Concerns of First Nations

• Aboriginal Title to land
• Fishing, hunting, trapping, mineral, timber and water rights
• Settler encroachment on Indian reserve lands and lack of compensation
• Difficulties with agricultural production
• Additional reserve land for uses such as villages, gravesites, and fishing stations
• Government services, such as health care and education

Many of these concerns were outside the powers of the Commission. However, the information was gathered and published in a report in 1916. This "Confidential Report" included First Nations' concerns as well as recommendations, most of which were disregarded.

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