Conservation Measures
  • 11.8 Management
  • 11.9 Designated Migratory Bird Populations
  • 11.10 Agreements
• Chapter 12 – Lands
  
  • 12.1 General
  • 12.2 Ownership of Yale First Nation Land
  • 12.3 Subsurface Resources
  • 12.4 Submerged Lands
  • 12.5 Accretions to Yale First Nation Land
  • 12.6 Interests on Yale First Nation Land
  • 12.7 Agricultural Land Reserve Designation
  • 12.8 Surveys
  • 12.9 Site Remediation
  • 12.10 Additions to Yale First Nation Land
  • 12.11 Removal of Yale First Nation Land
  • 12.12 Yale First Nation Laws
  • 12.13 Flood Protection
  • 12.14 Provincial Expropriation of Yale First Nation Land
  • 12.15 Federal Expropriation of Yale First Nation Land
  • 12.16 Intergovernmental Land Coordination
• Chapter 13 – Land Title
  
  • 13.1 Registration of Yale First Nation Land
  • 13.2 Cancellation of Indefeasible Title
  • 13.3 Subsequent Registration of Cancelled Indefeasible Title
• Chapter 14 – Access
  
  • 14.1 General
  • 14.2 Yale First Nation Laws
  • 14.3 Yale First Nation Access to Crown Lands
  • 14.4 Yale First Nation Access to Yale First Nation Land
  • 14.5 Crown Access to Yale First Nation Land
  • 14.6 Access to Interests and Estates in Fee Simple
  • 14.7 Public Access to Frozen Lakes Land
  • 14.8 Access to Yale First Nation Land
  • 14.9 Emergencies and Natural Disasters
• Chapter 15 – Roads and Corridors
  
  • 15.1 Yale First Nation Roads
  • 15.2 Crown Corridors
  • 15.3 Railways and Railway Corridors
  • 15.4 Public Utilities
  • 15.5 Access and Safety Regulation
  • 15.6 Crown Corridors No Longer Required
  • 15.7 Relocation of Crown Corridors
  • 15.8 Consultation Regarding Traffic Regulations
• Chapter 16 – Forest Resources
  
  • 16.1 General
  • 16.2 Yale First Nation Laws
  • 16.3 Manufacture and Export of Timber
  • 16.4 Timber Marking and Scaling
  • 16.5 Forest and Range Health
  • 16.6 Wildfire Suppression and Control
  • 16.7 Timber Harvesting Rights Existing Before Effective Date
  • 16.8 Obligations Existing Before Effective Date
  • 16.9 Information Sharing
• Chapter 17 – Environmental Assessment
  
  • 17.1 General
  • 17.2 Authority to Make Laws
  • 17.3 Yale First Nation Participation in Federal Environmental Assessments
  • 17.4 Yale First Nation Participation in Provincial Environmental Assessments
• Chapter 18 – Environmental Protection
  
  • 18.1 Yale First Nation Laws
  • 18.2 Agreements
  • 18.3 Environmental Emergencies
  • 18.4 Yale First Nation Community Watershed Land
• Chapter 19 – Capital Transfer and Negotiation Loan Repayment
  
  • 19.1 Capital Transfer
  • 19.2 Economic Development Fund
  • 19.3 Negotiation Loan Repayment
  • Schedule 19-A – Capital Transfer and Economic Development Fund Payment Plans
  • Schedule 19-B – Negotiation Loan Repayment Plan
• Chapter 20 – Fiscal Relations
  
  • 20.1 General
• Chapter 21 – Taxation
  
  • 21.1 Direct Taxation
  • 21.2 Taxation Powers Agreements
  • 21.3 Yale First Nation Land
  • 21.4 Transfer of Yale First Nation Capital
  • 21.5 Indian Act Tax Exemption and Transitional Exemption
  • 21.6 Tax Treatment Agreement
• Chapter 22 – Indian Act Transition
  
  • 22.1 Estates
  • 22.2 Continuation of Indian Act By-Laws
  • 22.3 Status of Bands and Transfer of Band Assets
  • 22.4 Transfer of Capital and Revenue Moneys
• Chapter 23 – Implementation
  
  • 23.1 General
  • 23.2 Implementation Plan
  • 23.3 Implementation Committee
• Chapter 24 – Dispute Resolution
  
