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Nesika: The Voice of B.C. Indians -- Vol. 3 No. 4-5 (April 1974)
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- Nesika: The Voice of B.C. Indians -- Vol. 3 No. 4-5 (April 1974)
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- 1.06-01.02 Nesika: The Voice of BC Indians
- 1.06.-01 Newsletters and bulletins sub-series
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- April 1974
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- 3
- issue
- 5-Apr
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- 1.06-01.02-03.04
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- Contributor
- G McKevitt
- Wendy Gray
- Charlie Thompson
- Oochinapees
- Hattie Ferugusson
- Gerard Peters
- Howard Wale Peter L. Macnair
- Dr. George Povey
- Alfred Recalma
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SETTLEMENT TERMS DISCUSSED =
People don’t like native title to end
WILLIAMS LAKE (Staff) —
Land claims and settlement dis-|
cussins at the four-day ‘con-
ference of the Union of B.C. In-
dian Chiefs brought out three
very important concerns: fear of
extinguishment of native title;
and aboriginal rights to hunt, fish
and trap; and ratification of
settlement. :
- An important new concern was
also brought up affecting Indian
ranchers — the right to grazing
lands.
' Again, also, the need for in-
volving people in reserve com-
munities was emphasized.
On top of these, a delegate ask-
ed if any thought had been given
to what happened after Settle-
ment, |
Chemainus -Chief Larry
Seymour, one of 156 Indian band
chiefs who attended the con-
ference, pointed out that the
negotiating team is ‘‘powerless”’
unless ‘grassroots people have a
chance “to know about land
claims saying that there is no
report on the meeting with
Minister Chretien in. Victoria,
and no.report on what was to be
taken up at the next meeting in
May 6.
The Chemainus chief further
suggested that settlement should
cover the area of proper
medical, dental, and health ser-
vices to the people.
“Indian people are dying
because of poor health ‘con-
ditions and lack of services,” he
observed.
Seymour also suggested that
Williams told province has
obligations in land claims
VANCOUVER — As charges of
harassment. and countercharges
of intimidation were exchanged
- between Resources Minister Bob
- Williams and Indian leaders, the
Union. of B.C. Indian Chiefs.
reminded the minister that his
gov zent must come: to terms
“with Indianland claims:
Victor Adolph, UBCIC. ex-
ecutive committe chairman,
commenting on Williams’ charge .
that Indians were harassing the
majority, said:
It is a situation where the In-
dian people are striving to get .
the government to recognize our
claims and its own obligations.”
He added that the situation will
be more serious, if B.C. doesn’t
soon face aboriginal land claims.
The exchange of charges
between Williams and the Indian
leaders originated. at a public
meeting held early April in which
the minister announced that B.C.
_was considering involvement of
Indian people in. proposed
developments in the north.
In reply to a question Williams
aid that the government had no
intentions of holding off on
northern development, -even
though it had not arrived at a
policy on Indian land claims.
Williams came up for criticism
by. Neil Sterritt, president of the
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local B.C. Association. of Non-
Status Indians, for ignoring the
large native population in-the
Hazelton ‘area in -setting us)
meetings.
Williams: has ‘tried to clarify
what he meant by “‘harassment”’
Saying he-had-reacted to a thr at %
‘norther development unless the
B.C. government come to terms
with Indian land claims, and not
to Burns: Lake Indians’ demands
about their participation in a
sawmill.
settlement money could be used
for development of- salmon
hatcheries or sea-labs. He said
that the Chilcotin. area should be
looked into for the return of some
land to the Indian people.
Cowichan Chief Dennis
Alphonse stated that ‘‘people
want both money and land —
money for development of
resourches and jobs, land for
value that money doesn't have.
“We would like royalty.
payments, and royalties willtast
while resources last. We. would
prefer money in: trust funds:or
corporations,’’..said Chief
Alphonse.
Charles Elliot, Tsartlip Band
chief, said that while he doesn’t
know very much yet his opinion
stressed the need for one person
in each band to become expert
about land claims and for con-
tinuity.
FUTURE NEEDS
. ‘Each band should have a land
claims committee or research
worker. I don't think we should
agree or approve giving up In-
dian title,” said Chief Elliot.
Elliot added
always be lands-available to be
reserved for future. needs of In-
dian people.”
not. be-on. the basis of a ‘‘sale’’
but on ‘‘back.rent’* for. use of the
land, of fisheries, and of: other
resources. © ,
Skidegate Chief Percy
Williams, speaking of the fishing
“there should -
ttlemen “monies : ‘should ae
communities, said that people
want ‘‘a lot of land back”’ and for
restoration of fishing rights.
Alexandria.Band Chief Daniel
Stump stated that his. people
want water rights restored.
Quesnel Band Chief Willie Paul
expressed his concern about
bones from burial grounds in
parks saying that. these are
dumped into rivers.
REALISTIC APPROACH |
Burrard Band Chief John
George endorsed a “realistic ap-
proach."
“A settlement of $6 to $12
billion is very insufficient. Since
we are suggesting figures, I think
that $50 billion more or less is a
good starting figure,’ said Chief
George. .
“It would be simpler to get all
unoccupied lands. Indian people
can then come to. an agreement:
what portion can. be used: for
grazing and other uses,”’ said the
Burrard Band chief. °
Chief George. said that the
reclamation of unoccupied lands
would be quite sufficient land
settlement, and would truly put
Indian people on their feet. .
‘Lam embarrassed that Indian
people live in -poverty, a
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IN
said the chief...
IGHTs
Band spoke about grazing rights.
He said ‘that Indian ranchers do
not. want to pay grazing fees
since the land belongs to Indian
people. He reported that
“naturalists”. groups. want: to
April-May, 1974
turn grazing lands into parks,
and this will make it hard to
recover the land.
Lawyer Doug Sanders,
recognized for his expertise of
law concerning native people and
their rights, commented that this
is “‘precisely one important
reason why negotiations should
begin."’ There is danger of land
becoming unavailable for
restoration to Indian people as
part of settlement of claims.
Legally, he said, the court
system can-be used to freeze
land, and he recalled that certain
areas were frozen to avance
which were expected to be in-
volved during the McKenna-
McBride Commission's ex-
istence. “ ;
“Tf negotiations can get going
now,. this can be done,”’ said
Sanders.
Dr. Barbara Lane of the Land
Claims Research Centre staff
called the delegates attention to
a paper she prepared for the cen-
tre in response to requests for
help by Indian ranchers in the
Chileotin, Thompson, and
Okanagan: districts.
RIGHTS TO RANGE
The paper establishes that
» stock raising is a ‘traditional oc-
cupation”’ specially among In-
dian people-in.the interior. It-con-
cludes that both aboriginal title.
and aboriginal’ rights are in-
volved with Indian access to
“Crown range.”
See page 12: BARTER
THE FAMOUS ST. MARY’S MARCHING BAND thrills guests and
participants at B.C. Native Winter Games held at Prince Rupert.
Brilliant displays of precision marching to music has led to an invita-
tion to lead other bands at opening ceremonies of the Professional
Soccer League in Vancouver. (Nesika photo)
WHEW! OR SO IT SEEMS Jean is saying, if it’s not a headache that’s
bothering him. The minister of Indian affairs and northern develop-
ment was keynote speaker for the federal government at the 6th an-
nual conference of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. On his right are
NESIKA
Len Marchand, parliamentary. secretary to the minister, and UBCIC
Land ‘Claims Research Centre Director Philip Paul; on the left are
Forrest Walkem, UBCIC executive committee member, and Harry
Olaussen, NDP member for Coast Chilcotin. (Nesika photo)
Jean Chretien unscathed by skirmish
WILLIAMS LAKE (Staff) —
Jean Chretian left with his scalp
intact. B.C. Indian people will
carry out province-wide
demonstrations to press the
Barrett government to act on
land claims. Actor, Chief Dan
George came to listen.
These and others highlighted
the 6th annual chiefs conference
here, held at Elks Hall, on‘ the
them ‘‘What do we want from
settlement?”
Delegates had to go souethinas
into a fourth day of discussions
after business was tied up in the .
morning of the third day over the
resolution to include represen-
tatives trom other organizations
in the negotiating team.
The minister of Indian affairs
and northern development had an -
interesting exchange with chief
Bob Hali of Skulkayn, when the
latter asked if there is a possibili-
ty that the govei. ment will be
changed. ,
' Chretien replied that he did not
think that there would be though
it is a possibility.
NO CHANGE? /
When Chief Hall asked if there
is a ‘‘guarantee of no change in
- policy,’ Chretien replied: ‘I
think the government is
pregnant.” :
The minister then recalled that
sometime back he was supposed
to be assigned to another cabinet
post, but there were some
‘“‘kind’’ appeals made~to the
government to let bam remain in
his ministry.
He said that he was not keen.on
a change, and sometimes he
wonders why. ‘‘Some people
wonder how I survive. It is con-
sidered as some achievement
that I haven’t lost my scalp.”
Chief Hall quickly noted, “You
haven't left Williams Lake.”
The minister leaned back his
head and laughed as the
delegates, too, savored that mo-
ment of humor.
DAN GEORGE
Chief Dan George, who said
that he is a honorary member of
the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs,
told delegates that ‘“‘we should be
given the rest of the land to run
the way our. forefathers did
without problems.”
The famed Indian character
actor said the Union was the
‘‘biggest’’ native peoples
organization, and all problems
should be accepted by. -UBCIC
from all other organizations.
He noted the’ complications
that at. times delayed the
proceedings, but he said he was
satisfied at what he had heard.
“T strongly encourage young
chiefs of today to. carry on with
the work, to get along with. each
other Everyone should
speak their minds. If you oppose,
stand up and say so, If you agree,
stand up and approve,” said
Chief Dan George.
PROVINCE-WIDE
During discussions on the
fourth day, Chief Jim Stelkia of
the Osoyoos Indian Band moved
his proposal for a province-wide
demonstration.
In announcing the passage of —
the ‘motion, George Watts
declared,
become radical.”
In a presentation he circulated
earlier Chief Stelkia wrote: ‘I
propose (the demonstration) for
one reason... the Provincial
Government has refused in no
uncertain terms to sit and
negotiate with our people on our
land cut-offs...
. pleading with them is not
the answer. Besides we can't
wait forever and-ever. I and my
band members . . . are tired of
pleading with anyone for what i is
rightly ours .
“We want things done now and
not 200 years from now. If things
don't happen now, the younger
generation will definitely not
tolerate any nonsense from
anyone ... and take matters
into their own hands. Then we
will witness another Wounded
Knee...”
“We have agreed to-
BELOW LEVEL
Chief Stelkia also noted that
some Indian people are ‘‘set in
every way as far as the white
man’s society goes and don't
want to Jeopardize this life by
being involved in anything that
the white man frowns on .. .
they feel a demonstration is
below their level.
Chief Stelkia suggested that
the demonstration may be a
blockade or a way to express
native peoples’ feelings to the
provincial government, and in-
clude passing of leaflets to in-
form the general public.
In addition to elections of the
standing committees —
resolutions, credentials, and con-
stitution — the assembly named
two special committees.
One is ‘a committee to deal
with chiefs’ honoraria, and the
other is a seven-man committee
to deal with grants-to-band core
funding.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
The committees were created
in response to concern expressed
by the Southern . Vancouver
Island Tribal Federation
(SVITF) that monies’ for band
administration is not enough to
“work with, that the Indian affairs
department is not enough to work
with, that the Indian affairs
department formula.is un--
workable, and that honoraria for
band councils be a separate fund
from core fund.
In suggesting about $5,000-a- -
year honorarium to-a chief Larry
Seymour said that chiefs and
councillors are ‘“‘wasting. time
working for a living: outside of
reserves”’ when there. is so much
to do to stabilize’’ Indian com-
munities.
The Sheomaitnns chief,
however, was also critical. of
‘theavy. dependence of monies
from the government’’-as he
pointed out that “If the govern-
ment ever threatened to take
away money for this conference,
we wouldn't be able to. see each
other for five years.”
Questioned the’ following day:
regarding grants-to-fund dis-
tribution, DIAND Minister Chre--
tien explained that because of
certain problems distribution, is
based per capita. UBCIC .had
sent a resolution asking for the
return to the old system of dis-
tribution, said the minister, un-
der which some band didn't
receive any money at all. But it
is not too late to return to the old
system, said Chretien, and pledg-
ed to look into the matter.
ANNUAL REPORT :
Victor Adolph, UBCIC ex-
ecutive committee chairman,
delivered the annual report and
summed up: ‘‘We -gathered
together originally to bring a just
and equitable solution of our
lands claims to our people in our _
lifetime so that we, and our
children for generations to come,
may be assured of a better life.
We, as an Executive, believe that
we have made giant strides as a
Union toward settlement . . we
have a negotiating team of
which will meet May 6th with the
federal .~ government’ s
negotiating team . ...
“In general administration, it
‘was our intention to establish the
Vancouver office on. .a strong
business-like basis, while at the
same time making sure that we
did not come to the point of being
another inflexible bureaucracy
as-is Indian Affairs. As well we
wanted to insure that both the
Vancouver and Victoria offices
worked in harmony and com-
plemented each other in their ac-
tivities.
“We are also cognizant that
many of our people have difficul-
ty-in- waiting for the land claim
settlement, and that many of our
communities require immediate
assistance. That is why, we have
worked, and to some degree
succeeded, in increasing the
grants to the programs which are
See Page 2: MUSQUEAM’S
"final settlement saying, ‘
a special. relationship between
April-May, 1974
Settlement must
compete with
other demands
WILLIAMS LAKE (Staff) —
Addressing the delegates to the
sixth annual Union of B.C. Chiefs-
conference here, Jean Chretien,
the minister responsible for In-
dian Affairs agreed that ‘‘your
ancestors had rights and we must
now get down to the task of
determining what, today, can be
preserved and what compensa-
tion is to be made for that which
cannot. be preserved.”
He pointed out that the govern-
ment recognized that. the
priorities must be those of the In-
dian people and he assured the
delegation that this would be
respected.
“It is basic to the government
position. that. these claims be
settled and the most promising
way is through negotiation,” he
pointed out.
He said too the importance of
public sentiment in the settle-
mentof the land claims question.
“Now we have a climate of opi-
- nion which enables us to meet in
the best. possible cir-
cumstances.”
However, there were some
constraints. The value of settle-
ment must relate to competing
demands. for public funds, he
noted. ‘“We must be able to af-
ford what we agree to put up.”
He said that to go beyond this
‘point would be to arouse a
backlash which would likely
jeopardize the ultimate settle-
ment.
The minister recognized ‘the
special relationship between the
Indian people and the federal
government, saying that this
would always be so.
- He further stressed.the i impor-
-tance of the involvement. of the
in. the
‘there is
provincial government .
the province and the resources
and the land — and that is-why
they (the provincial. govern-
ment) must share in the settle-
ment of the land question."’
The problems of settlement
must take into consideration
differences which exist. The
minister conceded that many of
the problems’ would be local,
some would be regional; and
others province-wide.
Because of these differences
he noted the importance of com-
munications. To this end he said,
“Tam asking my officials to
work with you to establish a
program commensurate with the
need and the negotiating
schedule.” .
