B.C. band signs first self-government agreement

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The Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en Indians of northwestern British Columbia have signed a ground-breaking framework agreement with the federal government to bring self-government to their 8,000 members scattered on nine reserves. They're the first large group of bands to reach such an agreement and the first to do so while pursuing a land claim through the courts. The Indians remain mired in their landmark land claim involving 57,000 square kilometer. It's the largest Native land claim ever launched in Canada. The case is still before the B.C. Supreme Court.