  • 24.1 General
  • 24.2 Scope: When this Chapter Applies to a Disagreement
  • 24.3 Disagreements to Go Through Stages
  • 24.4 Stage One: Collaborative Negotiations
  • 24.5 Stage Two: Facilitated Processes
  • 24.6 Negotiating Conditions
  • 24.7 Settlement Agreement
  • 24.8 Stage Three: Adjudication – Arbitration
  • 24.9 Effect of Arbitral Award
  • 24.10 Application of Legislation
  • 24.11 Stage Three: Adjudication – Judicial Proceedings
  • 24.12 Notice to Parties
  • 24.13 Costs
• Chapter 25 – Eligibility and Enrolment
  
  • 25.1 Eligibility Criteria
  • 25.2 Applications for Enrolment
  • 25.3 Other Land Claims Agreements
  • 25.4 Membership in a Band other than the Yale Band
  • 25.5 Enrolment Committee
  • 25.6 Enrolment Appeal Board
  • 25.7 Enrolment After the Initial Enrolment Period
  • 25.8 Judicial Review
  • 25.9 Costs
• Chapter 26 – Ratification
  
  • 26.1 General
  • 26.2 Ratification of Yale First Nation Constitution
  • 26.3 Ratification of This Agreement by Yale First Nation
  • 26.4 Eligible Voters
  • 26.5 Ratification Committee
  • 26.6 Ratification by British Columbia
  • 26.7 Ratification by Canada
  • 26.8 Changes to Agreement Prior to Effective Date
  • 26.9 Costs
• Chapter 27 – Amendment
  
  • 27.1 General
  • 27.2 Periodic Review
• APPENDICES
• Introduction
• Appendix A – Map of Yale First Nation Area
• Appendix B – Yale First Nation Land
  
  • Appendix B-1: Map of Yale First Nation Land
  • Appendix B-2: Yale First Nation Land – Former Indian Reserves
  • Part 1: Land Descriptions of Yale First Nation Land – Former Indian Reserves
  • Part 2: Maps of Yale First Nation Land – Former Indian Reserves
  • Appendix B-3: Maps of Yale First Nation Land – Former Provincial Crown Land
• Appendix C – Maps of Potential Additions to Yale First Nation Lands
• Appendix D – Crown Corridors
  
  • Appendix D-1: Maps of Crown Corridors
  • Appendix D-2: Map of Potential Crown Corridor – Sawmill Creek One Main Line
• Appendix E – Railway Corridors
  
  • Appendix E-1: Canadian Pacific Railway: Railway Corridors
  • Part 1: Maps of Railway Corridor Adjacent to Yale First Nation Land – Former Provincial Crown Land
  • Part 2: Maps of Railway Corridor Adjacent to Yale First Nation Land – Former Indian Reserves
  • Appendix E-2: Canadian National Railway: Railway Corridors
  • Part 1: Maps of Railway Corridor Adjacent to Yale First Nation Land – Former Provincial Crown Land
  • Part 2: Maps of Railway Corridor Adjacent to Yale First Nation Land – Former Indian Reserves
• Appendix F – Yale First Nation Land Designated as an Agricultural Land Reserve
  
  • Part 1: Parcel Descriptions of Yale First Nation Land Designated as an Agricultural Land Reserve
  • Part 2: Map of Yale First Nation Land Designated as an Agricultural Land Reserve
• Appendix G – Maps of Yale First Nation Community Watershed Land
• Appendix H – Interests on Yale First Nation Private Land
  
