The Musqueam Indian Band and the federal government have signed three deals that recognize the First Nation’s Aboriginal rights and increase its role in fisheries and marine emergency management in an area that encompasses Greater Vancouver. The federal government said the first agreement recognized the Musqueam have Aboriginal rights including title within their traditional territory and establishes a framework for “incremental implementation” and nation-to-nation relations with Canada. The Musqueam’s traditional territory encompasses a large area including Vancouver, the North Shore, Richmond, Burnaby, and parts of Delta and Surrey, and overlaps traditional territories of other First Nations including the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh. Crown-Indigenous Relations Canada said the agreement provides general recognition the Musqueam have Aboriginal rights and title within their territory and established a framework for negotiations to define how and where those rights and title could apply. The federal government said private lands are not affected by the agreement.