Pasqua First Nation [1906 surrender]

This claim, alleging that the 1906 surrender of IR 79 was invalid and that the federal government had breached its fiduciary obligations to the First Nation in the taking of the surrender, was submitted in 1987 and rejected in July 1997. The First Nation conducted additional research, which led to a supplementary submission in March 2000.

The Commission accepted the request of the First Nation to hold an inquiry into its rejected claim in December 2002. On agreement, Canada continued its review of the First Nation’s 2000 submission, commissioning further research and conducting interviews, which were completed in the fall of 2003. Canada has completed its legal review, and the First Nation is awaiting the Minister’s letter informing it of rejection or acceptance of the claim.