Cheam First Nation
The Xwchíyò:m have lived in S’ólh Téméxw for thousands of years and have never ceded or surrendered title to our lands, rights to our resources, or authority to make decisions within our territory.
The Xwchíyò:m have lived in S’ólh Téméxw for thousands of years. We have never ceded or surrendered title to our lands, rights to our resources, or authority to make decisions within our territory.Indian reserves are the remnants of “Our Land” they are the bits and pieces of our sovereignty, of our culture that have survived. They are monuments of our victory against extinction. They are symbols of continuing struggle against our oppression by the Europeans. Today an Indian reserve is a jail. Tomorrow it should be the basis of independence.
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