Website: www.nisgaanation.ca
Head of Government/Organization: President Eva Clayton
Description: (brief description of claim related history, highlights etc.)
Treaty/Land Claim Agreement: Nisga’a Final Agreement
Signatories to the Agreement: Nisga’a Nation, Federal Government, Government of British Columbia
Key Dates: Effective Date: May 11, 2000
Brief description of the region covered by claim: Pacific Northwest of British Columbia, along the Nass River
Total Land Area: 2,000 sq of Nisga’a Lands, and 26,000 sq km of constitutionally protected interests in the Nass Area
Estimated value to Canada of resources and revenues extracted from Aboriginal signatory’s traditional lands:
# of Beneficiaries: 7,040 Nisga’a citizens
First Nations within the Land Claims Areas:
Aboriginal Languages Spoken: Nisga’a