  • Appendix H-1: Interests to Continue in Accordance with Provincial Law
  • Part 1: Subsurface Tenures
  • Part 2: Map of Portion of Subsurface Tenures on Yale First Nation Land – Albert Flat
  • Part 3: Water Licences and Permits
  • Part 4: Guide Outfitter Certificates
  • Appendix H-2: Locatee Interests on Former Indian Reserves
  • Part 1: Certificates of Possession and No Evidence of Title Issued (NETIs)
  • Appendix H-3: Public Utility Transmission, Distribution Works, Rights of Way and Other Interests
  • Part 1: Former Indian Reserves
  • Part 2: Former Provincial Crown Land
  • Appendix H-4: Other Interests to be Granted on the Effective Date
  • Part 1: Private Road Easement
  • Part 2: Maps of BC Hydro Transmission Line
  • Part 3: Rights of Way to be Granted in Respect of Top Landing – Appendix B-3 Former Provincial Crown Land, Map 9
  • Appendix H-5: Applicable Forms of Documents for Interests to be Granted on the Effective Date
  • Document 1: Form A (Fee Simple for Certificates of Possession and NETIs)
  • Document 2: Transmission Statutory Right of Way (BC Hydro)
  • Document 3: Transmission Statutory Right of Way (BC Hydro) – Qualark
  • Document 4: Distribution Statutory Right of Way (BC Hydro and TELUS)
  • Document 5: Gas Pipeline Transmission Statutory Right of Way (Westcoast Energy Inc.)
  • Document 6: Statutory Right of Way (Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
  • Document 7: Private Road Easement
  • Document 8: Road Access Agreement (BC Hydro) – Top Landing
  • Document 9: Right of Way Agreement (Ministry of Forests and Range) – Top Landing
  • Document 10: Debris Anchor Trap and Road Statutory Right of Way (Ministry of Forests and Range) – Indian Reserve 9
  • Appendix H-6: Applicable Form of Document Evidencing Interests Registered in the Land Title Office
  • Document 1: State of Title Certificate (Certificates of Possession and NETIs)
• Appendix I – Maps of Yale First Nation Harvest Areas
• Appendix J – Expropriation
  
  • Appendix J-1: Limits on Provincial Expropriation
  • Appendix J-2: Limits on Federal Expropriation
• Appendix K – Yale First Nation Key Geographical Features
  
  • Part 1: List of Place Names to be Added to the Provincial Geographic Names Database
  • Part 2: Map of Place Names to be Added to the Provincial Geographic Names Database
• Appendix L – Yale First Nation Artifacts
  
  • Appendix L-1: Yale First Nation Artifacts to be Held by the Canadian Museum of Civilization
  • Appendix L-2: Yale First Nation Artifacts to be Transferred from the Royal British Columbia Museum
• Appendix M – Map of Foreshore Recreation Area
• Appendix N – Dispute Resolution Procedures
  
  • Appendix N-1: Collaborative Negotiations
  • Appendix N-2: Mediation
  • Appendix N-3: Technical Advisory Panel
  • Appendix N-4: Neutral Evaluation
  • Appendix N-5: Community Advisory Council
  • Appendix N-6: Arbitration

APPENDIX E
RAILWAY CORRIDORS

APPENDIX E-1
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY: RAILWAY CORRIDORS

Part 1: Maps of Railway Corridor Adjacent to Yale First Nation Land – Former Provincial Crown Land

Appendix: E-1, Part 1
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Provincial Crown Land
Map 1 — Sawmill Creek/Sawmill Island

Appendixe: E-1, Part 1
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Provincial Crown Land
Map 2 — Dom's Place / Steamboat Island

Appendixe: E-1, Part 1
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Provincial Crown Land
Map 3 — Emory Creek 1

Part 2: Maps of Railway Corridor Adjacent to Yale First Nation Land — Former Indian Reserves

Appendix: E-1, Part 2
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 1 — Indian Reserves 2 and 23

Appendixe: E-1, Part 2
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 2 — Indian Reserve 22

Appendixe: E-1, Part 2
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 3 — Indian Reserve 1

Appendixe: E-1, Part 2
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 4 — Indian Reserve 5

Appendixe: E-1, Part 2
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 5 — Indian Reserve 8

Appendixe: E-1, Part 2
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 6 — Indian Reserve 9

APPENDIX E-2
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY: RAILWAY CORRIDORS

Part 1: Maps of Railway Corridor Adjacent to Yale First Nation Land — Former Provincial Crown Land

Appendixe: E-2, Part 1
Canadian National Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Provincial Crown Land
Map 1 — Siwash

Appendixe: E-2, Part 1
Canadian National Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Provincial Crown Land
Map 2 — Qualark

Appendixe: E-2, Part 1
Canadian National Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Provincial Crown Land
Map 3 — Squeah

Part 2: Maps of Railway Corridor Adjacent to Yale First Nation Land — Former Indian Reserves

Appendix: E-2, Part 2
Canadian National Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 1 — Indian Reserve 21

Appendixe: E-2, Part 2
Canadian National Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 2 — Indian Reserve 20

Appendixe: E-2, Part 2
Canadian National Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 3 — Indian Reserve 4

Appendixe: E-2, Part 2
Canadian National Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 4 — Indian Reserve 6

Appendixe: E-2, Part 2
Canadian National Railway
Railway Corridors
Adjacent to Former Indian Reserves
Map 5 — Indian Reserve 7