A12- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 20, 1998

FROM FRONT

Gitanyow ask court for help

on the boundary.”

If the Gitanyow survive
the provincial lawyers’ ef-
forts to dismiss the case,
Williams said, (heir lawyers
will seek a three-day hear-
ing by the court to hear their
challenge in the coming
weeks — before the Nisga’a
trealy is initialled,

“We're hoping that with
indications that Nisga’a is
coming down within two
weeks, we can flush that out
in court and indicate to the
court that it’s not premature
and that the documents that

we have relied on is certain- .

ly not privileged informa-

tion and that we would be’

able to continue with our ac- !

tion,’’ Williams said.

The Gitanyow want a
court declaration that any
treaty with the Nisga'a will
not affect Gitanyow rights
over their traditional terri-
tory.

vent the Nisga’a from
achieving a final agreement

process (hat we're involved |

sa 3d
in.

The Gitanyow are in the-

process of negotiating an
agreement in principle with
the province and federal
governments.

But they say their treaty
won't be worth much if sig-
nificant land and resources
are already given to the
Nisga’a.

‘I’s first-come,
served approach and it calls
into question the whole
treaty-making process in
B.C.,"* Williams said.

He said the Gitanyow are
having less success at find-
ing out what is being negoti-
ated at the Nisga’a treaty
table than third parties like
forestry and mining com-
panics,

“Here we are — the ones
being most impacted — and
we've never had the

‘ courtesy of goverment dis-
‘We're not here to pre-'

in their territory,”’ Williams -

added. ‘‘We just want to
protect our territory and the

Family
income
drops

AVERAGE FAMILY in-
come dropped in Terrace
and area between 1990 and
1995, indicates the latest in-
formation from Statistics
Canada.

While the dollar value at
$58,597 was higher in 1995
compared to $55,402 in
1990, the reality is a drop
when inflation is factored

in.

Much the same was
Teported across B.C. and
Canada by Statistics Cana-
da.

Average income for males
for the same period in 1995
was $34,960 compared to
$35,287 in 1990.

For females, the 1995
average income was
$20,212 while in 1990 it
was $17,253,

That reduction in male in-
come and rise in female in-
come was the case across
B.C.

“While the average in-
come of men aged 15 and
over fell by 7.6 per cent to
$32,457 between 1990 and
1995,’’ says Statistics Cana-
da, ‘the average income
among women aged 15-plus
increased by 1 per cent to
$20,028.”

But there were increases
in men eaming $50,000 or

more, In 1990 21 per cent of

all male wage carnings
made more than that com-
pared to 26 per cent in 1995,

The percentage of women
earning $50,000 or more in-
creased from 3.4 per cent —
or 120 women — in 1990 to
5.1 per cent — or 215
women — in £995.

As a sign of perhaps a ,

growing population of
seniors on government pen-
sion plans, government
transfer payments made up
11.4 per cent of total income
in 1995.

That’s substantially more
than the 8.2 per cent in
1990.

Despite the drop in aver-
age family income, the per-
cenlage of families fitting
the low income category
dropped from 13.1 per cent
in 1990 to 11.1 per cent in
1995.

The female Jone-parent.

family average income in
1995 was $29,246 while it
was $50,312 when a male
was the lone parent in a
family.

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Williams said that rather
than go to court, the
Gitanyow would have
preferred to negotiate their
agreement-in-principle — in
conjunction with Nisga’a
talks so as to resolve any
conflicts,

But he said his requests
have fallen on deaf ears.

Williams said he’s also re-
quested mediation to resolve
the overlap between the
Nisga’a and Gilanyow,

‘The feds are interested,
the Gitanyow are interested,
but we’ve heard complete
silence from the province
and we don’t know where

first- .

the Nisga’a are at.”
Leading the court action

-Will be. Peter Grant, the

Gitxsan lawyer who led the
court action on the Gitxsan
land claim that ended in the
landmark Delgamuukw
ruling.

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