Upper Nicola Band Traditional Use Study

Kwusen worked collaboratively with the Upper Nicola Band (UNB) to conduct a Traditional Use Study in relation to the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project. The TUS and report were designed to assist UNB in assessing the potential effects of the proposed Project on Traditional Use Values and opportunities to exercise rights, as well as to assess the proposed Project’s contribution to cumulative effects on the broader Aboriginal Rights and Title of the UNB. The TUS research project included training with Upper Nicola Band researchers, interviews with Elders and other knowledgeable land users, ethnographic background historical research, and the delivery of a final report in 2014.

The final TUS report can be accessed on the NEB.