He concluded: ‘‘It is practical
common sense that tells me we
are on the. right road together.”
— G. PETERS.
Corrections
We have been advised of some
mistakes in the article about
George Wilson that appeared in
the March, 1974 issue. His
widow's name is Lillian Clifton. _
Mrs. Wilson lives in Sidney. She
and Mr. Wilson met ‘in high
school. Also the author's name is
spelled More. — Acting Editor.
Announcement
In order that some confusion
‘about the month of issue can be
avoided we are now trying to get
Nesika to you within the month
of issue. For example, the June
issue will be in your homes by the
end of June.
All contributors and adver-
tisers, therefore, are advised to”
send in their material on or
before the end of the second
week of the month; for the June,
1974, issue, thus, on or before
June 14. — Acting Editor.
April-May, .1974
NEGOTIATIONS FOR LAND CLAIMS
- Resolution expands team
members seven to 19
By G. McKEVITT
WILLIAMS LAKE (Staff) —
The expansion of the land claims
negotiating team from seven
members to 19, and-the restric-
tion of members to native In-
dians of B.C. ancestry were the
main results of a long, hard dis-
cussion, almost a day in total, at
the sixth annual UBCIC con-
ference here.
It all began with a resolution
submitted by the Kwawkwelth
district calling for the expansion
of the team ‘to include represen-
tatives. from the B.C. Native
Brotherhood, ‘the B.C. Associa-
tion of Non-Status Indians and
_ the combination of - women’s
organizations. The resolution
also. included the~native-origin
provision.
The resolution touched off a
strong reaction both pro and con.
Much. of the argument against
centered around the opinion that
- by bringing other organizations
in the delegates would be dif-
fusing the power of the UBCIC in
negotiations.
T@O MANY COOKS
West Coast’ District ‘Chief
Moses Smith suggested that the
move would ‘‘splinter” B.C. In-
dians into interest groups, the
end result being that ‘‘too many
cooks would spoil the broth.”’
Arguments for the motion
were that the negotiating team
as it stood. was not a fair
representation of B.C. Indians
with too many members coming
from the south and none coming
from the other organizations.
Chief. Dennis: Alphonse
~ countered against the ‘motion,
“however,
saying. that the .
organizations were represented
already through their individual
elected chiefs.
Others.went farther suggesting
that, if every interest group in.
_the province felt they should be
specifically represented on the
team, then they might as well
liave the whole assembly on it.
Executive committee member’
Forrest Walkem expressed .con-
cern that the Union was con-
’ sidering including other groups
even though they had never given
their verbal support to the posi-
tion the UBCIC had taken to date
on the land claims.
STATE SUPPORT
He. proposed an amendment
suggesting that before any mo-
tion was passed to include the
groups, the Union should have
their stated support.
Debate continued in this
manner for some time and at one
point resolutions. committee
chairman, Diana Recalma,,tabl-
ed the resolution. for considera-
tion.
The issue persisted, however,
when Kwawkwelth district
representative, Bill Wilson's mo-
tion from the floor to set up.a ten-
man team was defeated. The se-
cond half of the original resolu-
tion, requiring that team
members have B.C. native
ancestry, was passed, however,
when it was reintroduced by
Osoyoos Chief Jim Stelkia, as an
amendment to the negotiating
team’s terms of reference paper.
After further «discussion,
Skulkayn Chief Bob- Hall propos-
ed the resolution that was to be
finally passed to.expand the .
negotiating team. Hail’s resolu-
tion called for..the team. to. be
Musqueam’s Guerin elected
to UBCIC executive committee
Continued from page 2
directly assisting communities.
Further, in line with the general
philosophy of the Union, we hope
by the end of this year to have
these programs completely un-
der local control.’
For. the Vancouver office the
executive reported on the _per-
sonnel and accounting set-ups;
on programs. including research,
Nesika,- Rainbow Accounting
System, legal action, community
development and community-
. family-life, education program;
. and on executive and chiefs coun-
cil activities.
LAND CLAIMS BINDERS
For the Victoria office the ex-
ecutive reported on the research
plan, staff, and materials being
produced regarding land claims.
According to the annual report
-the land claims centre. are
producing materials for a- brown
binder titled ‘‘Aboriginal Rights
-- The -Torch Has. Been Passed
To a New Generation,’ and
materials fora black binder titl-
ed ‘‘Aboriginal Rights — Legal
Case Studies.”
(For more details see ex-
cerpts of the annual report in this
issue.)
The audited~ financial
statements for the Union for the
period ending March 31, 1974,
.. Show assets totalling $334,171.84.
Liabilities, current and for
capital expenditures, total .$113,-
“371.01, plus an operating surplus
$106,124.30.
The operating surplus of $106,-
124.30 has made it. possible, ac-
cording to the annual report, to
renovate the offices of the Union.
The expenditures for renova-
tion to allow more efficient use
of office space will not reduce
the Union budget for operations
for 1974-1975, according to the ex-
ecutive committee chairman.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The chiefs council met after
adjournment of the annual
general meeting and elected its
executive committee:
Forrest Walkem, Cook’s Ferry
Band, Thompson-Nicola district;
Victor Adolph, “Lillooet Band,
Lillooet-Lytton district; and
Delbert Guerin, Musqueam
Band, West Fraser district.
Voting was by secret ballot.
-All district representatives
were present except that of the
Bella Coola district.
“It was also agreed that other -
council committees will be nam-
ed at the next. Chiefs Council
meeting.
NESIKA
Page 3
made up. of all fifteen Chiefs
Council members, plus three
more from other organizations.
An amendment by -Chemainus
Chief Larry Seymour to add a
representative from the Nishga
tribal council brought the final
number to. 19.
‘Previous to the vote on the
resolution-Land Claims: Director
Philip Paul had expressed con-
cern as to having enough money
in the budget to handle the ex-
penses of the expanded team.
MORE FUNDS NEEDED
Shortly after the vote,
however, both the Native
‘Brotherhood and. BCANSI told
the assembly that they would
foot their own bills and the con-
ference passed a motion, spon-
sored by the Kwawkwelth dis-
trict, to the effect that the dis-
tricts would pay out of.their own:
funds any. expenses that couldn't
be handled: by the land claims
budget.
Some of the other resolutions
handled and passed by the con-
ference delegates included:
— from Cowichan.Chief Den-
nis Alphonse, that the. staff of
Rainbow accounting system be
expanded by five and the UBCIC
confront the department or In-’-
dian affairs and get the funds
now appropriated to its financial
advisors program redirected to
supporting Rainbow accounting.
- a proposal to support the
small business management
course at. Comosun College and -
asking that it .be extended ©
another 10 years under. contract.
to Indian Affairs:
— from the,Nazko Band, “ask-’
ing the council to press: for a
moratorium on development. on
-an area of land they are holding -
aboriginal title to.
— from the. Lillooet District }
“council, asking for protection of
all. water resources originating
on reserve lands from ‘“‘claims
* and/or alienation by- outside in-
terests.
— from the South Area Coun-
cil, asking the UBCIC to press
for the voting age on reserves to
be lowered to the provincial age.
Elections
MISSION — The Samahquam
Band has elected a new council
with Harold Peters, Rose Smith,
and Clark Smith. The councillors
will choose the chief among
themselves.
MT. CURRIE .—. In a by-
election Jolin Williams and Ver-
na Stager were elected to the
band council. They replace
Angus Jones and: Gerard Peters
who resigned.
HARRY OLAUSSEN (NDP-Coast Chilcotin) chats with Sechelt Band
Chief Henry Paul. Olaussen introduced the Minister of Indian Affairs
and brought a message.to the delegates from a colleague, Frank
Howard (NDP-Skeena. He invited his constituents to talk with him.
(Nesika)
RE: FIRST CITIZEN’S
FUND ADVISORY
COMMITTEE MEETING
Due to commitments during
‘the summer months, the Ad-
visory Committee of the First
Citizen’s Fund will not con-
vene meetings during. the
months of July and August of ©
this year.
_ If you have a summer pro-
ject, we would suggest your
application arrive here’ not
later than May 15, 1974, for
consideration .at the June
meeting. If your project is not
urgent, please wait till the
NOTICE.
September meeting. Such
applications should be in this
office not later than August
15, 1974.
The cut-off date is the 15th
of the month prior to the
meeting of the following
month.
May I take this opportunity
_to wish you every success on
your project funded through
the First Citizens’ Fund.
Yours sincerely,
R.J. McINNES
Director
- Indian Advisory Act
ee
ution -means,
MP says Indian
be compensated
WILLIAMS LAKE (Staff) —
Asked for. his views regarding
the land claims question, Len
Marchand, Liberal member of
parliament for Kamloops-
Cariboo, used the Skwah reserve
in Chilliwack as an example. .
He noted that Skwah had only a
few hundred acres while some of
the farms in the Fraser Valley
were several thousand acres in
size.
And that's what the land ques-
he continued.
“That’s the kind of bad deal a lot
of the people got and there's got
to be settlement . . . some form
of compensation.”
Asked for details about Phil
Gerard who is. to head the
‘negotiating committee on behalf
of the federal government: he
noted that Gerard had a couple of
degrees and a lot of governmen-
people must
for bad deal
tal experience. The negotiator,
he added, was with the policy,
planning and research branch of ~
the department of Indian affairs
arid was formerly with the privy
council.
Speaking about the Liberal
government’s former un-
willingness to negotiate he. said
that he was ‘‘not pleased with our
previous policy regarding land
claims,”
Speaking specifically ‘about
Prime Minister Trudeau, he
noted that he (Trudeau) ‘had
some hang-ups about it in a legal
. way... it was a little difficult
on me . Pm a good team
man.""
He also expressed disappoint-
ment in the attitude of the
provincial government, referring
specifically to the NDP’s un-
willingness to enter into
negotiations at this stage. He
said that the province . was
merely ‘ “paying lip service to the
Indians
Referring to the contributions-
_to-bands formula, he agreed that ~
“there are, perhaps, some dis-
crepancies in. the formula: that
have. to be looked at again.”’
He added that funding local
band governments was of a high
priority. He said that bands
should be handling programs,
and that bands with special
problems should get special con-
sideration when it came to fun-
ding. — G. PETERS
Indian students
want DIA
to look at tax situation
VANCOUVER (Staff) — The
president of the Native Students’
Union. at the Vancouver City
College Langara Campus has
. voiced concerrn over the taxa-
‘tion of living allowances receiv-
ed by. university, college and
technical/vocational school
students in the province.
Citing his own case, Glen |
‘Williams expressed the view that
a much needed tax rebate of $300
would have been forthcoming
rather than the $100 which he is
expecting. ~
Williams was employed on a
LIP programme by the Van-
couver Indian Centre where he
paid $155.60 in taxes. He also
worked over the Christmas
holidays in the, Vancouver: post:
office. where he paid a lesser
amount. His living allowance
received from the department of
Indian affairs amounted to $1,-
582.58.
Glen is married and had his in-
come from DIA not been taxable.
he would have received a-total
rebate of approximately $300. In
his opinion the taxation situation
should be looked into by the
students affected with the help of
organizations such as the. Union
of B.C. Chiefs and the B.C.
Native Indian Teachers’ Associa-
tion. js
He hopes further that, with the
added assistance of the depart-
ment of Indian affairs, some ac-
cord may be reached with the
department of national revenue
with respect to the taxation.
In lieu of this a compensating
increase in the actual living
allowance might be considered,
although this might possibly
jeopardize an overdue increase,
he points out.
‘The most recent increase was
several years ago with a boost of
about $18 monthly for a single
student, but inflation since then
has run rampant.
‘Meanwhile, Boyce Banner,
head of education for Fraser In-
dian District, whose office con-
‘firmed that 280 students received
financial assistance for March,
has said that his department
fought the taxation in the first
‘year, but was ignored by the tax-
ation people.
He considers now that the
matter.is up to the individual and
the District Taxation Office. He
pointed out that students normal-
ly residing on-reserve had to go
off-reserve to receive post secon-
dary education.
‘He added that it.was ‘‘a dead
issue unless someone goes to the
attack.”’
Anyone wishing to ‘‘go to the
attack’’ should contact G.
Williams, #303-1435 Pendrell St.
Vancouver..— G. Peters
Page 4
Lee Straight, (Vancouver Sun,
March 16, 1974): ‘‘Horrified is
the best word to describe the
reaction in Washington State to a
recent federal court ruling on In-
dian fishing rizhts,
“The court recognized 14
tribes as having treaty rights
that guarantee unrestricted In-
~dian fishing and not to be limited
by the state of Washington. Only
exception, ruled. Judge Boldt,
would be the state’s right.to rule
against danger of extinction.
“The case is being appealed,
which may take a year. The
Washington State Game Depart-
ment of Fisheries must act on
the recent ruling until that date.
“They're all in a flap, as
readers can well imagine. Keep
tuned.
“T haven't read whatever
treaties Canadian Indians have,
but we might face trouble in the
application of Canadian hunting
and fishing laws to Indians.”’
IMPORTANCE OF INFORMED
OPINION
If this implies Washington
State is in trouble as a result of
-— BDITORTAIS: FISHING RIGHTS” CASE RIGHT TO KNOW
Regitution must be aus: necessary
the judgment rendered in the
case of the fishing rights of 14 In-
dian tribes it is both ignorant and
presumptuous, and unworthy of a
journalist of whatever standing.
it is irresponsible, to say the
least, to confess lack of
knowledge and yet presume to
estimate a possibility that
Canada will be in a similar situa-
tion regarding treaty Indians.
One would like to credit Mr.
Straight with digging into. the
decision itself in order to enable
himself to deliver an informed
opinion. It is difficult to do so,
when it-seems that facts he cared
to give his readers — that they
are “‘horrified’’ and ‘‘all in a
flap”
presumably because fishing will
become extinct and his over
simplified version of the decision
point to an apparent attempt to
portray an alarming situation.
If Mr. Straight would bother to
keep his readers “‘tuned’’ —-to
logic and justice — he ought to be
able to impart more of the meat
of. the decision from the follow-
ing paragraphs in Part II, Sum-
Why keep a good thing secret?
Another — but bigger — step
has been taken at the Williams
Lake in opening up lines of com-
munications between the Indian
and the non-Indian peoples.
The step was taken when the
presence of reporters was noted
~by the presiding officer on the
last day of the 6th annual UBCIC
conference. When the assembly
was asked whether or not to ask
the reporters to leave, Don
Moses suggested that, if the
reporters would keep to being
fair, there is no harm in having
’ the public informed about what
Indian people's land claims are
all about.
The assembly applauded that
opinion, and the reporters
remained.
Aside considerations of press
freedom andthe concomitant
right to be informed, it is high
time that Indian people’ and
society should converse not
through press releases but on a
more direct basis.
When certain Indian leaders
wer. interviewed for the
newspapers and for television,
we are sure they discovered that
reporters are capable of un-
derstanding.
In turn, the reporters who in-
terviewed Indian leaders’ in
Williams Lake have been. amazed
at what seemed a°refreshing
frankness of the leaders in talk-
ing with them.
The Williams Lake Tribune
must be singled out for its efforts
to cover the news of the .con-
ference with a particularly
strong sense of balance.
