January 7, 2025 — Williams Lake, B.C.

Tŝilhqot’in National Government Reflects on Trudeau’s Leadership

The Tŝilhqot’in National Government (TNG) is honoured to have had the opportunity to work with Prime Minister Trudeau on improving Indigenous relations in Canada and making tangible progress in enhancing the lives of the Tŝilhqot’in people through the tripartite Gwets’en Nilt’i Pathway Agreement.

Prime Minister Trudeau delivered the exoneration of the Tŝilhqot’in War Chiefs in Parliament in March 2018 and then visited Tŝilhqot’in Title Lands to deliver this message directly to the Tŝilhqot’in people. More recently, in June of last year, the Prime Minister returned to Tŝilhqot’in title lands to visit with the Elders that testified in the historic Tŝilhqot’in Decision as well as to renew the Gwets’en Nilt’i Pathway Agreement with the Tŝilhqot’in Nation and British Columbia.

Indigenous issues must remain at the forefront of national attention. TNG will engage with the future Prime Minister of Canada, and all political parties and leaders, to advance the urgently needed work of reconciliation, to implement the United Nation Declaration on the Right of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) and improve the lives of Indigenous communities across the country.

The Tŝilhqot’in National Government is the governing body for the Tŝilhqot’in people. The Tŝilhqot’in Nation is comprised of six communities located throughout the Tŝilhqot’in (Chilcotin) territory and is the only Nation in Canada with a court declaration of Aboriginal title (Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia).