Key Dates in Recent TWN History
| 1700s |
Upwards of 10,000 Tsleil-Wautt occupy their traditional lands. |
| 1700s |
A "plague" kills the majority of the Tsleil-Wautt people. |
| 1792 |
First contact with transient European explorers. |
| 1827 |
The Hudson’s Bay Company establishes Fort Langley near the south eastern border of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. |
| 1850s |
Move from Belcarra to the present site of north shore of Burrard Inlet. |
| 1869 |
Burrard IR #3 created by Governor Douglas. |
| 1873 |
Tsleil-Wautt leaders formally petition Queen Victoria for Land Rights. |
| 1876 |
Indian Act passed by Canada. |
| 1880s |
Indian Reserves imposed by Canada. |
| 1884 |
The practice of potlatching was outlawed. The law would not be repealed until 1951. |
| 1927 |
Sale of Inlailawatash IR #4. |
| 1982 |
Constitution of Canada signed, recognizing and guaranteeing aboriginal rights. |
| 1994 |
Tri-partite Treaty negotiations begin with Canada and British Columbia. |
| 1997 |
Supreme Court of Canada rules on the Delgamuukw case, deciding that aboriginal title is not just related to activities performed on the land, such as hunting or fishing, but to the land itself. |
| 2004 |
Supreme Court of Canada hands down a decision in the Haida Taku case that government has a duty to consult and possibly accommodate aboriginal interests even where title has not been proven. |