As as result one of its own
reporters has observed that
many non-Indians in Williams
Lake, specially ranchers, must
have had a change of attitude
about:Indian land claims. ©
Such benefits can only grow by
curtailing the impulse to: keep a
good thing secret. Press access
can be overdone but we suggest
the harm this does is the lesser
evil than the harm done when
people are made suspicious and
fearful out of being kept ignorant:
or uninformed.
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in Washington state all.
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. qualifications”
mary of Fact and Conclusions of
Law: -
REGULATIONS MUST BE
REASONABLE
“The Conclusions of Law, . . .
establish the treaty status of
each of the plaintiff tribes, and
therefore, the right of their
members to fish off reservation
in common with the citizens of
the state. The fishing right was
reserved by the Indians and can-
not be qualified by the sate. The
state has police power to
regulate off reservation fishing
only to the extent reasonable and
necessary for conservation of the
resource. For this purpose, con-
servation is defined to mean
perpetuation of the fisheries
species.. Additionally, state
regulation must not discriminate
against the Indians, and must
meet appropriate due process
standards,”
“Several current state laws
and regulations which restrict
the time, place, manner and ’
volume of off reservation fishing
by treaty tribes, and reserve
game fish for sport interests,
have not been established as
reasonable’ and necessary for
conservation and the application
thereof to plaintiff tribes is un-
lawful. The court will retain con-
STEINHAUER SAYS
Any 50 Indians
just as good
EDMONTON, Alta. — ‘I’m
not a university graduate and I
never. went to high school. From
the point of view social status I
haven't got a clue. I'll probably
appear in legislature in my
— thus, the reports
say, did the first native Indian
lieutenant governor in Canada
speak of his appointment.
Ralph Steinhauer, 68, a
successful farmer and an active
lfigure in Alberta Indians’
economic development, said
“they could have picked any of 50
Indians with as. good
but accepted the
position ‘‘for the sake’ of non-
Indian people, to let them know
that people have faith in our
abilities.”
The people who have faith,
besides Prime Minister Trudeau,
include ASIberta Premier Peter
Lougheed and the 75 members of
the provincial legislature.
Lougheed said that those who
had come to know the lieutenant-
governor-to-be “hold him in
highest respect.”
Steinhauer, saying that’ ‘he
would have been just as happy if
another Indian. had been ap-
pointed, said: “‘Imagine my
forefathers — they sat in their
teepees and wrote treaties with
- the Queen. Now, here I am hav-
ing to. sign her documents for
er.” é
~ He and his Scottish wife and
five children had worked hard to:
build up their‘own grain and cat-
tle farm, and at first hesitated to.
-leave the farm..
A councillor. for 34 years and.
_ chief for three years of the Sad-
‘dle: Lake Indian.-Band,
'-Steinhauer’s -pet. project is the:
* Saddle lake Centennial Develop-
iment: Association structured, he.
‘said, like a corporate farm.
His father was an Objiway
missionary. He calls himself a
Cree.
tinuing jurisdiction of this case
to grant such further relief as the
court may find appropriate.”
It would also be educational,
for both Mr. Straight and all flap-
pable people, to read Part I,
Established Basic Facts and
Law.
In Part I Judge Boldt finds,
among others,
Constitution and all treaties un-
der the authority of the U.S. are
the “‘supreme Law of the Land;”’
that a treaty with Indian people
are to be construed as unlettered
persons understood it and as
what is just where the. strong
uses power over people whom
they must care for and protect;
that the tribes had-reserved an
‘exclusive’ right of fishing
within their reservations and
right to off reservation fishing,
but off reservation: fishing. by
other citizens ‘‘is not a right but
merely a privilege which may be
granted, limited or withdrawn by,
the state... or the exercise of
treaty fishing rights.’
AS CITIZENS OF EQUAL
STANDING
We have been fortunate to get
a copy of the decision from the
UBCIC Land Claims Research
Centre, through Dr. Barbara
Lane who, as it happens, gave ex-
that the US..
pert testimony upon which ful:
ment placed much reliance.
It may be a measure of the
justice of the Indians’. position
that, as Dr. Lane has told
Nesika, Judge Boldt allegedly
had started out on the case in
something like a ‘‘hostile’’ frame
of mind toward the cause of the
Indians.
Finally, we can only agree-with
- Judge Boldt’s commentary in his
statement of the case: “‘. . . the
evidence clearly shows that, in
the past, root causes of treaty
right dissension have been
almost total lack of meaningful
communication on problems of
treaty right fishing between
state, commercial: and sport
fishing officials and non-Indian
fishermen on one side and tribal
representatives and members on
the other side, and the failure of
many of them to speak to each
other and act as fellow citizens of
equal standing as far as treaty
right is concerned ... high
priority should be given to
further improvement in com-
munication and in the attitude of
every Indian and non-Indian who
~ aS a fisherman or in any capacity
has responsibility for treaty right
fishing practices or regulation.
Hopefully that will be expedited
by some of the measures re-
quired by this decision.”
Communications as a power
tool toward social change
By WENDY GRAY
Assistant Editor
The Native People
April 5, 1974
The potential role of com-
munications. is as dynamic as a
piece of abstract art.
We think all of the delegates to
a recent National Native Com-
munications Conference will
have to agree that no matter
what part of the country, no
matter the degree of
technological experience or
knowledege of the media, one
point kept surfacing as speakers,
delegates and interested spec-
tators exchanged notes — .the
powerfulness of communications
for initiating social change.
The keynote address by ANCS
Executive Director Larry
Desmeules not only set the
theme of the conference, but it
also started the ball rolling.
Points like education through
communications, awareness of
the need for economic in-
dependence through com-
munications, and. encourage-
ment to move ahead instead of
being left behind, again through
communications,-.were only a
part of the. multi-plus exchange
of information at the conference.
Delegates traded tricks of the
trade, shared their problems
both common and uncommon,
and liberally offered advice to
those who were just beginning to
break into the field.
The guest ‘speakers’
backgrounds .were as varied .as
the types. of media they
represented, Some had worked in
all aspects of communications,
others were self-made .business
:. people who- specialized. in. only-
one.and still others, for all their
experience, expressed the feel-
. ing that they had yet-to'reach the
limits of the media world. Yet
Native communications’ for ‘all
its newness. to: so. many of, the.
delegates, ‘was all but un-
questionably recognized as areal
and powerful tool in the hands of
Native people.
“ple.
The Hon. Hugh Faulkner,
Secretary of State, climaxed the
conference when he said-in his
address that. government
recognition of communications
as an effective instrument for
social change plus the ever-
increasing demand for it, had
prompted the initiation of a
national communications policy.’
Questions directed at the
minister and guest speakers
alike reflected the anxiousness |
of those just starting out in com-
munications, to gain, access to
the tools and knowledge that
would enable them to change the
social situation of all Native peo-
The tools money,
machinery and manpower; ‘the
knowledge — training to get the
best mileage from those tools,
the process of. learning through
other's related mistakes and the
ways of solving common media
problems, were woven together
through a series of panel dis-
cussions. ~
If some delegates went home .
thinking that they stood to gain
more out of the conference than
they feel they actually did, one
thing is for sure — it will all
come back to them in the coming ,
months, For none will forget the
urging of Bruno Gerussi not to ig-
nore the white man's technology
but rather to become better at it,
the importance of being finan-
cially. independent right off the
start if not as soon as possible as
stressed by teh AIPA represen-
tatives and other American
speakers, or the announcement
of the criteria for federal fun-
ding, as laid down by the Depart-
ment of the Secretary of State.
“On top of all this we hope they'll
remember ‘the-one most. impor- «°°
‘tant purpose of Native com-
munications — the.only purpose
which is-‘‘to. help Native people
who depend upon us: (the media)
because they ‘are unable to help
themselves.’*- How? — through
communications. :
Native social change . through
strong Native communications
— who can beat it!
Mayes q 974,
Officials say ‘all ‘indians violate laws.
from Hazelton and Kispiox wish
to respond to recent charges of
“game slaughter’? made by
Regional District Directors
Perry York and Marty Allen
against Indian people in the
Hazelton area.
First we would like to deal
with the accusations made by the
two directors in the February
27th issue of the Terrace Herald;
1) **. .. the B.C. Wildlife
Branch is issuing special hun-
ting permits to natives in-
discriminately and that some
are killing three or four a -
week using snowmobiles.”
It is true that permits were
issued indiscriminately. In other
words, there were many in-
dividuals who obtained a permit
*to shoot. a. moose. Some of these
persons were unemployed. Some
were employed and earning a
reasonable living. Some of those
employed were not earning a
reasonable living. Now, not all of
those persons who obtained a
permit shot a moose. And of
those who did shoot a moose, un-
employed or otherwise, it is a
fact. that the meat was shared
with needy people and older
residents.
EVIDENCE?
As for the charge that ‘‘some
are killing three or four (moose)
a week using snowmobiles,”’ we
do not know of a single instance
where an individual shot three or
four moose within a week or over
a prolonged period of time. We
would only hope that Directors
York and Allen are prepared to
back up that statement - with
evidence.
Finally, there may have been
one or two isolated cases where a
snowmobile was used to hunt and
shoot a moose. However, please
note the emphasis on isolated.
The majority of moose were shot
from snowshoes, or. on or-near
roads. It is very difficult to stalk
a moose in dense willows with a
snowmobile.
2) “Natives earning $20,000 to
$40,000 a year and who own up
to as many as three or four
snowmobiles certainly are not
in need.”
First, the number of persons
native or white in-the entire area
earning $40,000 per year certain-
ly has to be limited. And we can °
only. think of one or two of our
people that might gross $20,000
per year, but net considerably
less. than: that. Certainly, the
average: annual income for
natives in-this area must fall
somewhere into the $3,000 to $5,-
000 range or less,as the total
welfare roll approximates $1
million per year (native and
white) between Moricetown and
Cedarvale.
One of the reasons for the ex-
tensive ARDA support in the
area is because local natives had
—NESIKA ©
the lowest average annual in-
come in the Province. We can
State unequivocally that no one
earning over $10,000 per year ob-
tained a permit. and shot a
moose. We will agree that one or
two persons earning over $10,000
per year were probably granted
permits, but did not use them.
Second, to the best of our
knowledge, not a single native
owns more than one snowmobile,
although there are cases where a
family head will own a snow-
mobile, as well. as a grown son,
who has bought the snowmobile
himself. It is somewhat imprac-
tical for one person to own more
than one snowmobile. However,
we know of white people who do.
3) Mr. Allen said that.there is
evidence of ‘‘gut shooting’
and... carcasses . . . with
only the hind-quarters
removed.”
First, some ‘‘gut shooting”’ is
inevitable when bush hunting.
However, Indians are not
wasteful. They are able to track
down the animal and utilize more
meat from an animal than white
hunters: meat, brains,
tongue, heart, liver, and hide are
utilized. How much of the animal
is utilized by the white hunters?
It would be interesting to deter-
mine the ratio of animals that
are gut shot and abandoned by
white hunters. We predict that
most animals shot that way by
white hunters are wasted
Indian awakening good, people
March 21, 1974
Brothers and sisters:
Lately, there has been a
_, ‘rousting out,’ an awakening, of
_» interest and. concern on matters
and issues dealing with native
- people across Canada. This is
good, especially when people
start speaking out-this, even
better.
While going through your
publication (January, 1974), I
read the letters of three sisters,
who seem to have a lot on the
. ball. As they were elabortating
on different subjects, I must be
careful not to get their points
mixed up.
First.of all, I am in full agree-
ment with Rachel Collins and her
statements concerning Jack
Maley’s letter, and with the
preservation of what we are try-
ing to cling to, while ‘‘Whitey”’ in
all his glory is doing his very best
in degrading, segragating, de-
valuing almost every facet of our
daily existence. I find it very
pathetic — this paternalistic at-
titude — this ‘‘greater than
thou’’ attitude — this so-called
equality status, that we are being
subjected to, when in all essence
we are still the same grassroots
people that we were 20 years
ago, regardless of whether or not
things and programs were in-
itiated.
And now they. talk of. getting:
into our reserves, in the hopes of
sharing a life of blissful hap-
piness, white and Indian-side by
side, in brotherly love. Good
Lord! The things people will do
and say just to get something.
What a two-faced attitude. I
must agree with the phrase our
forefathers instituted —
remember it? It goes something
like this, “‘Whiteman speak with
forked tongue . . . Harumph!”’
(or was it ‘‘Ugh?’’’)
The other two sisters, Roxanne
Brown and Ah—oo-multh, I feel,
lay out a few examples of where
the Indian sense is at fault,
‘namely, favoring a whiteman for
any job or position over an In-
dian.
I've experienced this myself.
Upon applying for employment, I
was subjected to undergo an ap-
titude test. IQ test and holding a
grade 12 certificate. After all
this b.s. I found that I was the
only guy to have gone through all
these because I was Indian. The
rest of the employee's didn’t
Grants to bands should be
for those who need it most
NITINAHT BAND COUNCIL
P.O. Box, 340
Port Alberni, B.C.
March 22, 1974
Dear Editor:
I may have a solution to the
Grants to Bands Program. This
may be a very controversial
statement and might stir up
some hard feelings of some
Bands and it also might start
them thinking about what I am
about to suggest.
My suggestion would be that
every Band that has enough
capital coming.in every year to
be self-sufficient should become
so.
This would leave. Grants to
Bands money to the Bands that
really need it. I think it’s about
time we started thinking about
our fellow Indians and started
giving money where it’s needed
most. /
Remember, Greed was not a
way of life for Indians when In-
dians were Indians, not the
bunch of greedy leeches we have
become today.
If this Band ever becomes seli-
sufficient, you can be sure we
are going to clean our hands of
these government handouts.
We all don’t know it. but the
government has us fighting over
their money every year and it’s
pulling the Indians in B.C.
further apart. instead of pulling
us together.
Remember: United We Stand,
Divided We Fall.
Charlie Thompson
Band Manager.
speak out
even have to have. grade.12, nor
go through the tests: All that was
required of them was that they
be white. Now, is: that
‘favoritism?:Or what? *
On Ah—~oo-multh’s complaint
of PACIFIC hiring a non-Indian
as executive secretary, I’ am
compelled to think that this
might just be another of those
cases. If PACIFIC’s intention
was to help Indian people, why
then wasn’t a native person given
the job? Or, were there some
special rights one had to have
before being eligible?
I find it hard to believe that
this may be the case, but then
I'm beginning to wonder if it
may be? For one I hear that
Ah—oo-multh may yet be charg-
ed with ‘‘libel’’ -for her
statements. Good God! What
next?
In any event I stand to support
my sister Ah—oo-multh should
she be hassled, and I hope that
other people will also take the
matter into consideration. To use
her’ words, ‘‘things are in sucha
sad state of affairs’’ when In-
dians begin to lay charges
against one another, simply
because one has the guts to come
right out and speak his or her
mind.
What is it that separates some
of us from the others? Is it
greed? Prestige? or Power?
What?
In the future. hope the Indian
people will stay together, fight
together, and try to be one. And
please let’s not hassle our
brothers and sisters. We should
be ‘helping them instead. If you |
want to hassle anyone, hassle
your own local member of
legislature, and see if you can
get him involved somehow, for
the betterment of the Indian peo-
ple.
