WHITE & BOB COURT CASE

Clifford White of Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) and David Bob sr. of Snaw-naw-nas (Nanoose); these two men were hunting on Old Nanaimo Lake Road on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and were found in their possession deer carcasses shot on the west slope of Mount Benson near Nanaimo, as food for the accused and their families.

Until the 1960's the provincial government that these treaties gave any rights to First Nations in the case of Regina v. White and Bob the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that the Douglas Treaties were genuine treaties creating legal rights for our people. There are still many issues outstanding about these treaties. We continue to fight to have our full rights recognized and to respond to the governments claim that we extinguished our aboriginal title.