TERRACE — - White land
surveyors got a reception they
didn't expect when they.moved
‘into the Kitwancool area north
of where Hwy37 now meets
‘with Hwy16 in the early part of
the century.

Their. stakes were pulled up
and they were harassed in their
camps by the natives who lived
in the area.

A few of those who took part
‘went to prison. One of those,
Walter Derrick, spent six mon-
ths in Oakaila: -

‘*He made his statement with

-his colleagues by pulling those
stakes,” says grandson Elmer
Derrick.
_ And now the younger Der-
rick, chief councillor at Kitwan-
cool, will make his own kind of
statement at a June 15
ceremony when the village
presents its land claim to the
provincial government. ,

The Kitwancool will be the.

10th native group to file their

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what the mood and reactions
of the Iraqi people would be
if the US ambassador to [raq
had been granted the same
status, after having been
responsible, in part, for
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whatever grounds and/or
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Norm Lavallee
Terrace, B.C.

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Dear Sir:

On May 25 I was invited to
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Terrace, B.C.

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claim with the provincial
government since it created a
claims registry: last. year, They
filed their claim with the federal
government in 1977,

Although the filing is a
bureaucratic formality and is
not a guarantee of Regotiations,
holding ; a ceremony in conjunc-
tion is important, says Derrick.

“We want to give everybady
from the area an opportunity to
see what does take place and a
chance to participate," he said.

_ “We're inviting people to let
them know who we are, where
we've been, where we are now
and where we’re going.”

“There's confusion and fear
from people demanding to be at
the negotiating table. This i is an
education process,” Derrick
continued,

The Kitwancool number ap-
proximately 800 with 500 living
at the village. Their claim takes
in the area beginning between
Kitwancool and Kitwanga

- Overlap won't bother

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leading north past Meziadin-

Lake.

and are affiliated with, but.not
an official part of, the Gitksan
and Wet’suwet’en who recently
had their land claim ‘quashed by
the B.C. supreme court. -

The June 15 ceremony is also
a sign the Kitwancool favour
negoliations over court action,
said Derrick.

It'll feature a Gawagahney or
peace ceremony once practised
by northern native. groups.

‘The claim ‘filing will, be

followed: bya proposed agree- |,

ment sometime this fall on how

the Kitwancool want to conduct

negotiations with the federal
and .provincial governments.
It's expected to be similar to the
one the Nisga’a have with the
governments.

Derrick was elected as chief

councillor the beginning of
May.
He’s on a leave of absence

PON TET a PRR eg ary a A

The Kitwancool are Gitksan

Elmer Derrick

from, ‘the: ‘post.’ “of economic
development: ‘Liasion® officer for
the provincial - government’s
north coast economic. develop- ;
ment region.

Derrick was. also the Liberal
party candidate for the: ‘Skeena
riding in the 1984 federal ¢lec-
tion,

land claim submission -

TERRACE — = Although the
Kitwancool will file their land
claim with the province June 15
it won't include a solution to an
overlap they have with the
Nisga’a of the Nass Valley.

Both groups claim an area,
surrounding Meziadin Lake and
both announced last year
meetings would’ start to over-
come the overlap.

Those meetings between Kit-
wancoal. and Nisga’'a house
groups are continuing, says Kit-
wancool chief councillor Elmer
Derrick.

“The most recent meeting
was just last week. The process '
is going on,”” he said...

Derrick added that ‘the talks
are going on within the oon by
ofa tye: signed year
jorthiet stent “Buns Ln
Which they - decided’ To. wbrk
toward reaching agreement. on -
common issues..such.sas land
claims.

The term overlap’ is used by
governments which want defin-
ed boundaries before they
negotiate land claims.

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But native groups don’t use
the term overlap, saying instead
the land is more correctly refer-
red to as shared or common ter-
ritory. The add that overlaps
are-a government method to
divide and conquer native
groups,

In any event, Derrick said, an
agreement between the Nisga’a
and the Kitwancool is not an
immediate crucial issue.

“Tt?ll be a while yet before we
get into substantial negotia-
tions,”’ he said.

The overlap between the

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also important because the larid
involved takes up some of the
areas on which Orenda Forest
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proposed $365 million pulp and
paper mill.

The Nisga’a oppose the mill,
saying it should first pass /
through a more rigorous en-
vironmental review than is be-
ing considered by the provincial
government,

Kitwancool chiefs, who also
claim the affected land, are also
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