With those last words, I pray
that you will be given eyes.to see,
ears to hear, and a mouth to
speak for our defense.
I remain,
Oochinapees
Traditional Indian
Movement
P.O. Box 160.
Prince Albert, Sask.
nose,-
because of inability to track or
because it is too offensive for a
white man to clean and he would
not know how to utilize the meat.
It may be true that carcasses
were found with only the hind-
quarters removed. However, this
is despicable in our minds too.
We resent any man, white or
native, who is so wasteful. It is
unfair, however, to charge all
natives with this act. Both direc-
tors know that there are only one
or two individuals (not
necessarily native) in the whole
area who are this thoughtless
and wasteful.
4) “. .. Non-natives are also
killing game then getting
natives... to bring their
game out of the forest.”
This is entirely untrue. It may
have happened in other areas but
not, to our knowledge, in the
Hazelton area.
5) “The worst game slaughter
._. in 28 years.’
This surely has to be a
passionate statement. We recall
extensive moose killing in the
Sweetin Creek area ap-
proximately 15 years ago, after
first construction of that road. If
anything can be considered to ap-
proach slaughter, that surely
was it. And the greater percen-
tage of game was shot by the
white segment of the population.
More to the point, the annual
toll of game killed by automobile
and ‘train is definitely slaughter.
Sixty-three moose were reported
to have been killed this way
before the first week of
February. None of these animals
were utilized.
We have attempted to arrive at
a rough count of the moose killed
on permits in the Hazelton-
Kispiox Valley area alone this
winter. We estimate that. fewer
than 20 animals were. shot.
Assuming that 20 animals were
shot, and that an average of 600
pounds (high estimate) of meat
was obtained from. each animal,
then a total of 12,000 pounds of
meat was available for ponsumnp- i
tion.
There is a total of about 1 200
‘ “Page 5
indians’ on the Hazelton, Glen
Vowell, and Kispiox reserves,
not including approximately 400
Indian persons living off-reserve.
If the meat was distributed even-
ly among all persons on-reserve,
each person would have received
10 pounds of meat. If only 10% of
the people.on the reserves
received meat, then there would
have been. 100 pounds available
for each of the 120 people. Since
meat and fish forms a large part
of our diet, and our families are
large, we probably use in excess
of 4 pounds of meat per day. At
that rate, 100 pounds of meat
would have lasted each of the 120
people no more than 25 days.
FREEZER-BURNT MEAT
Further, since we smoke a lot
of our meat, and preserve it in
jars, we do not need to freeze as
much meat as do white people.
This meat lasts much longer, and
retains its flavor. We wonder
how much freezer-burnt meat is
thrown out or fed to dogs by
white people during their annual
freezer clean-up and because
they must make room for more
moose-meat in the coming hun-
ting season.
No, we do not consider the tak-
ing of 15 to 20 moose to be
slaughter. There were probably
that many animals killed in the
Kispiox Valley area by white
hunters alone during the fall hun-
ting season. While riding our
snowmobiles along the Kispiox
River this winter we discovered
what could be considered a form
of slaughter; a gill net placed by
white persons which stretched
across the main channel of the
Kispiox River. Who. can deter-
mine what effect that net will
have on the already. precarious
steelhead run?
We recognize that there are in-
equities and some abuses in the
handling of the present permit
system. However, we feel there
are more constructive ways to
solve the problem than to have to
resort to ‘‘press. sen-
sationalism.’’ Usually such tac-
tics only result in dividing com-
See Page 12: TAKING
Elders should teach only
young and willing people
I wrote once in the local press
about the condemnation being
made about Indian dancing, and I
was going to leave it at that; but
reading more about it in your
paper prompts me to say more
on the matter.
I can see very plainly where
the traditional Indian is once
more being intimidated, because
he and she are attempting to
cope with a social curse which is
becoming both alarming and dis-
tasteful to natives on reserves,
and that is excessive use of
alcohol and drugs.
Their attempt. to revive the
Traditional Indians’ respect for a
healthy body and mind is
creating opposition from the
following sources: (1) alcoholics
and those who like their beer and
whiskey, (2) drug addicts and,
particularly, dope pushers, (3)
non-Indians with their inter-
pretation. of paganism and who
help think up weird stories, (4)
Indians who are completely
oriented to the Anglo-society
with their mixture of progressive
and oddball traditions, and who
are ashamed of any referencé to
Indian traditions without even
trying to understand their pur-
pose.
How many critics of Indian
Spiritual Dancing have actually
seen them? I have attended
many of today’s Indian dances, I
challenge any one to prove to me
how, in a public piace — these
dances are open to all Indians,
many whites attend them — can
a female dancer be undressed so
that. someone can bite her nipple
off? Or how a male dancer can
have his pants taken off so that
the dancing sponsors can
mutilate his ‘‘privates?’’ These
are two of many weird stores the
rounds, and I think people who
are ready to believe such stories
need to grow up.
I want to recommend to the
Native Elders of British Colum-
bia to form a council or jury to
combat this kind of propaganda
‘diserediting Indians on reserves.
I also recommend to them that
they stop trying to rehabilitate
Indians who are too far gone dis-
sipating themselves with ex-
cessive use of alcohol or with use
of drugs. Because they have
wrecked their bodies so badly,
they cannot stand, say, an im-
mersion in icy waters in the dead:
of winter without the risk of
serious Consequences.
Further, Indians, status or
non-status, or Metis, who push
drugs on Indian reserves should
be evicted from there.
I also believe that Elders
should continue teaching the
respect for good health of body
and mind, but teach it only to
people who are willing and only
to the young.
HATTIE FERGUSSON
pases 6
THE STATE OF THE UNION, —_—
Better, more 5 responsive service
Accounting
With the change of the Union’s
fiscal year from October 31st to
March 3ist, it has become possi-
ble now for us to budget and plan
more accurately. The books of
the Union have been set. up so
that program activities within
the Union’s general revenues can
be identified and charged back to
specific programs. This will
allow us to more accurately
determine. priorities within our
budget for we will now know
what the actual costs of all ac-
tivities are.
Much time and energy was
spent in bringing up to date the
accounts of the Union, par-
ticularly with regard to the con-
sultation funds and outstanding
grants from the First Citizen’s
Fund ranging over a period of
years. The accountant has spent
most of his time in the last
month assisting staff members
in drawing up budgets for their
respective programs.
It should be noted that we have
now had two audits within the
last six months.
Research (Library)
Both the Council and Bands are
making many more demands on
this section that has been -the
case in the past. Council
designated in. the fall that posi-
tion papers be developed on the
following subjects:
(a) Provincial Governments and
their involvement with
different native groups. The
research work has been
completed on this but it has
“to be condensed into a report
‘form.
(b) Research into’ Order-in-
Council 1036. Don Moses
completed a very fine study
and this has been dis-
tributed.
Research into the municipal
grant of $32.00 per capita and
its availability to reserves.
This work has been com-
_ pleted and distributed.
a
a
tion on education. It was
deemed -necessary to await
the hiring of an Education
Coordinator before under-
taking this massive task.
(e) and (f) Complete research-
ed positions on economic
development and housing as
they pertain to status In-
dians within B.C. In recogni-
tion of the enormity of this
request, Council, at a later
date, gave permission to the
Administrator to hire ex-
perts in these fields so as to
complete not only this
research but to act as a
resource to bands and dis-
tricts.
A further project . nial
Funding Source Guide for bands
in B.C. Basically this will be a
book which outlines where
grants and monies are available
from, for what kind of projects
and what the funding criteria is.
The book is now being printed by
the Secretary of State. . . (N.B.
The Guide was distributed dur-
ing the conference.)
The Indian Act Revision work
was carried to the level of com-
pletion of ‘‘The Indian Act and
What It Means” and the submis-
sion of. two research budgets to
the National Indian Brotherhood:
Since that time there was‘no ap-”
proval given by the: Department
A complete researched posi-
“NESIKA..
of Indian Affairs to those sub-
missions and it was felt
necessary to curtail such ac-
tivities until money was received
for this task.
After meetings already
referred to between Union
‘representatives and the
Honourable Jack Davis, a joint-
food-fishing committee was set
up. The Union and other Indian
representatives on this com-
mittee determined that they
would require certain research
to be carried out in order to
adequately negotiate with the
Department of Environment.
Consequently a researcher was
assigned to them and he has
completed. much preliminary
research as well as development
of a future research plan 2 and
budget.
The Adoption Case
resulted in the Union
producing, for the province's
consideration, a. comprehensive
brief on Indian Child Care and
Adoption. This brief has already
resulted in -the-formation of a
committee, as well as the hiring
of four Indian workers to help
alleviate some of the problems.
Nesika
The newspaper has continued
to be one of the Union’s biggest
successes. The Nesika now has
four people in its employ who
will in the future prepare the
copy to camera ready stage to
the printers.
Based on submission for fun-
ding, we are hoping to increase
the. publishing of the paper from
a monthly toa’ bi-monthly ‘basis-
while ‘Still maintaining our level
of circulation of 7,500. We are
also endeavouring to include
more local news through greater
usage of local correspondents
and roving reporters. In addi-
tion, we are hoping to develop, in
conjunction with the library, a
true newspaper morgue.->
In the: area of general com-
munications, the Union, upon in-
structions from the Executive,
developed in conjunction with
BCANSI, a discussion paper on a
communication society for the
entire province. After discussion
by Council, we have held two
meetings with other com-
munications groups. in the
province. A third meeting will
soon be held after all groups
have better had a chance to study
the new Secretary of State
policy.
Executive Committee
& Council Activities
Council or Executive members ’
have attended national meetings ©
on housing, education and com-
munication. Also, executive
members have represented the
Union at several NIB Executive
Council meetings and have been
involved with federal-and provin-
cial authorities in program dis-
cussions.
Groups of Council and the Ex-
ecutive have met with represen-
tatives of different bands concer-
ning the cut-off situation.
However, the two most impor-
tant events have been the struc-
turing of the negotiating team
and the provincial advisory com-
mittee. ‘
Legal Action
In actions undertaken by
‘facilitator,
April-May, 1974
counsel representing the Union
during the past half year, we
have won two hunting cases,
appealed a third and have lost an
assault charge resulting from a
food-fishing case. We were also
represented in both levels of the
adoption case. Counsel has also
been retained and is working
with the Kamloops Indian Band
on their boundaries dispute with
the municipality.
Union lawyers were in-
strumental as well in having
over ten food-fishing cases
stayed. These charges were
stayed after meetings with
Union representatives but
further negotiations were re-
quired to insure that Department
of Environment personnel com-
pletely kept their word.
Community Develop-
ment And CFLEP
Representatives of the Union
~ met in Ottawa with Community
Affairs officials and substantial-
ly increased the allocation for
1974-75. :
We have also: received agree-
ment to negotiate for future
years to further- increase our
allocation so that the desires and
needs of our communities can be
better fulfilled. It is our hope
that by the end of this’ fiscal
year, all districts. will be in con-
trol of their CD workers and the
role of the Union will be that of a.
coordinator, educator,
negotiator, but no
longer that of manager:
We are negotiating with the
CFLEP program at this point in -
an attempt to put ‘at least one”
CFLEP worker in each ‘district,
See Page 13: RAINBOW
DELEGATES REGISTER FOR UBCIC 6th ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WILLIAMS LAKE
(Nesika photo) .
BROT ad Sr RRR eg ES oa a a a ae a
PERCY GLADSTONE OF NORTH COAST delegation listens with all attention to lawyer Douglas Sanders. Others in the picture are
Percy Williams of Skidegate, and, right, Bob Gisselbeck of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. Unidentified young man, left, seems to
think something serious is going on. (Nesika)
class successful
AHOUSAT — Addressing the
crowd at the graduation 14
students, Edgar Charlie said:
“We've got something going for
us.”’
““We’’ are the members of the
Ahousat Indian Band who live in
the island reserve of Flores
Island, 12 miles from Tofino.
Edgar is'in charge of the
band’s education program which
has seen 35 high school graduates
since it started three years ago.
This year among the graduates is
his wife, Jenny.
She is in.a group that includes
other married women and
mothers and three young men: -
Charles Jack, Harry Williams,
Judy Lucas, Marie Titian, Ellen
' Titian, -Velma Campbell,. Reece
Mack, Arlene Paul, Cecilia. Ti-
tian, Millie Webster, Hilda
Webster, Celisty Williams, and
Maxine George.
One of the graduates plans to
continue by going to a vocational
school.
As they spoke to their guests
atid telatives, the graduates ex-
pressed a desire to make this a
better world for both Indians and
non-Indians.
The people of Alohisete —- about
450 — are working to weave their
unique ‘heritage and traditions
into a contemporary setting, and
their education program is a
measure of their success year
after year.
Kamloops may become a test case
By ‘GERALD PETERS.
VICTORIA (Staff).— A delega-
tion .of the Union of.Chiefs met.
April -29.-with. members. of. the
provincial cabinet to discuss the
“amalgamation issue.”’
Although the representation
being made was prompted by the
dispute in Kamloops, the delega-
tion made it quite clear that they
were dealing with the general
amalgamation issue as it applied
to all reserves in. B.C.
Lawyer Doug Sanders noted
that if the Kamloops issue was to
proceed in the courts, it would be
considered, in’ all likelihood, a
test case for all such situations in
the future.
He added that the issue was not
new, saying that the Kamloops
affair had served to bring a long
Standing issue to a head once
again. ,
He cautioned that the
amalgamation issue had no rela-
tion to the general land claims
issue, and that it should be
resolved whether land claims
Catholic Family and Children’s
Service /
INFORMATION WANTED
with Mr. Leo Harvey or anyone
knowing. his whereabouts. Please
contact Mrs.-R. Tin Tun at 683-
0181.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Native People of the North
will hold their first. festival in
Terrace; B.C.
on May 10,11, 12, 1974
with an Indian arts and crafts
| show; Indian dancing, and an In-
dian Princess pageant.
The sponser is the Northern
Native Festival. Committee.
The assistant coordinator for this
spring festival is Dora Josephson
of 4637 Park ‘Ave., Terrace, B.C.
Those who-wish to participate in
the festival should get in touch
with the assistant coordinator.
was an issue or not.
A year ago, without prior con- .
sultation with the Band, the
boundaries. of the: municipality
were expanded. Within this ex-
panded area is a portion of the
Kamloops reserve including its
industrial park.
In its brief to the cabinet-
ministers the delegates citing a
resolution passed at the annual
all-chiefs
Williams Lake, noted that Indian
reserves were not within the ~
jurisdiction of the province and
the Municipal Act of B.C. had not.
been used to tax non-Indian oc-
cupiers of reserve land and to
conference for
‘aplalaamate reserve: aands
within cities and: municipalities.
They stated ‘further that non-
Indian occupiers:of reserve lands
should not. be subject to. any
provincial taxation and that it
should be the right of the Indian
~band to tax.
Regarding the provision of ser-
vices to Indian. reserves, the
delegation, still citing the resolu-
tion, felt that these should be
provided on a contract basis, if
requested by the appropriate
band. council. .
The ministers present promis- |
ed a response to the brief. within.
- a-week.
Vancouver Alderman Harry
Rankin, - meanwhile, represen-
ting the. Kamloops Band offered
to enter a’stay in the legal action
which had commenced on behalf
of the band, if this would in any .
way. improve the chances of an
early agreement.
Chief Joe Mathias noted that
the Union’s position was very
clear. He said it would be more
expedient to go into negotiations
rather than have the issue tied up
in. a lawsuit indefinitely.
Meanwhile, in Williams Lake,
Len. . Marchand: .(L-
Kamloops/Cariboo) said that the
“federal government. would not
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-Rankin was
fund the Kamloops band’s legal
fight, if they were to hire Harry
Rankin.
Rankin, he said, would ‘‘throw
in everything but the kitchen
sink.”’ It was his opinion that
‘too political.’’
Rankin pointed out that this
was actually a political
maneouver on the part of the
federal government. A year ago
Marchand was quoted.as offering
to have the department of Indian
affairs bear the cost of legal ex-
penses. No stipulations . were
made at that time regarding who
would or would not be acceptable
counsel for the Kamloops Band.
A land where waves pound down
on long beaches.
A land of deep green forests filled with fish.
and game. And silence.
A land of mountains that disappear
A land of clean cities and clear air.
A land_of valleys full of:friendly faces
~and-warm handshakes. A land where
‘fresh fruit ripens in warm:summer sun.
A land of highways
and backroads that beckon.
A land where history still lives with
today’s way of life.
A land that offers to those fortunate enough
to live here, the qualities of life that
tourists travel miles to experience.
i In a world that’s being civilized out of it’s
senses, come back to yours this summer.
Take the time to look around you.
At a land to love. To be part of.
British Columbia.
Page 8
NESIKA
April-May, 1974
First native winter games a success
By GERARD PETERS .
-PRINCE RUPERT (Staff) —
The First B.C. Native Winter
Games drew to an exciting close .
late Saturday, March 30th with
the elimination of the Prince
Rupert Chiefs by the victorious
Victoria Bucks senior basketball
team.
The sporting events began at 7
P.M. on Friday March 22nd with
splendid boxing performances by
young boxers from western
Canada and the northwestern
U.S. competing in the all-native
Bucksin Gloves eliminations.
The interim saw the nearly 500
athletes and some 150 other par-
ticipants entertain an
enthusiastic audience with some
fast and furious hockey action,
precise and moving displays of
the skilled marching band from
St. Mary’s. who accompanied
their gymnastic team with ©
music-to-tumble-by, and the ~
Kaien Island Dancers who enter-
tained with local as well as
prarie Indian dances.
To the unsuspecting or the un-
informed Prince Rupert seems
perhaps to be an unlikely site for
the Native Winter. Games. For.
one thing there is the distance
from other, more likely southern
centres where the games could .
have been staged, this added to.
the expense and problems of
transporting seven hundred
athletes and other participants.
A first look at the: facilities
offered by the local civic centre
dispells any doubts however.
Unequailed probably, even in the *
Vancouver area is this relatively
new complex. Measuring 220 feet
by 310 and encompassing 2 floor
levels including the ice arena,
‘the gymnasium and auditorium
where events were held, it was
an ideal facility.
Only the basketball . games
necessitated the use of another
gym, but this was just across a
field in the local high school.
Local response was very
heartening. Merchants had
banners displaying their good
wishes to games participants and
other visitors. Local news:
coverage was excellent and
favorable. Even the usual damp
and dreary north coast weather
seemed to bow to: the ex-
huberance and excitement of the
town. Nearly every day saw
clear and sunny skies. .
The national significance of
the games was evident in the
coverage given by Ted Reynolds
of CBC-tv and.CTV crew.
Reynolds’ enthusiasm was clear
as his film crew held up the
scheduled proceedings on Sunday
(March 24th) for over an hour
while they filmed the St. Mary’s
Marching Band in the sunshine of
the local golf course.
Though there was some im-
patience at the resultant delay,
fans’soon revelled in the preci-
sion and pageantry of the St.
Mary’s group. -After intricate
marching displays which the
THREE YOUNG DANCERS whe took part in the
All-Native Tatoo which took place on the first
weekend of the Winter Games in Prince Rupert.
Besides Indian dancing the ceremonies also includ-
ed the St. Mary’s drum and bugle band and gym-
nastic team, the New. Aiyansh Silver Harmonic
band and a craft show. (Nesika photo)
crowd applauded with shouts of
“Don't stop!”’ the group settled
in to offer rhythm to their team
of gymnasts who. performed un-
erringly and with the precision of
the music.
A fine display of musical talent
was offered by one of the best
bands‘ in the northwest, the
Aiyansh Silver Harmonic Band,
while in the auditorium an array
‘of arts and crafts was on display
ranging from bead and leather”
work to fine paintings and silver
work. As well, caterers of ex-
cellent Indian dishes of oolichan,
seaweed, fish cakes, bread, and
others did a fast moving
business.
Allin all, those persons respon-
sible .for the. organization and
coordination of the first effort at
large-scale winter games
deserve a vote of thanks and a
word or two of congratulations.
Certainly problems were en-
countered here-as in any such
large undertaking of its kind but
it was evident that each problem
met ultimately with solution and
the experience gained by this ef-
fort will go’ far - toward’ the
further success’ of future winter
games. ee .
As yet there are no definite
plans: for the second native
winter’ games. although, accor-
ding. to Art. Helin, provincial
- coordinator of the B:C. Native:
’ Amateur: Sports: and Recreation
Federation, Kamloops has ex-
pressed an interest in hosting the
games next winter. The future of
the: winter games. and the fre-
quency in which they occur as
well as the form they will take
will depend on ‘the analysis of
this, the first B.C. Native Winter
Games.
Page 10
TWO KINDS of action in the junior divisions of the
Native Winter Games basketball. Below jubilant
North Shore players hoist one of the team. to ac-
NESIKA_
quire a souvenir of their championship victory:
i nd Port. Simpson are
n desperate leaps for
Above players for Kitimat.
Basketball championships a
highlight at winter games
If you like basketball then you
should’ have been in Prince
Rupert the week of the First An-
nual Winter Games from March
23 to 30. You would have had the
pick of 72 different games featur-
ing the best All-Native mens and
womens teams in B.C. and you
could have been present for the
frenzied excitement of. the final
championship games.
This year Vancouver’ Island
and the lower mainland spawned
all but one of the four final cup
winners. In the senior men's
division the Victoria Bucks beat
out the Prince Rupert Chiefs 82-
67 in the final game to take the
cup.
The Bucks built up an early
lead in the game and by half time
had a 14 point lead for a score of
36-22. The Chiefs overcame some
of their earlier disorganization in
the second half and started sink-
ing some baskets but they could
never overcome the early lead. -
The Bucks’ attack was led
mainly by possibly the shortest
member on the team: Clarence
Innes. Innes was outstanding in
all the Bucks’ games in his abili-
ty to. control the play and his un-
canny shooting accuracy from
far out evidenced by his winning
the high scoring award fer the
tournament with a total of 162
points. He also won the cup for
most valuable player and placed
on the first all-star team.
Important for the Bucks also
were Art helin and Nelson
Leeson for their rebounding and
scoring. ability.
- Outstanding for the Chiefs was
Jamie Sterritt who's leadership
ability earned for him the most
inspirational player, and Larry
Brown, their’ most consistant
scorer.
April-May, 1974
the ball. It's hard to tell here which player will-win
but it is ‘a fairly safé:bet that Kitimat won the ma-
jority of similar confrontations as they went on to
win the cup. (Nesika photo)
\
The Chiefs came into the final
undefeated in the tournament
with the Bucks having fought
their way back: by defeating
Bella Bella that afternoon 78-67 ©
after losing earlier.to that club in
a very exciting game: 75-74;
A game between the Bella
Bella and the Chiefs the day
before the finals was also out-
standing, in this case for its hard
physical. action. ,
NON-INDIAN COACH
Although the Chiefs won that
game by a fair margin their posi-
tion in the tournament was tem-
porary jeopardized when the
Bella Bella Club lodged. an of-
ficial protest against the Chief's
having a non-Indian coach in an
all-native tournament. Officials
of the tournament met with the
clubs after the game and finally
decided that the Prince Rupert
Chiefs could remain in the games
but ruled that in future tour-
naments coaches should be In-
dian.
In the senior women's action
Nanaimo Tillicum Haus defeated
Duncan in a close game, 23-20.
The name of the game for
Nanaimo was Karen White who
scord 15 of their points. The team
led throughout almost the entire
game. Karen-was adjudged later
the most valuable player.
The Duncan club was a much
more balanced team and had in
fact defeated Nanaimo the day
before in the tournament: In the
final game, however, they got off
to a bad start and it was not till
the second half that they started
to score, well climaxing when
Karen left the game on penalties
-and with a few minutes left Dun-
can made a desperate but futile
attempt to catch up.
See Page 11: Basketball
April-May, 1974
NESIKA
Basketball
outstanding
Cont'd from Page 10
SPORTSMANLIKE TEAM
Duncan's Florence Elliot prov-
ed herself as leader of the club
and was awarded the cup for
most inspirational player. Dun-
“can also won the most
sportsmanlike team award.
The high-scoring award went to
Port Edwards’ Debbie Clifton
who amassed a total of 132 points.
The Junior men’s finals was
somewhat of an anticlimax with
Kitamaat beating Port Simpson
soundly 69-36. Port Simpson, who
had played earlier that day
against the West Coast Whalers,
looked very tired early in the
game and seemed to have little
second effort left. Kitamaat on
the other hand played very
energetic basketball and showed
great ability in their shooting and
especially their passing.
. Outstanding for Kitamaat were
Moris Amds who scored 24 points
and won the most valuable player
award and Cyril Grant who was
awarded the cup. for most in-
spirational player.
HIGH SCORER’S AWARD
Robbie Hughes of Port Simpson
won the high scorers award with
119 points while the West Coast
_ Whalers were named. the most
sportsmanlike team
In the junior womens’ finals
North Shore proved themselves
unbeatable for the tournament by
defeating Duncan in an exciting
game, 28-21. North Shore had a
strong. well-balanced team led by
’ Eileen Nahanee in both scoring
and..playmaking. Eileen was
awarded the most. valuable player
cup.
The strong players for Duncan
“were Donna and Lori Elliott:
Lori won the most inspirational
player award for the tournament.
The high scorers. award went. to
Musqueum's Marilyn Point as
totaled 86 points.
Cross-Cultural Program.
MISSION CITY — A grant of
$9,972 from the First Citizen's
Fund has been awarded to a
cross-cultural program in the
provincial school svstem., it was
announced recently by Peter
Rolston. MLA for Dewdney.
The program was proposed a
vear ago by Paul Stanley. an ac-
tor who recently was featured in
the television movie. “| Heard
the Owl Call My Name.”
Stanley. a photographer and
photo processor. will be visiting
secondary schools throughout
B.C. for five months.
He will be showing arts and
crafts: colored slides: and. with
the aid of a tape recorder, the
languages. folklore. and dances
of several tribes.
-He will also render inter-
pretations of recorded Indian
folklores and songs.
SENIOR MEN’S BASKETBALL champions. The Victoria Bucks and Alex Nelson; front row, left to right: Ken Innes, Clarence Innes and
their four terrific cheerleaders pose after the victorious final game.
i
Players are from left to right, back row: coach Art Vickers Sr., Art Rupert Chiefs, 82- 67. (Nesika photo)
Vickers Jr., Dan Henry, Art Helin, Nelson Leeson, Reg Gladstone,
Felix Moses receives
Tom Longboat award
PRINCE GEORGE (Staff) —
Felix Moses. 31. of the Lower
Nicola band was presented with
the Tom Longboat bronze medal
during the closing ceremonies of
the First Native Winter Games.
The award is made in recogni-
tion of. the contributions | which
Felix has made in the area of
sports and recreation. He was a
major force behind the inception
of the B.C. Native Sports &
Recreation Federation and
represents the Southern Interior
zone of the Federation.
‘He. has excelled in soccer.
‘baseball, basketball and other
spors. Trophies earned while -he
was in the Kamloops Indian
Residential School attest to his
boxing ability.
As well as his wholehearted
commitment in the areas of
sports and recreation Felix is
community minded and is active
in local affairs, having served a
term as chief of the Lower
Nicola band, — G. McKEVITT .
The program also will show
the steps and phases in carving
totem poles. in canoe construc-
tion. in basket weaving. and tan-
ning deer hides.
Each Indian tribes style of
costume will also be shown.
UBCIC. CHIEFS council Terrace District Representative Heber
Maitland presents an award to a Port Simpson junior men’s basket-
ball player. Port Simpson was runner-up in the tournament after
they were beat out in the final game by Kitimat, 69-36. (Nesika photo)
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NESIKA
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Rainbow Accounting
System
This is one area where,
although the program is excep-
tionally well accepted by the
bands, we have beén un-
successful in raising funding to
support the program. We have
made requests to both Indian Af-
fairs and the First Citizen’s Fund
for financing, however, both
have been negative in their.
response and in the case of In-
dian Affairs, very uncooperative.
Although over 50 bands use the
system, we are now placed in a
position where we must find
alternate funding sources. This
is because the demands from
bands are so great.for training
and services that we must in-
crease staff and travel budgets.
We. must. now also reprint -the
Research aimed
Land Claims Research
Centre, Victoria
In.order to assist our people in
making the decisions regarding
settlement, the Union of B.C. In-
dian Chiefs adopted a Land
Claims Research Program and
late in the summer of 1973 es-
tablished a Research Centre.
The first aim of the research
“program is the collection,
analysis and organization of the
background materials and infor-
mation necessary to negotiate a
just settlement. The program’s
‘chief. activity includes not only
the collection but also the dis-
-".semination of the necessary
_.., materials from the Centre to the
" bands and districts.
Research Centre
The Research Centre has been
in operation since September of
1973.: The Centre staff presently.
-, includes:
, tor; Dr.
Philip Paul,
B. Lane,
Direc-
Senior
Researcher; Charles Chapman, °
Researcher;
Researcher;
John Joe,
Shirley Alphonse,
_.., Office. Manager. and Secretary;
Cecile ‘Clare, Clerk-Typist; Ida
Russ, Clerk-Typist.
Future plans call for additions
to the research’ and com-
munications staff as well as hir-
ing Douglas Sanders to assist in
the legal research and to act as
legal counsel.
Research Plan
Since September a comprehen-
sive. plan for. the direction,
organization and procedures for
_ research at the Centre has been
‘developed. ‘Research ‘has been
undertaken by the Centre staff
on the following subject areas:
—Land History. and Land
Policy |
-—Vancouver Island Treaties
~—Treaty No. 8
—Fishing Rights
_-~-Hunting Rights
—Cut-off Lands
—Trapping Rights .
—Grazing Rights
Water Rights —
—Mineral Rights.
Work has .been proceeding on
each of these research. projects
and. preliminary and--interim
reports have been prepared. -
Aboriginal
Rights Binder
The Centre staff cooperatively.
research, write and_ predic.
_ New. Generation’
~ binder called:
manual for demands are coming
in for copies and we are com-
pletely out of stock:
Other Areas
Of Activity
In:addition to all the aforemen-
tioned activities, Union staff has
been engaged in many other
enterprises and endeavours.
