The First Nation’s chief has gained $800,000 for selling 236 hectares of land. This is not what the citizens hoped for.
Many people were against with creating the pipelines in their area, afraid that the oils may leak and harm the environment. For example, the land near the Nak’al Koh River was broken from logging, road building, farming.
Chief of Kwilwetlem, Ron Giesbrecht
The chief is supposed to be a leader, but the fact that he sold parts of a land is a betrayal for the other people against the creating of pipelines, mines, etc. I feel this is contradicting with this article as all of the First Nation people are against of modernizing their land, but instead, desires to keep the land the way it is (in the article with the link).
Why did the chief sell the land? It is almost like as if he is pro modernization. Different three nation had also sold their land for money, which was mentioned in this article. Can the people of First nation really protect their land and resources?