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Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations approve plan to implement UNDRIP in Vancouver
A joint task force with city officials and members of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations has produced a report with 79 calls to action aimed at implementing the United Nations declaration in Vancouver.
The report has passed through the councils of the three Nations and it will be considered by city council on Oct. 25 with a recommendation that it be endorsed.
The release of the report on Wednesday was marked with a ceremony held in the Museum of Vancouver on Chestnut Street, with attendees including outgoing Mayor Kennedy Stewart, the task force's co-chair Coun. Christine Boyle, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, RoseAnne Archibald, and B.C. regional Chief Terry Teegee.
The recommendations are sorted into themes: social, cultural and economic well-being; ending Indigenous-specific racism and discrimination; self-determination and inherent right of self-government; and rights and title of Indigenous peoples.
Among the calls to action are prioritizing access to cultural sites for the nations' members and developing a policy to assess industrial infrastructure development through the lens of Indigenous rights and environmental racism.
The report also recommends the Vancouver Police Department work with Indigenous peoples to integrate into its operations the principles of the UNDRIP and recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.