These have included the fields of
resource assistance to bands
to aid d
materials for the brown binder,
called: ‘“‘Aboriginal Rights —
The Torch Has Been Passed To a
. This part of
the program assembles and
transmits fact sheets on land
claims and Indian rights issues.
‘These. are on-going reports .in
summary form and in plain~
language and are designed. to -
‘keep. our. people up-to-date on
-current developments.
The materials included’ in the
binder involve announcements of
current events; basic
background information on laws
and treaties affecting Indian
rights, legal cases. and policy
statements and’ programs deal-
ing with Aboriginal Rights.
Legal Case Studies |
The Research Centre ‘has:
produced and sent to each
District Representative a black
“Aboriginal
‘Rights. —. Legal. Case, Studies.”’
This binder contains legal
judgments. and articles relating’ |
_ to Indian rights and.-was. dis-
tributed in November..1973.
‘Included in.this binder are the —
leading cases dealing with:
Aboriginal title, hunting rights,
fishing rights and the Indian Act.
covering local government, land
use, band management, social
services, legal and correctional
programs, -school and peniten-
tiary visits and talks, public
relations and special projects
requested by bands.
It is becoming more common
for bands and districts to borrow
Union staff to use their par-
ticular expertise. In recognition
of this, we will attempt to foster
Major ‘British Columbia cases
are included as well as cases
from elsewhere in the. country
which set precedents and have
implications for Indians in this
province.
-Document
Resource -File
The Research Centre is collec-
ting information. and materials
for use in District and Band
research projects. A summary of
the contents of this file include:
1. District File: General énfor-
mation on the Districts of the
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. .
2. B.C. Sessional Papers:
Published papers and reports
of the B.C. Government which
‘contain information on dis-
putes over land, timber,
“water, hunting and fishing.
Materials ‘on each district
have been put together.
. Tribal Culture Folders: Lists
of: books. and articles -by
historians, anthropologists
“and others written. about the
Indians: of B:C. It provides
bands with a list of works to
begin history or culture
research projects.
Band Reserve Folders: Each
band has its own folder with a
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this practice by having, in the
future, more experts and
soecialists available.
More requests are also coming
in from governmental and other
committees for Union participa-
tion and frequently Council
assigns staff to represent the
Union on these committees such
as Archealogical Sites Advisory
Board and the Family and
Children’s Law Committee.
ecision-making
list of the location and
acreage of the band’s
reserves. It shows when the
reserves were allotted and
surveyed and has some infor-
mation on the 1916 McKenna-
McBride Commission.
. Department of Indian Affairs
Annual Reports: Materials on
each District has been put
- together with a table ‘of ‘con-
tents for each year from about
“1873 to 1916.:4ncludes some in-
formation on living con-
ditions, occupations, -educa-
tion, social life, health-and In-
dian attitudes as viewed by In-
dian Affairs - officials, -plus
- some materials on the Indian
‘Reserve Commission: (1876-
1910) which ‘surveyed most. of
the Indian reserves dn British
Columbia.
. Guide: Each band will be
provided with a ‘Guide’ for
the use of this file, where to go
for more “information and
suggestions on .how to start
local research ‘projects.
Cut-Off Lands and
Reserve Land Losses
In addition to the materials
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Coyote Credit Union
VANCOUVER — The annual
general meeting of the Coyote
Credit Union was held‘on March
31, 1974, at the Vancouver Indian
Centre.
Besides receiving the various
reports, the meeting approved
the change in the ‘‘Common
Bond” for membership in. the
credit union, and elected a full
Slate of officers for the coming
year.
- The ‘‘Common Bond’? means
those persons eligible for
membership. It is now basically |
set out: to include: (a) Any and
all-persons of native Indian des-
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. members, associate members,
- and employees of the Union of
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Association of Non-Status In-
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organization which has as its
major objective the provision of
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The following were elected as
officers and members of the
board of diréctors:
President — Fred Poitras. of
Surrey, B.C.,- Union represen-
tative for sheet metal. workers.
Vice’ President — Lou
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Union of B.C: Indian Chiefs.
Director. — Terry Miller of
Vancouver, Outreach worker
. With the B.C: Association of Non-
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Director’ — Brian Maracle of
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Director. — Campbell
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We are pleased to announce the
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since October, those bringing in
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depositing savings and thus
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The directors set a revised
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By GERARD PETERS
PRINCE RUPERT (Staff) —
The sheer courage and gutsy
enthusiasm ‘displayed by the 80
or so boxers taking-part in the
Buckskin Gloves’ eliminations in
Prince Rupert was highlighted
by one young boxer from Edmon-
ton who broke his hand in the
first round of a scheduled three
round fight and who went on to -
win his match.
Mike Young who suffered the
injury carried the contest in ther
132 pound weight division against
Benny Fry of Regina who. in-
cidentally will be moved up to
the next highest weight class.
Amid shouts of ‘‘Get him,
Smith!”’ probably the most even-
ly matched bout was fought was
Randy Smith of Saskatoon
defeating his twin brother Rick
in a very similar match with
each reflecting his brother in
movement.
Easily the most disappointing
fight for the fans was betweeen
Eddy Williams, ‘1973 Buckskin
- Boy runner-up, former Buckskin
Gloves champ and veteran of
three hundred fights,”’, and the
‘1973. Buckskin. Gloves champ
and 1970-71 Golden Gloves Cham-
pion” Arnold Kelly. Both. were
warned repeatedly by the referee
to box.. The two sparred with
each other with no real punches
exchanged. until briefly in the
final round. Both fighters
represented. the Matsqui-Sumas-
Abbortsford Club and problably
had sparred together many times
accounting for their inactive
bout. In a close indecision,
Williams was named winner.
THREE-ROUND BOUTS ,
All bouts were scheduled
three-rounders. though some
were stopped by officials to avoid
injury. The fans were ap-
preciative of the boxing action
and voiced displeasure only dur-
ing the Williams-Kelly bout. For
the most part their enthusiasm -
was most apparent during the
more amateurish amateur bouts
_NESIKA
Young boxers thrill winter games fans —
A’YOUNG BOXER from the Cote Reserve Boxing
Club in Saskatchewan contemplates his fate pen-
sively as he awaits the start of his three round bout.
He was one of a contingent of 23 boxers that
because their fights seemed
more unpredictable and spon-
taneous compared to the
seemingly regimented and more
careful style of the more ex-
perienced fighters.
What started as probably the
fastest and most watchable fight
_ with Paul Rochon of Prince
* Rupert against Robert Williams
of Cranbrook. in a fast-paced
Slugfest with Rochon the
aggressor. The fight slowed
perceptively in the second and
final rounds and was probably
won by the better conditioning of
Williams as Rochon petered out.
There were new and relatively
inexperienced boxers who were a
delight to watch, among them
Carl James of the Rivers End
boxing club of Crescent City,
California, who possessed a
beautiful left jab. He was quick
and aggressive with natural
rhythm. A flamboyant fighter,
James, with coaching could go
places. Surprisingly enough he
- had been boxing for less than a
month prior. to winning his two
matches.
Probably the. most unstyled
_ fighter was J. Lacroix of Vernon
who won both his matches with
brutish -brawling rather. than
scientific boxing. To his credit, it
was learned that he had not~
sparring ‘partner and’ “did his
training alone. ~
LOST BY A NOSE.
In his’first match against Allan
Adolph,. he had to be told
repeatedly to break apart though
he continued to fight. In his next
journeyed to Prince Rupert from that province, 15
coming from the Gordon Student Residence Club
and eight from Cote Reserve. (Nesika)
match against Fraser Andrew of
the Vancouver Indian Centre
club he was outfought and out-
boxed by Andrew, who, on one
occasion, tore the strap on
‘Lacroix’s protective helmet. Un-
fortunately, for Andrew. he suf-
fered a nosebleed and was unable
to breathe. The fight went. to.
Lacroix.
In the featured match David
Kibby of the Rivers End club out
_boxed Dennis Chiefmoon to win
the Buckskin Boy trophy as best
“boxer of the tournament. Kibby; °
21, of 132 pounds will be turning
professional and his fight
against Chiefmoon was his last
as an amateur. He has won
various Golden Glove titles in the
U.S. and was the 1972 national
champion. 5
Nptile May fore
Chiefmoon, also 132 auifis,
was the 1970-71 Canadian cham-
pion in his division and Alberta
Golden Glove champ. He also
represented Canada in inter-
national competitions in Ger-_
many, the U.S. and. England.
’The fight was close with the
shorter, huskier Kibby getting in
most of the telling punches
though the taller Chiefmoon,
which his reach advantage seem-
ed to hold his own.
NOVICE CHAMPS
Winners in the Novice Class
were: Alan Hunter 55 lbs. (Cran-
brook); 1. David 60 Ibs. Bonners
Ferry, Idaho); Pat David 70 Ibs.
(Bonners Ferry, Idaho); B: An-
drew 75 lbs. (Bonners Ferry,
Idaho); R. Belcourt 80 lbs. (Daw-
son Creek); R. Hamilton 85 Ibs.
(Dawson Creek); Lamont Sund
90. lbs. .(Matsqui-Sumas-
Abbotsford); Clayton Akachuk 95
Ibs. (Gordon Boxing Club, Pun-
nichy, Sask.); Alvin Mills 100 Ibs.
(St. Paul's Alta.); Jim Martin
112 Ibs. by TKO (Merritt); Dan-
ny Wilson 119 Ibs. (Vernon); Carl
Brown 132 lbs. by KO (Ladner);
Randy Leighton 139 Ibs. (Pr.
Rupert);: Robert Williams 147
Ibs. (Cranbrook) Carl James 147
Ibs. (Rivers End); J. Lacroix 156
Ibs. (Vernon). ‘
In the Junior Open division
winners were: Darrel Luke 75
Ibs. (Cranbrook); Wes Luke 85
Ibs. by TKO (Cranbrook); Clyde
Johnson 90 lbs, ‘TKO (N.W.
Eagles); L. Sutherland 95 Ibs.
(Rivers End): G. Albers 106 Ibs.
(Rivers End) Ron Elgie 112 lbs.
(Cloverdale); and Mike Young
132 Ib. (Edmonton). :
Senior Novice ‘winners were:
Stanford Alexson 125 Ibs. (Gor-
don Boxing Club); asnd Robert
Eli 139 Ibs. (St. Paul's.)
Senior Open: division winners
were Randy Smith 112 tbs.
(Saskatoon); Arnie Smith 139
lbs.. (Campbell River); Ed
Williams (MSA) at 156 Ibs. and
David Kibby (132) the Buckskin
.. champ.
IN BETWEEN rounds two young boxers take a breather and receive advice from their coaches. matches were scheduled as three rounders although some were
broken up earlier to avoid further injury. The crowds witnessed varrying degrees of skillfulness faNenNe from initiates of one month to Golden Gloves champions — yet
this did not seem. to.mar. their appreciation ofall contestants. (Nesika photo): -
April-May, 1974
The Senior Editor
Dodd, Mead and Company
79 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Dear Sir:
It is not often that a book has
the unchallenged distinction of
being the worst of its kind but of
all the books I am familiar with,
on the subject of totem poles,
Glenn Holder’s Talking Totem
Poles published by your firm
has, in my opinion, that dubious
distiction. The inaccuracies are
almost too numerous to mention;
many of them would be
humorous if they are not in-
sulting. And. insulting they are,
both to Canadians generally and
to British Columbia Indians
specifically. For your edification
some of the more blatant mis- .
takes are listed below:
BLATANT MISTAKES
1. Northwest Coast Indians did
not grow, use or grind grain;
they did not use stone-tipped
lances for spearing fish; nor
did they use flint for
arrowheads (p. 9)
2. Neither the Kwakiutl or
Nootka lived in Alaska (p. 10):
This unfamiliarity with basic
geography would appear to be
unpardonable.
3. It is an insult to suggest that
“the ways of life that made
the poles have vanished. . .”
(p. 17). British Columbia In-
dians today continue to
engage in many traditional
practices including
potlatching. Some of the finest
carvers are alive and prac-
ticing today and producing
excellent carvings for
traditional use.
. The claim that carvers
travelled from tribe to tribe
-and-that... . “poles of. the
various . nations tended to
-become somewhat.alike’’. (pp.
20, 22) is. preposterous. Not
‘only did tribal styles differ in
significant ways, but so did
personal. styles, and these
are readily distinguishable
by the trained observer.
5. All true totem poles are carv-
ry
NESIKA
insults B.C. Indians
ed frony red cedar, contrary to
the claims on pp. 22 and 25..
6. Old photographs and obser-
vations attest to the fact that
poles were carved in public,
contrary to the claim in p. 22.
. The Bella Bella Indians are
part of a group called the
Kwakiutl who live entirely in
British Columbia, not in
Alaska as the author elaims
on p. 25.
“a
o
18 and 20 as masks are not
masks. They are headdresses
and as such have an entirely
different function than masks.
. The. greatest period of
Kwakiutl totem pole carving
was the period 1890-1930. This
art never vanished and has ex-
perienced a rebirth since 1950,
despite the implication on p.
so
29. Other tribes have
rediscovered the art and con-
tinue to produce fine totem
poles.
10. The two poles illustrated on
p. 38 are Tsimshian
memorial poles, not Nootka
welcome poles.
AMATEUR WORK
There are many other mis-
takes but these are too numerous
to mention. I find it impossible to
think that you would have con-
sidered publishing such an
amateur and ill-researched
manuscript. I want to note only
one other point and that is the
crowning insult contained in the
last paragraph of the text. And I
quote:
“But the old poles really can-
not be replaced. once they are
gone. This is because totem In-
dian life, with its mystery, no
longer exists and is no longer un-
derstood: Carvers still: make. a
few totem poles, but they cannot
show a way of life they do not
know... (p., 76)
Anyone. having the slightest:
familiarity with and sensitivity
to contemporary British Colum-
bia Indian life: knows that this -
statement is patently untrue. It
is an unfounded and ill-advised
statement that not only’
. The objects identified on pp.
$21,000 in grants announced
OTTAWA .— Secretary of
State, Hugh Faulkner has an-
nounced total grants of $21,766 to
native. people through the
citizenship branch:
The citizenship branch ad-
ministers. programs for citizens’
organizations, native citizens’
development, multiculturalism,
travel and. exchange, official
language minorities (Social Ac-
tion), citizens’ rights and
freedoms, .and ESE
promotion.
Under .- the native citizens’
development program, the
following groups received
grants: — .
National Indian. Princess
Pageant Committee: $3,495. to
hold the 1974 annual meeting to
plan the pageant. -
Native Law. Students of
Canada: $9,189 to hold a con-
~ Association,
ference in London, Ontario. The
conference, held March 15-17 in
London, Ontario, provided an op-
portunity for native law students
to meet and form:an association.
Native Indian Homemakers’
Sturgeon Falls,
Ont.: $4,800 for” travelling ex-
penses of five voluntary workers
who will make three annual
visits to native communities to
encourage the formation of new
clubs, help the old and destitute,
improve living conditions,
stimulate leadership; promote
the development of Indian -
culture, and inform the popula- .
tion about available resources.
Under the travel.and exchange
program, $2,000 was. granted to
enable 17 young Indians and two
leaders. of the Mushwau Innu
School at Davis Inlet, Labrador;
to visit St. John’s, Nfld.
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demonstrates the author’s
scholarly ignorance but his
human ignorance as well. And in
publishing this inaccurate trivia,
I suggest you are contributing to
that ignorance.
Sincerely yours,
Peter L. Macnair
Curator of Ethnology
Mt. Currie rodeo
biggest ever
MOUNT CURRIE (Staff) —
For more years than most people
can remember the Mount ‘Currie
people have been staging their
annual May. Day Rodeo with
rodeo action, horse racing and
the usual May Queen parade.
This year is no exception but as
usual this rodeo will be bigger
and better than ever.
The overall purse is $5,000.00
with trophies awarded to winners
of the various events, and the All-
Round Cowboy will take away a
beautiful trophy saddle.
Among the more usual events
are the derby horse race,
chuckwagon race, saddle-horse
race, barrel race, the relay horse
race and the ladies’f horse race.
Also. highlighted will be chariot
race with real (?) chariots drawn
by a pair of horses; a cowhide
race with a team consisting of a
horse and rider pulling a partner
atop. a cowhide; and a slow-
horse-race where the riders
switch horses and the loser is the
winner.
Also featured will be footraces
for both men and women as well
as the cowboy race where en-
trants. run the mile attired in
cowboy hat, boots,’spurs and the
usual cowboy regalia.
The Rodeo. events will kick off
on Saturday the 18th: with. the
Junior rodeo open: to; children 17
years. and. under. Sunday will
feature. the racing events. and
Monday will see ..the May Day.
Parade, more racing and_ the
rodeo events.
Mount Currie has the notoriety
of being the site of the first
streaking when three. years ago
during a lull in the May Day
celebrations. three men stripped
_to the buff and raced nude around
the track until apprehended by
police.
The May Day celebrations
have always been loose and wide
open ‘but this may be a thing of
the past because the organizers
of this year’s. events warn that
“No Drinking”
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JOHN NEEDS A HOME
energetic and loves animals.
John is a normal, healthy five
year old boy. with Indian Status
and of Indian/Caucasian
heritage. John’s Indian heritage
is that of the Interior Salish peo-
ple.
John has short black. hair,
brown eyes and medium com-
plexion. He is shy and somwhat
timid but asserts himself when
necessary. He is aetive and
We would like for John to be
settled before school starts in
September.
For further information on
these and other children, en-
quiries should. be dirfected to
Mrs. Laura Fowler, Adoption
Placement Section, . 100 West
Pender Street, Vancouver 3, B.C.
Telephone 684-3391.
signs will be-
posted on the grounds and polic-
ing will be stiff.
PLANNING YOUR FAMILY —
Sterilization
By
GEORGE POVEY, M.D.
Department of Health Care and
Epidemiology University of
British Columbia.
Pat II, No. 6.
Sterilization is. a surgical
procedure which renders either
husband or wife permanently in-
capable of having ‘children. In
either case, operations may be
performed to attempt to
reestablish ‘fertilify, but success
cannot be assured.
Sterlization should be con-
sidered permanent, and the deci-
sion to have this operation per-
formed should not-be made until
the person is certain that he or
she does not want more children.
For the wife: tubal ligation —
cutting the uterine tubes
Improvement
Program
VICTORIA °©— - Lorne
Nicholson, minister of housing,
has announced an agreement
between B.C. and the Central
Mortgage and Housing Corpora-
tion for.a new neighborhood im-
provement program in B.C.
The program follows recent
amendments to the National
Housing Act. The agreement was
announced by Nicholson and Ur-
ban Affairs Minister Ron
Basford. and it provides $6
“million in federal funds and $2
million in provincial funds for
1974.
For this year the following
municipalities have been
recommended for NIP funding:
Vancouver, Rossland, New West-
minster, Powell River, Victoria,
Coquitlam, Duncan, and Prince
, Rupert.
Nicolson mentioned that this
was only the first. year of opera-- - $1
tion for the improvement
program, and it would be extend-
ed to other municipalities in the
future.
In this operation, a section of
each uterine tube is removed. It
is performed in a hospital
operating room, under
anesthesia.
The effect of tubal ligation is to
prevent the sperm from reaching
the egg. It does not interfere in
any way with the function of the
ovaries, which continue to
secrete their hormones as
before. It does not interfere with
the menstrual period. It does not
affect the woman’s normal sex
drives except to free her from
the fear of pregnancy.
For the husband: vasectomy —
cutting the spermatic duct.
Local anesthesia is injected
into each side of the scrotum.
Small incisions are made, and a
section of each spermatic duct is
removed. The ‘procedure re-
quires perhaps an hour in a-doc-
tor’s office.
The effect of vasectomy is to
prevent the sperm from reaching
the seminal vesicles and prostate
gland. The testicles continue to
produce testosterone, so there is
no change in.the sex drive.
Since most of. the semen is
secreted by the seminal vesicles
and . prostate gland, intercouse _
and ejaculation take place exact-
ly as before, except that the
semen contains no sperm.
Olympiad contest
VICTORIA (Stsff) — Maggi
Lynn of the Songhees Recreation
Commission has announced a
contest for the Olympiad crest.
It is. open to amateurs. The
categories are (1) an Olympiad
crest in color, and (b) a design
-for the Olympiad program cover
with black on white.
Prizes in each category are:
first, $35; second, $25; and third,
5.
All entries must be submitted
not later than May 31, 1974 to:
Ms. Maggi Lynn, 548 Niagara St.,
Victoria, B.C. V8V 1H6.
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- calculated on the DAILY balance
Every dollar earns more for every day it’s on deposit. Your total savings and in-
terest are fully protected by the Provincial Share and Deposit Guarantee Fund.
Coyote Credit Union
working for British Columbians of native Indian descent
1023 and 1027 West Brosoway
Vancouver, B.
Telephone 736- 8721
By GARRY McKEVITT
In an impressive display of
aggressive, non-stop hockey the
Vernon. Westsyde Totems
defeated the Hazelton Tartans, 8-
4, to take the Native Winter
Games championship in Prince
Rupert.
Until the final game Hazelton
had gone undefeated and had in
fact beaten Vernon earlier in the
tournament 10-9. Vernon,
however, got their chance at the ©
cup when they defeated another
Hazelton casualty, the Fort St.
James Chiefs, 6-5 in a closely
-fought match that went 14
minutes into sudden death over-
time.
Despite the close calls that
Vernon. experienced in getting to
the finals they never looked like
a team that was willing to accept
second place.
In the final game against
Hazelton they dominated play
from the first whistle and. es-
tablished that dominance with
two goals in the first ninety
seconds, both by forward Larry
Louis.
From then on they never look-
ed back and despite rather spotty
goaltending, defeated Hazelton
convincingly.
DISORGANIZED PLAY
Hazelton appeared rather dis-
Soccer play-offs soon
for lower mainland
VANCOUVER (Staff) —
Twelve teams are set to take
part in soccer play-offs in zone
2, lower mainland, of the B.C.
Native Amateur Sports and
Recreation Federation, under
the sponsorship of the Indian
Soccer Club.
Expected to take part at the
- playoffs May 18-20 are: Sliam-
mon Braves and Sliammon,
Tigers, Powell River; Chiefs and
Renegades, Sechelt; Royals and
Native Sons, Chilliwack; Mus-
queam; North Shore Indians;
Mount Currie; Chehalis;
Chehalis Chiefs; and Sasquatch
teams.
' Three top teams from the play-
offs will then go forward to the
B.C. Soccer Championship to be
held in Terrace, August 16-18.
Coordinator of the play-offs is
Russell Jacobs of the Squamish
Band.
“FIRST B.C. WATIVE WINTER -G
Solid effort earns Vernon hoc
organized during the game and
obviously missed their star
defenceman, Roger Smith, who
was out with an injury. In earlier
games. Smith had proven himself
as the anchorman of the team
with his ability to set up plays
and control the puck.
Hazelton hat-trick scorer Gord
Stevens, who was named most
valuable player of the series, and
Ernie Windsor, chosen best
goaltender, both played a fine
game and managed to keep the
Hazelton club in the game.
Vernon was also missing one of
their best players for the finals,
but. it seemed to make little
difference to them. Berney
Marchant was given a game mis-
conduct in the Fort St. James
game when he bashed in the
Chief's Mervin Martin with his
stick and sent the blood flowing.
Marchant was a talented’
player. and very exciting to
watch, but, in the end, he. did
more harm than good for his club
with a continuous stream of
cheap penalties.
Goal scores for Vernon in the
final game were Randy
Marchant, Keith Louis, and Matt
Bonneau, all with a goal a piece;
Robin Lecroix later won the
most inspirational player award
and Larry Louis got the cup for
overall high scorer with his total
of nine goals.
The hockey throughout’ the
tournament was of a high calibre
and very enjoyable to watch with
consistently close competition
among the top three teams. The
odd team out was Williams Lake:
who was rather badly trounced in
their two games by Vernon and
Fort St. James, 20-2 and 13-1
respectively.
Players chosen for the first all-
star team were: Ernie Windsor
of Hazelton, in goal; Sonny
Williams of Vernon and Marvin
Martin of Fort St. James,
defencemen; Larry Louis of Ver-
non, leftwing; Robin Lecroix of
Vernon, rightwing and Gord
Stevens of Hazelton,centre.
Z2ND ALL STAR TEAM
For the second all-star team,
Fort St. James’ Robert Erickson
A RATHER RARE PICTURE
at the All-Native Winter Games
Hockey is this photograph of
Williams Lake scoring a goal.
They: were: badly beaten both in
this game against Vernon and
against Ft.St. James: They never
refused, to give up, however, and
their spirit, if nothing else, kept
the crowd cheering for them.
(Nesika photo) ~
was chosen as goalie; Dan Flash
of Vernon and Carl Bucholzt of
Williams Lake were
defencemen; Randy Marchand
of Vernon, left wing; Randy
Stevens of Hazelton, at right
wing; and Ft. St. James’ Peter
Bird at centre.
The cup for best defenceman
went to Vernon's Sonny Williams
and Fort St. James won the
award .for the most
sportsmanlike team.
ROGER ADOLPH, director of the B.C. Native
Amateur Sports and Recreation Federation,
gratefully accepts a donation of $1,000 for the First
Native Winter Games from Terry Malcolm,
manager of the O’Keefe Sports Foundation of Carl-
ing O’Keefe Limited in Vancouver. The money
went towards coaching clinies at the games.
(Nesika photo)
Victoria Thunderbirds are off
on British Isles
By G. McKEVITT
The Victoria Thunderbirds, an
all-native soccer club, will .be
starting out on May 6, on a two-
week playing tour of England and
Scotland that should prove as
real test to their skills.
Cook's Ferry Band
The corporation owns about 15
per cent of the gas reserves in
several fields: known-as the
Pelican project in the Athabasca
area northeast of Edmonton.
A report to Darkhawk
shareholders says Sunoco will
build a 12-mile gas line linking
the Pelican fields to Sunoco’s ex-
isting line to the tar sands.
Sunoco will build the necessary
plant at Pelican and will pay the
costs of drilling of ten more
wells in the area. /
* Darkhawk also owns 20 per
cent of other fields in the area.
Its report to shareholders also
shows the company’s cash flow
totalling $250,000 trom its gas in-
terests.
Mother's Day Craft
Market
Guitarist Michael Kleniec will
entertain with his light classical
music at the Burnaby Art Coun-
cil’s mother’s day craft market
on sunday, May 12.
Admission to the market is
free, and the work of B.C. artists
for sale includes pottery.
ceramics, leatherwork. metal
sculpture, bonsai trees,
jewellery. driftwood set plants.
wood carving and more.
The market runs from 10 a.m.
_until 6 p.m. at the burnbaby Arts
Centre. Gilpin and Canda Way
(take the Sperling South exit
from the 401 highway). The
market is flanked by the Bur-
naby Art Gallery and Heritage
Village. the reconstructed turn-
of-the-century town, open to the
public at the same time as the
market.
For more information on the
market or booth space. call 942-
8421.
soccer tour
The team, composed of 16
regular players plus ten selected
all-stars, will play a total of eight
games against teams numbered
among the very best in the world.
the team a little nervous in an-
ticipation, according to club
president Tony Hunt. That is in
Manchester where they are
slated to meet either the first-or
second-division team of that city.
Both of these teams have been
consistant winners in the English
football championships over the
years,
Together with the soccer team,
a group of eight dancers will also
be on the tour to entertain in the
various cities. The dance group
will also be going toGermany for
four days for a show. It has not
been decided yet, Hunt said,
whether this show will be in
Munich or Berlin.
Hunt said that the original
idea had come from a sugges-
tion made by the Thunderbirds’
advisory. coach, Jack Kelly, who
is from Scotland. The club con-
tacted the English Football
Association and were answered
with great enthusiasm, he said.
The club then applied and receiv-
ed grants from the federal
government and the First
Citizen's Fund to cover ex-
penses.
Besides the dance group and
the soccer team, about fifteen of
the most avid fans will be going
along paying their way out of
their own pocket.
The Thunderbird soccer club
has been somewhat of a
phenomenon since their forming
in 1972. It was originally put
together as a Comosum College
team, but since then has expand-
ed to include players from all
over the lower mainland area.
Out of the six tournaments
they have played in, they have
won four, including last year’s
summer Native Olympiad. In all
they have won 31 team and in-
dividual player trophies since
their inception.
Developers,
_archaeologists
cooperate
WILLIAMS LAKE — The
developers for the Boitanio Mall
here are leaving a part of the
‘development site. until
archaeological digging is finish- -
ed.
“We are getting great coopera-
tion from the developers and the
construction people. We can only
hope we, will continue having
cooperation from the weather,”
said field director Jean Williams
of the provincial archaeologist’s ©
office.
The archaeological study
begun when bulldozers unearthed
a body in the development area.
When the RCMP brought the
bones to the coroner, it was
reported that the bones were
pronounced to be ‘‘very old.
According to provincial
archaeologist Bjorn Simonsen, .
sites are protected by law and
private companies are required
to notify his department when
sites and burial grounds are dis-
covered before or during con-
struction. .
The digging team, which in-
cludes two members of the Sugar
Cane Band, are working toward
a plan to survey and mark sites
which can be incorporated within
the development as ‘green belt
or parks.”
All artifacts being dug out,
however, become property of the
Indians bands and are either
given to them or held in trust for
them.
The Great Plains of North
America produce two-thirds
of the world's exportable
grain.
NEW SQUAMISH BAND MANAGER Simon
Baker, center, feels like 30 these days instead of his
63 years of age. Elected, 110 votes to 37, late March
to the post, Simon said he was supposed to go to
Milan but chose to stay and asked Ernie Philip to
go in his place. As band manager, Simon plans to
have the young people get more involved in the
community and encourage them away from
welfare. (Nesika)
4
Budget approved for PACIFIC program
PRINCE GEORGE — The ex-
ecutive secretary of the Provin-
cial Association of Communica-
tion in Friendship Indian Centres
(PACIFIC) said that the depart-
ment of human resources has ap-
proved the budget covering the
‘costs of hiring program directors
for all friendship centres in B.C.
Robert Cantryn, reporting to _
the 1974 general meeting of
PACIFIC held in Prince-George,
April 20-22, said that as a result
the association is looking
forward to negotiations. with the
department regarding funding of
PACIFIC.
