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Trudeau Honours Haida Nation’s Land Title Recognition - Haida Gwaii

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens while being welcomed to Haida Gwaii by Haida Nation President Gaagwiis Jason Alsop, front right, after arriving in Sandspit, B.C., for a community gathering in Skidegate to celebrate a land title agreement, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The federal government will recognize Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii off British Columbia's northern coast in a historic agreement with the Haida First Nation. The Big Tide Haida Title Lands Agreement affirms that the Haida have Aboriginal title over all of the islands' lands, beds of freshwater bodies, and foreshores to the low-tide mark. Photo by Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM