Treaty and Partnerships CIPP Experiences for FCM

Huu-ay-aht First Nations About the Presenter John Alan Jack Huu-ay-aht First Nations BA (Global Studies) - VIU 3rd Term Councillor (2009) Extensive and varied files held in portfolio. Board Chair of Alberni- Clayoquot Regional District john.j@huuayaht.org jjack@acrd.bc.ca @garacaius Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Huu-ay-aht Territory

Huu-ay-aht Treaty Land

Huu-ay-aht Demographics Population ~750 Dispersion Home ~15% Away ~85% Population Centres Anacla/Sarita Port Alberni/ACRD Vancouver Island

Treaty Context

A Desire for Change

Towards Self-Government Negotiations via BC Treaty Commission Constitution Ratification Treaty Ratification Treaty Implementation Effective Date: April 1, 2011

Our Government(s)

Government Structure

Joining the ACRD It All Started in 2012 Desired January for Membership Observer Status Officially Joined in April Candor & Understanding No Prior Relationship RD not involved in Treaty www.acrd.bc.ca/320

Current Challenges Need for expansion of both our monetary reach and our administrative grasp. Additional Resources after ED Access to Capital & Pooled Borrowing Building Infrastructure Creating New Opportunities Children-in-Care & Keeping Families Together

#Reconciliation & #Canada150

A Personal Conclusion…

Great-Grandparents This is Jackson Jack and his wife, Maggie Jack (Cootes). They are my late great- grandparents. I recently came across these photographs from our family recordkeeper, Kathy Happynook, the wife of BC Treaty Commission’s Tommy Happynook.

Grandfather as Toddler This is Ernest Jack, my late grandfather, at roughly age 3. He was born in 1927, and lived in Parksville, BC from 1969 to 2016. This dates the photographs around 1930.

Great-Great-Grandmother This is my grandfather’s grandmother, Ka-ka-cha. She was the wife of my family’s namesake, Old Man Jack. She lived to be over 100 years old. Her English name was Lucille.

Grandfather and Daughter This is my grandfather in October, 2015. He holds in his arms my daughter. She will be the first female in six generations of my family to grow up connected to a self- governing Huu-ay-aht. Her English name is Ezri Lucille Jack.

Klecko, klecko! Thank you, thank you.