Lheidli T'enneh Band

Temporary and seasonal settlements were used across the traditional territory and archeological evidence of fishing camps along the Nechako and Fraser rivers as well as the Beaverly area.

[4] People living in the village relied on hunting, fishing, and trapping and had also cultivated garden patches as trade with the HBC post diminished.

The Department of Indian Affairs wished to protect the Lheidli T'enneh's interests but also supported railway development.

By 1910, the DIA agent in the area was concerned about the influence of white settlers on the Lheidli T'enneh, including the supply of liquor to the village and that "civilization has overtaken them too rapidly"[4] DIA Indian Agent John McDougall however saw that the Lheidli T'enneh had come to see the value of the land and employed that in negotiations.

[4] The Band appointed Oblate Missionary E.C Bellot as an emissary to Ottawa with a larger cash demand of $1000 per acre, which was refused by DIA representatives.

[4] During this time, the business developers of Fort George Townsite opposed the sale of the reserve lands as it would lead to its rival building a competing town[4] while South Fort George, which was built close to the old HBC Post and the village, welcomed the railway and its townsite.

Father Coccola conflicted role as he had interests in the well-being of the Lheidli T'enneh but was also negotiating on behalf of the railway company[4] which might connect to his mission on Stuart Lake.

Father Coccola had wanted to relocated the Lheidli T'enneh to a safer area where they would be away from settlers and could be schooled in agriculture and in religion.

[4] Coccola suggested to the band that "if it tolerated intoxicating liquor and moral disorders, he would be the first to insist to have them removed".

Chief Louis favored the surrender of the land, but Joseph Quah, an influential leader in the Band, wanted a higher price.

Delays in contracts being awarded by the government to build a new village meant that few could move by the deadline and Band members planted crops needed later in the year.

[4] Indian Agent W. J. MacAllan's accounts of the situation reveal a need on his part and the part of the GTP to strong arm the bandmembers out, targeting two cabins in the village that were empty as the residents were away hinting "I knew that to set fire to the cabins would cause a flare up of intense excitement and give me the break I needed, for a crisis had to be created before the deadlock could be broken".

It remains for the treaty to be ratified by a vote of Lheidli T'enneh band members, by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and by the Canadian Parliament.

Justice Wilson of the Supreme Court of British Columbia denied the plaintiff's application for an interlocutory injunction.

This included a survey carried out by the Mustel Group, a marketing and public opinion research firm based in Vancouver.

In June 2018, Lheidli T'enneh First Nation voted against a proposed treaty with the federal and provincial governments, which would have granted self-governance powers.