COUNCIL IS ONE OF THE YUKON'S FIRST NATIONS WHO POSSESSES PROFESSIONAL PROOF OF THEIR LONG STANDING LAND CLAIM GOVERNMENT. THEIR NAME TA'AN KWACHAN TAKE THEIR NAME FROM TAA'AN MAN IN THE HEART OF THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY. THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS TENDED NORTH TO HOOLATINQUA AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE YUKON AND TESLIN RIVER, SOUTH TO MARSH LAKE, WEST TO WHITE BANK VILLAGE AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE TAKHINI AND LITTLE RIVERS AND EAST TO THE TESLIN RIVER.
IN 1900 DURING THE GOLD RUSH THEIR CHIEF RECOGNIZED THAQT HIS PEOPLE NEEDED PROTECTION FOR THEIR LAND AND HUNTING GROUNDS IN THE WAKE OF A GROWING NON ABORIGINAL POPULATION. CHIEF BOSS PETITIONED THE COMMISSIONER OF YUKON FOR FOR 1600 ACRES RESERVED AT TAA'AN MAN WHICH WAS SURVEYED. THEY ONLY GOT 320 ACRES. CHIEF BOSS REMAINED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND OUTSPOKEN LEADERS OF YUKON INDIAN LEADERS OF THE YUKON INDIANDS. IN 1956 THE DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS UNILATERALLY DECIDED TO JOIN 6 BANDS WITH THREE. IN 1987 THEY REESTABLISHED THEMSELVESAS A DISTRICT FIRST NATION. THE COUNCIL FOR YUKON INDIANS RECOGNIZED THE TIAN KWACH'AN PEOPLE NOW LIVE IN WHITEHORSE.\
IN A COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIM WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF CANADA AND YUKON, THE ITA'AN KWACH'AN SIGNED ITS FINAL AGREEMENTS AND BECAME A NATION IN 2002. THEIR TERRITORYCOVERS ABOUT 12,000 SQ.KM OF WHICH 796 SQ KM. ARE SETTLEMENT LANDS. IN 2002 THE COUNCIL ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH HER MAGESTY THE QUEEN AFFIRMING THEIR RIGHT TO GOVERN THEMSELVES.
CYFN.CA/OURNATIONSTAAN
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