Members of the Musqueam First Nation are celebrating a ruling from the province on the land known as the Marpole Midden along Southwest Marine Drive in Vancouver. Band councillor Wade Grant says a ruling on two permits has come down, one stating no further alteration of the land can occur, the other, allowing for more time to re-inter ancient … [Read more...]
Musqueam stage brief blockade
August 10, 2012 by
The blockade was brief, but the point was made. This morning, dozens of protesters spent several minutes keeping traffic from moving onto the bridge linking Vancouver with the city's airport. The Musqueam First Nation has spent 100 days fighting plans to develop the site of an ancient burial ground near Granville and Marine Drive. Band member … [Read more...]
Musqueam First Nation to demonstrate Friday
August 10, 2012 by
Dozens, and perhaps hundreds of protestors are expected to take to the streets this morning at the 100-day mark of a land dispute centred around a native burial ground. Members of the Musqueam First Nation are still negotiating a cash-for-land deal with the Century Group after human remains were found at a site slated for condos. The … [Read more...]
B.C. offers Musqueam $5 million in bid to solve land dispute
June 14, 2012 by
A dispute over a housing development being built over sacred native land in Vancouver could soon be resolved. The provincial government has offered the Musqueam band nearly $ 5 million to negotiate a land swap with the owners of the Marpole Midden project. Band member Cecelia Point says the developer must now agree to give up the site of ancestral … [Read more...]
Development delayed on part of Musqueam burial ground
June 8, 2012 by
The B.C. government has changed a permit that allowed development of the so-called Marpole Midden in Vancouver – a development hotly opposed by the Musqueam first nation. Forests minister Steve Thomson says the change was made after ancient skeletons were found on the site earlier this year. "The new information was the discovery of the … [Read more...]
Premier won’t meet with Musqueam
June 1, 2012 by
A day after protestors snarled traffic from Richmond to Vancouver for more than two hours, Premier Christy Clark is rejecting their demand for a meeting. Clark says concerns raised by members of the Musqueam First Nation about a housing development at the site of a four thousand year old burial ground in the marpole area should be addressed by the … [Read more...]
Polak disappointed by Musqueam protest
May 31, 2012 by
Aboriginal Relations Minister Mary Polak says she's disappointed with the Musqueam Indian band for staging a protest that shut down traffic in Vancouver today. Polak says the band should resolve its concerns over a development on the site of an ancient burial ground at the bargaining table, saying there are some new proposals. "One of the proposals … [Read more...]
Musqueam Nation members occupy development site
May 3, 2012 by
Several members of the Musqueam Nation have taken over a piece of land near the Arthur Laing Bridge, they claim is an ancient burial site. Work is underway on a residential and commercial development along the banks of the Fraser River, but the Musqueam say human remains have already been unearthed. Union of BC Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart … [Read more...]