The newly elected officers of
the association are: Bill White,-
vice president, from’ Naniamo;
Joe Linkevic, secretary, from
Penticton:
treasurer..from Vancouver, and
two other members of the board,
Heber Clifton. of Prince Rupert
Phyllis “Lavalee, °
and Dolly Seeds of Victoria.
The executive secretary's
report covered the association's
activities for the period of July,
1973, and April, 1974. He summed
up: ‘We have had our ups and
downs, but considering the
adverse financial situation we-
have been working under, our
progress has been steady.”
The report states that the
department of human resources
made a grant of $15,000 in July,
paid in bi-monthly checks of $2,-
900. .
PACIFIC board members have
since met with Minister Norman
Levi several times regarding |
supporting funds for the opera-
tion of the association as an ‘‘ad-
visory and resource body.”
Listing “many ~ activities and
“achievements for. the year, the
executive secretary’s report
made note of his particular ef-
fort in making the association
work.
“Since my appointment .. . I
have tried my best to encourage
better communication between
the centres, and the association,
and to help each centre in any
way possible. -
“In many cases this had to be
. done by correspondence as there
were insufficient funds to visit
the centre and talk to the people’.
in person .. .”’ said the report.
Further, the executive
secretary stated that he has tried
always to keep the centres in-
formed by sending bi-monthly
reports and many cor-
respondences.
Cantryn also reported that he
had served as. interim director
for the national association until
a replacement was chosen for
Roger Obonsawin who had
~ resigned.
for nominees
for awards
PENTICTON. (Staff) — The
B.C. Native Women’s Society
has isued an invitation for
nominations for the annuai
awards given by the society for
native Indian persons who have
made outstanding contributions
to their people. /
The announcement was made
recently by the newly elected
president, Kitty Maracle.
Kitty said that nominations
may be sent to her or to Mabel
Stanley, chairman of the awards
committee.
The society held its annual con-
ference at the Penticton Inn
from April 26 to 28 with educa-
tion as its theme.
The keynote speaker was Edith
Whetung of the Public Service
Commission, Ottawa. Also len-
ding their presence were
-George Manuel, president of the
National Indian Brotherhood;
Mel .Tenasket, president of the
National Congress of American
Indians;.and Chief James Stelkia
of the Osoyoos Indian Band.
Delegates passed resolutions
affecting education committecs,
teacher aides and home-school
coordinators. The more signifi-
cant resolutions were as follows:
It was resolved that
educational benefits should be
extended to off-reserve Indians
by the department of Indian Af-
fairs, since education. is the
department’s responsibility and
it is always encouraging people
to get off reserves and do
something for themselves.
It was resolved that the family
who. adopts a child who is a
blood-relative should receive
the same amount.as a family
who adopts an unrelated child.
It was resolved to support sub-
sidized adoption rather than
placement of an Indian child in a
home of foreign culture.
PROGRESS IN THE CONSTRUCTION of the Pacific North Coast Cannery in Port Simpson is reportedly good. The outer structure is now complete and work is un-
derway laying the concrete floor. Once this is complete, workmen will begin the installation of machinery, including the refrigeration system. It-is hoped that a more
complete story behind the planning of the cannery and its future plans will be told them. — GERARD PETERS
cle
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Back-up for field ‘stall: bonds:
Cont’d from: P. 13
contained in the brown: binder,
the Research Centre staff
produced a research report
called: ‘‘Report on Cut-Off Land
and Land Lost by Indian
Reserves.”
This: report has since been
greatly expanded and a final
research report is in prepara-
tion. This version will include
sections on the historical
background of the McKenna-
McBride Agreement, informa-
tion on each of the 35 cut-offs, a
bibliography, a series of maps
and a band index.
‘In addition, the Research Cen-
tre held a meeting on March 19th
and 20th dealing specifically with
reserve lands lost as a result of
the McKenna-McBride Commis-
sion. Representatives of fourteen
bands met to discuss their com-
mon grievances. Their joint
decisions have been com-
municated to the provincial
government by the Research
_ Centre in an effort to bring the
Province to the negotiating table
at least on that particular aspect
of our claim.
Library
A modest collection of books,
pamphlets and documents was
acquired from the Vancouver of-
fice when the Centre was es-
tablished in Victoria.
During the past few months,
. intensive efforts have been
directed to the development of a
specialized research library for
use by the Centre staff, the
negotiating team, and Indian
researchers from all parts of the
province.
Cooperative arrangements
have been established with other
libraries, archives and research
organizations. The Centre is
receiving materials from the
Public Archives in Ottawa and
Burnaby, the National Indian
Brotherhood Library, the Barber
Commission Library, the
National Indian Law Library, the
Provincial Archives and the
Provincial Library.
The Centre’s Library has ac-
quired a microfilm reader- |
printer, mincrofilm storage
facilities and a small collection
of micro-films. The Centre has
also acquired a large number of
"research files, documents and
primary source materials. A
considerable portion of these
have come from Indian Affairs in
Ottawa.
Collaboration
with Legal Counsel
The Research Centre has es-
‘ tablished cooperative working ~
relationships with a number of
lawyers working on Aboriginal
rights issues in British Columbia
Research materials and infor-
mation has been. supplied to
lawyers acting for bands and
legal. briefs, judgments and
trariscripts of testimony on court
cases has been supplied in ex-
change for deposit in the files
and library of the Research Cén-
tre.
‘The present Wildlife Legisla-
tion does not recognize the In-
dian’s right to hunt for food ex-
cept in reserve or treaty areas.
Since September, the Centre
Research staff has been actively
assisting the legal councel in six
different cases involving Indians
‘and charges laid under the
Wildlife Act of B.C.
The Centre staff has also done ©
. considerable research for use in
fishing cases involving our peo-
- ple. This action helped to bring
about ‘two- meetings . with the
Minister of Fisheries. which
resulted in a stay of proceedings
in about twelve Indian fishing
cases across. the Province. A
Food-Fishing Committee of the
Union is now working with the
federal Fisheries people to try: to
work out an interim policy for In-
dian Food Fishing until this
Aboriginal rights issue is resolv-
ed. . :
In addition much time has been
spent in compiling information
and materials for use in what is
usually called the ‘B.C. Adop-
tion Case.”’ This case involves
the adoption ofa status Indian
child by non-Indians without
adequate provision for the
preservation of the status and
rights of that child. Work is con-
tinuing in this matter and the
_ Supreme Court of Canada may
be the next step.
Investigation
of Sources
These individuals are the
prime vehicle of participation
for our people in the develop-
ment of the settlement terms.
Their duties include:
. Working with the Districts in
communicating necessary in-
formation to and from the
bands;
. Assisting in establishing and
coordinating local
workshops on land claims
settlements;
. Acting as liaison between ‘the
bands, districts and the
Research Centre;
. Directing compilation. of
research materials as well as
coordinating the local land
claims research in his/her
area; and
Assisting in the formulation of
‘the final position. papers.
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Research Training
A three-week training session
for the Area Resource workers’
was organized by the Research
Centre. Sessions included lin-
quistic recording techniques,
map reading, land history, inter-
viewing techniques and
documentation of oral evidence
and the legal background of our
claim. Special tours and lectures
were arranged with the coopera-
tion of the legal surveys branch
and the Department of Lands.
Training was also provided for
Community Development
Workers and other field workers
of the Union of B.C. Indian
Chiefs. In addition, a one-day
workshop was held on trapping
level
~NESIKA
problems to develop skills in the
collection of data and analysis of
fact -rs involved in complex field
situc tions.
Back-Up Research
For Field Staff
and Bands
The Research Centre is supply-
ing on-going back-up services to
all field staff of the Union of B.C;
Indian Chiefs. Documents, maps
and other records are located,
analyzed and provided to. land
claims workers. Research
materials. and information have
been provided to various Native
Courtworkers to assist them in
their work involving Indian hun-
ting cases throughout the
province.
The Centre also provided
research assistance to bands
with respect to specific issues.
Some examples of this type of
assistance are:
(a) Osoyoos Band, Dog. Lake
Reserve No. 2, land. loss
(b) Kluskus-Nazko, -Blackwater
Area, timber development
(c) Alexis Creek Band, Puntzi
Ridge, grazing rights
(d) Nanaimo Bands, Douglas
Treaties, treaty rights
(e) Fort Nelson, Treaty 8
documents, treaty status
In addition, the Centre staff
has responded to. invitations
from ten districts by attending
those meetings to offer a
firsthand explanation of the land
claims research program and ac-
tivities. A format for land claims
workshops has been developed
with the first such workshop held
in Alert Bay earlier this year.
Negotiating Team
A Negotiating Team has been
established and includes: Victor
Adolph, Delbert Guerin, Heber
Maitland, Forrest -Walkem,
George Watts and Bill Wilson.
Philip Paul was added to the
team as a condition of his con-
tract as Director of Land Claims
Research.
There has since been two
preliminary meetings with the
Honourable Jean Chretien and
. progress has been made in
the development of a negotiating
structure. Pressure has been
applied towards the provincial
government but. . . no response
has been made.
“Pageant for 1974 indian:
ae April- Mey 1 1974
Princess set in June
NORTH VANCOUVER (Staff)
— Mrs. Violet Rivers, chairman,
B.C. Indian Princess Pageant,
has announced that the 1974
selection will be held in Williams
Lake on June 24 to 29, 1974.
Any girl, 18 years or over, in-
terested to join the pageant, and
any organization wishing to spon-
sor any participating girl should
get in touch with Mrs. Rivers,
telephone 987-8754, or:
Ms. Clara Anderson
Coordinator, 1974 B.C.
Indian Princess Pageant
Box 3527
150 Mile House, B.C.
VOK 2GO
Ms. Anderson, last year’s
princess, received $100 for first
place and bursaries of $300. each
from. the Union of B.C. Indian
Chiefs and the B.C. Native
Women’s Society, the sponsoring
organization.
The girl who placed second and
Native Indian
students may
have 50 jobs
VICTORIA — The provincial
archaeologist, Bjorn Simonsen, .
has announced approval to hire
about 100 summer students on
various archaeological projects
throughout B.C.
About half of these positions
are for native Indian students.
The provincial summer
employment programs for 1974
has an allocation of $1,340,499 to
hire students during a 16-week
period starting in May 6.
The program, under: the
department of human resources,
will be coordinated by the
department of labor. A. state-
ment from these departments
placed the emphasis on “hiring
students who have the greatest
need and who often experience
difficulty in obtaining jobs in the
private sector.”
Priority, according to the
press statement, will be given to
Indian students, married
students, mature students,
women, disadvantaged persons,
high school students or first-time
entrants to the labor force, peo-
ple on social assistance, and
rural students. .
CARIBOO INDIAN ENTERPRISES
Firm wins people’s respect
WILLIAMS LAKE (Staff) —
Running a logging operation that
paid about $300,000 and $4,000. in
provincial and federal taxes,
respectively last year; has come
out very well for the 15 Indian
Bands of this district:
The district council chairman,
Douglas Hance, is also the presi-
dent of Cariboo Indian Enter-
prises who particularly takes
pride in the. operation.
On top. of the “pretty fair
profit’ the company makes, the
operation has been instrumental
in turning around the non-Indian
community of Williams Lake to a
more respectful attitude about
native people.
“I’m really proud because this
company changed the attitude of
the people of Williams Lake,”
said the company head.
He said that there used to be
“quite a bit of discrimination,”
but the change has been so that,
for example, Indian participation
in the Stampede celebrations are
much more welcome and
meaningful to all.
DOUGLAS HANCE
President of Cariboo Indians’
logging company. (Nesika photo)
Hance pointed out that the
Stampeded grounds now have an
area reserved to the Indians for
their camps.
The company was set up with
each band represented in the
board of direcotors. Twelve men
‘are employed by the firm with
year round logging.
Asked if winter had any effect
on. the operation, Chief Hance
said that -‘‘In my opinion winter
logging is best. It is easier for the
skidding equipment.”
Since it started operations in
June, 1972, Cariboo Indian Enter-
prises has a $30,000-worth loader,
a $20,000-worth D6 caterpillar, a
1970 panel truck for transporting
its men, and owns a large shop
for its machine work.
‘“‘We have a good welder,”’
the chief,
work.”
The company also owns three
skidding equipment valued at
about $35,000 when new.
“We are now just building up
our funds. In the future we may
be able to go into other business
— like setting up a shopping cen-
tre in town or elsewhere. Our
constitution sets it out; it allows
expansion, and we intend.to do
so,’ said the company president.
Hance is also the preseident of
Fish Lake Indian Cultural Cen-
tre, also operated by the 15
-bands. Now 46, he had been chief
of the Anaham Band for 14 years.
says
“A very. important
the girl named as Miss
Congeniality received cash
prizes of $100 and $50, respective--
1
y. :
The 1974 pageant will ap-
parently coincide with the annual
Stampede.
Native studies
in Manitoba
WINNIPEG, Man. — The
University of Manitoba has
recently received permission to
establish a Department of Native
Studies within the Faculty of
Arts; it is now looking for
someone to head the new depart-
ment.
Applications or nominations
should be sent not later than May
31, 1974, to D.J. McCarthy, Dean,
Faculty of Arts, University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg.
The appointment will be for
September 1, 1974, or for July 1,
1975.
An announcement from the un-
iversity states that plans are for
the department to offer major
and’ minor courses in Native
Studies. The department head
will, among other duties, teach
courses, administer the depart-
ment, and develop department
programs.
Candidates for the position
should preferably have had such °
involvement in the Indian, Metis,
or Eskimo cultural heritage, and
have extensive knowledge of the
social, economic, and political
situations of native peoples.
Native complex
for Chatham site
PRINCE RUPERT — The
Chatham Site Committee has
recently revealed project plans
for a $9-million Northern Native
Cultural Centre here.
The Centre will feature a two-
floor native recreation and
cultural arts centre, along with
an eight-storey hotel and a six-
storey office tower.
The native centre involves a
unique design. decor, and other
special features. The main lobby
will be supported by totem poles.
An area is set aside for totem
pole carving, handicrafts, and
the teaching of a number of
native skills that are in danger of
dying out.
A mezzanine floor will enable
visitors to observe native dances
and drama, while visiting the
coffee shop or dining room.
, A display of historic and. pre-
historic native artifacts, donated
or on loan from museums around
the world, will be provided for.
Planning coordinator James
Sterritt' said that Prince Rupert
is. an obvious location to cen-
tralize the culture and art of
native people in one building that
would be attractive to Indian
people. to white people, and to
tourists.
For this reason the centre will
encourage a move to have
several scattered native shops
and displays throughout Prince
Rupert under one roof.
It is also hoped that there will
be boutiques for display and sale
of native articles produced local-
ly, in the surrounding villages,
and across Canada and from
Alaska.
The site is a one-acre area
formerly occupied by the Royal
Canadian. Naval detachment
known as HMCS Chatham, after
the Chatham, one of Captain
Vancouver's ships used in his
survey of the coast.
The project is reportedly well
received by the Native
Brotherhood of B.C.
Part of Nesika: The Voice of B.C. Indians -- Vol. 3 No. 4-5 (April 1974)