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Part of the dancers role, was to tell the ways of their
life and the history of the Nishgas, this depicts the
role of the hunter joyous at the sight of some game.

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~ _ whoever he pointed his stick at could join in amd dance '
“with ‘them. ~~ * ;

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t. \iyansh Dancer pointing ‘his talking stick and
‘singing during an invitational dance, meaning

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The WNishga Pageant
‘Ceremonies proved to be
very successful in view of
the many hundreds of
people that turned aut to
see this unusual and rare
event; which we should
see more of. The Kin-
colith Concert Band

- created a strong feeling

tators could identify with.
with a sense of pride and
better understanding
amongst themselves.
Willy Steven’s drums
pounded Into thehearts of
the audience intonements
of. victory . over the
<7 change of heart of the
- provincial governments
‘view on negotiations of

bill. Lo
lf-anly more of these
ceremonies . could be
arranged, |? would give
us and our children -a
stronger sense of
belonging. We do belong

_ here, we're a minority,

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but we do belong and
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realize it although the
Nishga Tribal Council
have felt where they
belonged for hundreds of

years .and we just
wouldn’t listen,

The ‘new Aliyansh
Ceremonial Dancers
slately entrance to the
arena was almost
celestial. 1+ seemed as

though they had returned
from time ~~ im-
memorial and their
imagined refurn awed
me beyond words. |
pulled myself fogether
and waited impatient and
excited at what would
happen next; darkness
elosed in, shadows could

‘be seen of the dancers by °

the  foken fire-light

against one wall. of the —

arena.

Bert Mckay. linguist of
the New Ajiyansh Day
School. narrated = the
Ceremonial

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The Aiyansh Ceremonial ‘Dancers and Bishop -

m Time Immemorial

by Jo-Anne Johnson

Hambridge honouring. Senator Guy. Williams of

dances of their history
explaining that the
Dances were jllegal up
until five years ago, when
the law was no longer in
effect Eli Gosnell,
Director of the group
revived the dances,
Each of the dancers
regalia

which ‘reminds us of the
beginning of the coming
back of the Jight, Black
reminds. us- of -the
darkenss of the Flood,
and the buttons reminds
us the light restored, the
silver sequins portray

different tribes of the

Nishga‘s.

“The dancers stood
around in the darkness of
the forest praying to God,

. for. light.1o0 be restored,

this was-after the great
Flood,'.* wonien” -and

”-» children were erying: the

pray ing carried on... then
a dim light appeared ..,

'. then was gone ... An elder

prayed and cried to God,
begging for light to be
restored =... Light
returned; a child ex-

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includes Button”
Blankets in colours of red

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Cpe aed pape le ligs

citedly cried ‘The light
has returned’, | -the.
dancers started to dance
because they were happy
and pleased with God,

Without the ceremonial
Dawning of fhe Chief-
tains roli, there can be no
dancing, Am soo ya-ecks
with her treasured
regalia, Loos containing
magical powers selected
a chief to direct - the
pageant for the rest of the
evening. All was quite...
The Chief proceeded
slowly towards her with

-*his belts on his moccasins

jingling. The rest of the
dancers stood ready to
carry on. He was in-
vestured by regaling him
with a chieftains blanket,
a dancer. walked ever

«slowly towards. the new
"chiettain,.presenting him
“with a headress of ermine

skins; abalone shells, and’

cedar bark.
‘Representatives of the
different tribes presented

- the chieftain with swans

down, he then blew the
swans down Into the air to
Start the dancing. The

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Kitimat for his years of service to the natives of thé
Northwest with presentation of a ceremonial robe.

pounding drums of the

dancers, drummed loud
the songs of their pride
and love of their heritage.
This gave me a strong
sense of belonging
even though | am not one
of them, as | come from
another valley; The
Skeena. -

The second dance; the
Ha {I No ... depicts
happiness over the
restoration of light, as
they sang and danced the
Ha Li No, Keith Tait with
his Talking Stick moved
towards spectators
pointing his stick at in-
dividuals inviting them to
participate ... They
moved in unison with the
loud drumbeats and
singers singing | In
Nishga. It was a sight to
behold ... between Ha Li
No's shouts of joy at the
restaration of light could
be heard,

After the Owl and the

‘Walfe Dance (Gha angh

Gho Gibou} the group
carried on with the long
awaited Honouring of
Senator Guy Willlams,

‘the first Indian Senator to

serve on the Canadian
Senate, he was moved
beyond words, and never.

at any time expected an

honour as great as this.
He has never stopped and
he always will speak on
the needs of the natives of
Canada. ae
The Alyansh dancers
outfitted the senator from
head to toe. He was
honoured with a Talking
Stick which represents
the History of the Nishga
Nation. Bishop Ham-
bridge assisted in robing
him with a Button
Blanket depicting his
Tribal Crest, Percy Tait,
manager of the group,
and Hereditary chief of
New Alyansh. had. the
honour of placing an
honorary Headdress on
the Senator. He was then
bestawed. with’ Swans
down on his head and in
his hands. mh.
The Pagéant. then
ended with the (Git-see
Yax) Dance of “Joy:
Grande Finale of :the
Nishga Tribal
Ceremonies... .

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