1. Treaty and Partnerships
CIPP Experiences for FCM

2. 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
@garacaius
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

3. Huu-ay-aht Territory

4. Huu-ay-aht Treaty Land

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

6. Treaty Context

7. A Desire for Change

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

9. Our Government(s)

10. Government Structure

11. 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

12. 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

13. #Reconciliation & #Canada150

14. A Personal Conclusion…

15. 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.

16. 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 This dates the photographs around 1930.

17. 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.

18. Grandfather and Daughter
This is my grandfather in October, 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.

19. Klecko, klecko!
Thank you, thank you.