Next Steps

Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION

Community Engagement

Fall 2021 – Summer 2025

  • Explain claim nature and negotiation process
  • Receive oral history if offered
  • Receive views on what to do with money at the collective level, if money received, and provide information about possible options, along with the risks and benefits

Negotiation Process

Fall 2021 – Spring 2025

A negotiation protocol is in place. Negotiations are ongoing and significant steps have been taken, however some work lies ahead.

Agreement-in-Principle

If the negotiation team reaches agreement, Chief and Council consider an agreement in principle and vote on whether to accept.

Ratification

Spring 2026

The agreement in principle must be approved by community referendum.

Only the community can agree to the terms of a settlement. The lands illegally taken in 1824 were reserve lands set apart for the whole community, in common. A settlement of the claim is therefore also for the community, in common.

 

Each and every Band member has a right to benefits from the settlement as a part of the collective.

Contact Us

If you would like to see the data in person we are currently setup inside the Elsipogtog School, in Elsipogtog First Nation, New Brunswick. On location, we have historical timelines, negotiation process timelines, supporting historic letters and documents clearly outlined and open to the public.

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Claims Center

Room 199, at the Elsipogtog “Old School”
356 Big Cove Road Elsipogtog, NB E4W 2S6

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