Nation Information:

Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Treaty Council table includes Columbia Lake Band, Lower Kootenay Band, Shuswap Indian Band, St. Mary's Indian Band and Tobacco Plains Band. The traditional territory of the Ktunaxa people extends from Columbia River south to Missoula, Montana, west to Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, north to the Upper Arrow Lakes area of British Columbia and east to the Rocky Mountains.

Contact Information:

7468 Mission Road
Cranbrook, BC V1C 7E5
Phone: 250 489 2464
Phone: 1 800 324 4118
Fax: 250 489 2438
Email: Click to access
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Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Treaty Council

Official Contacts:
Commission	Shana Manson	604-482-9200	Commissioner
Commission	Justin Barnes	604-482-9213	Treaty Advisor
First Nation	Kathryn Teneese	250-417-4022	Chief Negotiator
First Nation	Garry Merkel	250-417-4022	Negotiator
First Nation	Cheryl Casimir	250-417-4022	Negotiator
Canada	Brian Smith	604-209-9400	Chief Negotiator
BC	Bronwen Beedle	250-387-0024	Chief Negotiator

Weblinks:
	BC Treaty Negotiations Office

Current Stage of Nation:
	Stage 4

Negotiation Stages:
STAGE 1: STATEMENT OF INTENT
	Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Statement of Intent		12/17/93
	Statement of Intent Map
		SOI Map	-
STAGE 2: READINESS
	Readiness documents accepted as complete
		First Nation	04/10/96
		BC	10/10/96
		Canada	10/10/96
	Table Declared Ready
			10/10/96
	Tripartite Procedural Agreements Signed
		Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Openness Protocol	09/26/96
		Procedures Agreement	08/07/96
		Information Sharing Principles	08/07/96
STAGE 3: FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
		Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Framework Agreement	-
		Initialled	11/26/97
		Signed	05/06/98
STAGE 4: AGREEMENT-IN-PRINCIPLE
		Initialled	-
		Signed	-
STAGE 5: FINAL AGREEMENT
		Initialled	-
		Signed	-
STAGE 6: TREATY IMPLEMENTED
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