B.C. Indigenous nation opposes mineral exploration in culturally sensitive area © Provided by The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER A mineral exploration company with provincial permits to work in Tahltan territory in northwestern British Columbia is treading on sacred grounds, an elected leader in the nation s government says.
Vancouver-based Doubleview Gold Corp. is developing claims in an area north of Telegraph Creek that occupies an important place in Tahltan oral histories, said Chad Norman Day, president of the Tahltan Central Government.
There s no way the Tahltan would ever support a mine there, he said. The Sheslay area was a major village site in pre-contact times and even nowadays we have many elders who were born in the Sheslay area. Many of our ancestors are buried out there, Day said in an interview.
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