Nenduwh Jid Guzitin Declaration

Let it be known that:

Within the Nemiah Aboriginal Wilderness Preserve:

• There shall be no commercial logging. Only local cutting of trees for our own needs. i.e.firewood, housing, fencing, native uses, etc.
• There shall be no mining or mining explorations.
• There shall be no commercial road building.
• All terrain vehicles and skidoos shall only be permitted for trapping purposes.
• There shall be no flooding or dam construction on Chilko, Taseko, and Tatlayoko Lakes.
• This is the spiritual and economic homeland of our people. We will continue in perpetuity:
  • To have and exercise our traditional rights of hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, and natural resources.
  • To carry on our traditional ranching way of life.
  • To practice our traditional native medicine, religion, sacred, and spiritual ways.
• That we are prepared to SHARE our Nemiah Aboriginal Wilderness Preserve with non-natives in the following ways:
  • With our permission visitors may come and view and photograph our beautiful land.
  • We will issue permits, subject to our conservation rules, for hunting and fishing within our Preserve.
  • The respectful use of our Preserve by canoeists, hikers, light campers, and other visitors is encouraged subject to our system of permits.
• We are prepared to enforce and defend our Aboriginal rights in any way we are able.