COALThere are 4500-5000 members in the Tahltan nation.
85% live outside the territory in BC, Yukon, Canada the US.
Thus 750 people remain and reside in three small, scattered hamlets: Telegraph Creek, Dease lake and Iskut.
750 people occupy 100,000 sq Km.
Of those 750 not all are aboriginal.
None reside near MT Klappan.
The Canadian supreme court has already ruled continuous residence and land use to a certain standard is required to sustain native claims.
See Williams Lake decision.