TTN Consultation and Accommodation Protocol
Final - January 2011
Decision means a decision, permit, approval, policy, plan, or procedure being considered by the
Crown which will directly affect the authorization or regulation of a project.
Development means the use, taking, or removal of land, energy (wind, water, hydrocarbon or other
forms), water, mineral, forest, fisheries, wildlife, or other resources, and the associated infrastructure
to support such activity (such as roads, transmission lines, etc.).
Impact means any adverse change or effect that any aspect of a development project or decision
may have on TTN’s rights, the cultural and spiritual value of the land, the health of its members,
communities, or the biophysical environment in TTN’s traditional territory.
Project means any activity pursuant or incidental to anything authorized or ordered by the Crown, or
that the Crown is considering authorizing or ordering which may have an impact on TTN, and does
not include any activity of TTN or a member of TTN or a business in which TTN have majority control
or a majority financial interest which activity TTN has authorized.
Proponent means the party that proposes to undertake or is undertaking a development project or
decision. In some cases, such as public policy changes, land and resource management planning
processes, or when the Crown proposes a project, the Crown may be the proponent under this
Protocol. This definition also includes Aboriginal proponents, including members of TTN.
Protocol means the Taykwa Tagamou Nation Consultation and Accommodation Protocol
Taykwa Tagamou Nation (TTN) means the Aboriginal people within the meaning of Section 35 of
the Constitution Act, 1982, which is a First Nation, and a Band pursuant to the Indian Act.
TTN Representative means the person(s) appointed and mandated by Chief and Council of the TTN
to participate in the consultation and accommodation process described in or related to this Protocol,
about a particular project or decision, and such person(s) may have the authority to act on behalf of
TTN in regard to same.
TTN Rights means any of TTN’s or its members’ Aboriginal or Treaty rights or the ability to exercise
such rights, or asserted Aboriginal or Treaty rights protected under section 35 the Canadian
Constitution, 1982.
TTN Reserve means the reserve of TTN/New Post 69 A/B.
TTN Traditional Territory means the territory as described in the map provided in Schedule B of the
Protocol.
4.0 Reaffirmation
Whereas the Mushkegowuk of TTN have lived in their Traditional Territory since time immemorial,
practicing their ways and living according to their laws and culture as a self-defined people;
Whereas, in addition to Aboriginal title, TTN’s rights in its Reserve and Traditional Territory include
the rights to hunt, fish and trap, to harvest plants for food and medicines and to pursue a variety of
traditional livelihoods, to protect and honour burial sites and other sacred and culturally important
sites, to sustain and strengthen its spiritual and cultural connection to the land, to protect the
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