nal oe pa a aw eee Treaty offer to Gitanyow is less than Nisga’a received GITANYOW natives have been offered 208 square kilometres of land north of Kitwanga and $13.5 mil- lion in a formal treaty offer tabled last week by federal and provincial negotiators. The-land offered is just 3.3: per cent of the 6,280 square kilometre Gitanyow traditional territory ~ con- _ Siderably less than the 8 per. cent ‘of traditional lands the Nisga‘a settled for in their treaty that is now in Parliament for final . federal ratification. | “The $13.5- million is also much lower than the $190 million offered the more populous Nisga’a. If the same per capita amount had been offered to the 700 Gitanyow band members, they’d get closer to $22 million. ‘ Less cash is on the q table, said federal negotia- tor Eric Denhoff, because land offered in the Cran- berry area has much more mature and valuable tim- ber than the treaty lands the Nisga’a accepted. As with the Nispa’a treaty, the Gitanyow would gel a package of self-gov- ermment options and rights to hunt and fish in their original traditional lands. Rather than one contig- uous chunk of land, like that accepted by the Nis- ga'a, the Gitanyow haye been offered seven distinct pieces of land. “The Gitanyow said they didn’! want a single contiguous chunk,” Denh- off said. “They preferred comanagement over the whole territory. We've tried to find something in- novative between what they wanted and what we'd done in the past.” He said it’s the first time parcels of trealy lands have been proposed along similar lines to the group’s traditional house territories. The seven parcels would correspond to seven Gitanyow house territories, while the needs of the eighth territory — which falls within the Meziadin Lake Provincial Park area - would be addressed through some form of co- management and guaran- Dr. R.D. 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Date: Saturday, December 11, 199 Time: 9 AM - 4PM Place: 102-2918 Eby St., Terrace CHAIRPERSON TRAINING: ; Date: Sunday, December 12, 1999 Time: 9AM-4PM , Place: 102-2918 Eby St., Terrace CONTACT: Tanny Donecz _ PHONE: 438-2401 © BRITSH COLUMBIA . Ministry of Social Development & Economic Security each paid $50 per SIS. tees of access for tradi- tional purposes. The seven areas were selected for their potential for future community growth, economic devel- opment and tourism oppor- tunities, provincial nego- tiator Lyle Viereck said. The governments are insisting the Gitanyow agree-to pive up- income tax and sales tax exemp- tions, as the Nisga’a have. The phase-in period for that would be up for further negotiations. “It’s not a topic where we have a lot of flexibiili- ty,” Denhoff said. “On tax- ation, Canadians are say- ing they want a consistent tax regime, they want peo- ple paying income tax and sales lax.” They're also indicating Gitanyow self-government must be democratic, although they’re saying they'll listen to proposals for including traditional hereditary systems. “It has tobe demecrat- Lyle Viereck ic,” said Viereck. “Within that they’re free to make some proposals to us in how to incorporate tradi- tional approaches.” The treaty would guar- antee access {o. private lands and resources, public use of provincial roads, and recreational access. 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