THE NISGA’A Book is an eye- opener NISGA'A: People of the Nass Valley by the Nisga’a Tribal Council Douglas & Mcintyre, $60 IT’S LIKE seeing your comer of the world in the living colour of National Geographic. Nisga’a — a coffee table book produced by the Nisga’a Tribal Council — is a 135-page cap- tivating look at the haunting landscapes.of the Nass Valley and the life of its people. Photographer Gary Flegehen’s Images chronicle events like the oolichan harvest and the ralsing of a totem pole. Il also tells the story of the vol- canic eruption that spawned the valley's lava. beds and ‘sent its people flecing across the valley, It shows the people — chiefs and ~ Jeaders, dockworkers, fishermen, loggers, craftsmen, and children who play basketball in Nikes and Chicago Bulls T- shirts... ’ Even for northwesiemers who think they know the Nass and the Nisga’a, the text of the book, written by Alex Rose, will be an eye-opener. Make: no mistake: this is a political book aimed at advancing the objectives of the Nisga’a Tribal Council. . But it aims to raise the con- sciousness of outsiders, not to directly totpedo the delicate land claim negotiations now un- derway. Unlike neighbouring groups who are quick to man the block- ades, the Nisga’a have always taken a different tack. ’ Calmly, rationally, and persis- tently, the Nisga’a have reminded a parade of premiers and prime ministers that they have never surrendered till ¢ to the Nass Val- ley... vy Teli voices ‘were mere echoes until’ “the * Calder case of 1973 shattered the old myths and launched Canada and the Nisga’a on the road to reconciliation, /Today., the Nisga’a are tense in- anticipation of an ‘agreement-in- | NEED To KNOW ~ SOMETHING ABOUT “YOUR NEW > _ COMMUNITY? "si Phone. Elalne 635:301 8 ‘Phone Diana 638-8576 Phone Gillian 835-3044 NISGA’A DANCER Dennis Nyce appeals is one of many of the people of the Nass Valley who appear in a coffee table book, The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 8, 1993 - BS a. principle expected to be signed in 1994 by the Nisga’ a, B.C. ‘and = ato NO STORES: HEARING TESTS _ SET FOR TERRACE ‘Electronic hearing tests will be held at Beltone - Hearing Ald Service at Terrace !nn. -Anyone who has trouble hearing should make-a time to nave the test. Many peopla with hearing problems don't | nead hearing aids, But only a modern hearing test like the one being held by Beltone can really tall. for sure. - Everyone should. have a ‘hearing test at feast once a year - even people now wearing .a. hearing ald or ‘those whe have been told nothing could be done for ‘them. Only a hearing test can - determine If modem methods of hearing amplification can help them hear better. 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