Nishga a The Nishgas are not _Willing to sell -their - land in the Nass Valley in exchange: for ex- tinguishment of title, ‘according to a position ‘ paper” made public .-‘Thureda P J y. - Afler 15 months of secrecy, the 21-polnt position paper which is the basis of the Nishga land. claims was released by James Gonell, president of the Tribal Council, The position paper was kept ‘secret since the Nishgas first presented it to the. ral and provincial jovernments last year use. the Nishgas “negotiating committee wished to hear the two government’s rep- ~ OO INSTAG poem ene ere rie Lara ARLTANENT BLOGS VISPORTA BC Nishgas release 21 point position paper sonse to their stand, Gosenell explained. However, at a tri- party meeting in Ot- tawa on Jan.t0., all three decided it was time to make the | claims known to the Ni publie. “The paper was pre S a general eating of ‘topics the tribal council wants to discuss and represents only the intended direction of the negotiating team as it pursues “a fair and equitable settlement of the land issue.” Unlike the James Bay settlement, the ‘Nishgas wish to maintain their ownership of the land even after negotiations with the two levels of govenrment = re completed. : because the federal and provincial govern- ments disagree on the ength of negotiations the as have asked that interim agreements be signed prior to the signing of the final agreement. “There is no purpose in negotiating toward a final agreement if there has been a total rape of the resources in the Nass whenever all parties are repared tosign such a al agreement,” the Nishgas document ‘states. The Nishgas have asked that certain resource and industral projects withing the James Gosnell, Nishga Tribal Council President Nass must be prohibited until the time. At the top of the 21- point list is the demand for proper govern- mental recognition of their natural righis. Hunting, trapping, deep sea and fresh- water fishing are all rights given to native people until © ex- tinguished by treaty, the paper states, and the Nishgas have never signed such a treaty. The two govern- ments must recognize and respect these rights, according to the brief, ‘ The paper also states — the -Nishgas are in- terested in negotiating government- joint economic Nishga development programs. Possible examples as outlined in the brief are eventual con- struction of cm CN- mine from Terrace to Meziaden Lake, forestry development, mining, projects, ish processing plants and numerous other economic projects in the region. The Nishgas also stated they would negotiate with private enterprises who wish to pursue economic projects withint the Nass. . The present CanCel tree farm licence in theNishga territory was singled outss one project which would have to be renegotiated. The 21-point guarded downment a wide variety of other sub- jects, such as_ self- government, resource extraction, payment for compensation of past resources, ex- tracted, and improving health care and education in the area. The federal govenment is expected to make its response public today or tom- morrow. The provincial government has not announced a date for its respoonse to be made public. pe Serving the | Progressive Northwest Nan = mAN TERRACE Jail \ ~ Weather Dry and colder. Sunny Periods . High-3 Low -6 | VOLUME 72 No, 14 FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1978 ‘famous high Not only traffic signal light suffer from Terrace winds-as any local storeowner can testify. These photos taken at only three ‘Ruling on conduit prevents The British. Columbia Labor Relations Board averteda shutdown of the province's. construction industry Wednesday by ruling that workers must ignore a B.C. Federation Labor edict that sto union members from in- stalling conduit at building sites: = = - | A board panel headed by vice-chairman Rod aine - said declaration, a boycott order issued to support striking and locked-out Telecommunications . Workers Union members, is not enforceable. « “Preventing the placement of conduit ad construction sites .... des the potential to interrere with a major passton of _the construction in the provinee,’’ "Germaine said in a wetter to Gon- structigef Labor Relation areotation, ‘which represents contractors. e federation opposed the installation of conduit which carries electrical. as well as telephone cables because it will eventually permit B.C. Telephone Co. to service new customers. , About 16 members of the Internatlone! Brotherhood of Eléctrical Workers (IBEW), work-: _at the downtown courthouse site, have a dict been abiding by the edict _ to charge a‘supervisor of since it was issued Dec. 22. Their employer, Hume and Rumble, the electrical ‘division of Commonwealth Con- struction Ltd., laid them — off Friday, ©: The “panel, said the condult will benefit ‘the telephone company but stoppage © “the harm which can be inflicted upon ‘con- struction employers and employees as well as the public” outweighs “the minimal degree of direct pressure ‘which can: be applied to B.C. Tel.” About 70 IBEW Members employed by two companies | Reed io maintain o poles and equip- ment were laid off after ‘they refused to climb the poles. . Both the B.C. Tel and the TWU Wednesday asked police vestigate: picket line in- cidents arising as the bitter -strike-lockout ended its eighth week. . Matsqui —s municipal police are looking into a complaint that. three uhion members threw rocks at a supervisor while he worked on a ‘telephone pole. ’ The union has asked New Westminster police B.C. Tel’s subsidiary Canadian Telephones and Supplies Ltd., also in- val ved in the dispute, after a car hood was slightly dented and a windshield wiper broken ona car used by a union picket. Ss eon- - to... in- ' We esday at the Terrace TWU members welcome ' support of Federal Minister “Terrace, Telephone Workers welcome Federal Minister’s support.” ~ Lock-out B.C.Tel workers got a boost from Federal Manpower Minister Bud Cullen yesterday, Cullen, meeting with 150 T.W.u. workers. in Nanaimo, told them he favored _the “Hall Report” and added the company should bend a . little in the dispute, Cullen sounded a warning to the B.C.Tel Company when he spoke.of their “Social . Responsibility” to the workers, * Britieh Columbia's new forest act will not contain much significant change from the current act,- Dave O'Connor, president of the Tguck gers Association, said association's annual convention, _ cs “I have been getting small bits of information that in the final analysis, there will be very few -changes,”’ hé said without elaboration. - We all will be totally irresponsible if we allow | -& new: forest act to be. adopted which will paraliel the old act,” he added.’ : The provincial. overnment is planning introduce the new act sometime this spring. O'Connor alsa: criticized the B.C, forest industry for not being ‘truthfk! with the public or Terrace area telephone workers welcomed Cullen’s upport. T.W.U. local executice issued a- statement today. . Said Fred. McCrae, - Vice-president of: | “It is obvious that... the government will not implement an. effective policy of forest - Management—because it has none.’' Walters said that io ‘achieve long-term in: vestment to modemize forests, the land should be sold in fee simple to private forest interests, at'a nominal rate. Two - car Accident. A two car traffic ac- cident occurred at 9:30 am., -acc TerraceRCMP, when the driver of a 1969 Volvo failed to stop in time ata stop sign at the in- tersection of Sparks and Lazelle. The northbound vehicle, driven by Michael Black, — of Terrace, was reportec d to. have struck a 1977 Pontiac heading West, driven by William Williams, containing tw other adults and a child, After hitting Williams car, the Volvo bounced off and came to rest against a telephone and is said to be extensively maged. Although Black was driven to hospital by an RCMP police-voman no one involved inthe two car — accident ° was reported to have suffered injuries. - Terrace RCMP said are being con: charges femplated ~agalnst Black 4 for, driving Without ‘due care. and atténtion;.,. A preliminary .estimate. gure of $2000 in ~ damages to the two vehicles was . reported, but _not confirmed. STATUE ERECTED TORONTO (CP) — A new arrival in Nathan Phillips Square, a gift to the City of Toronto from Torontonian Henry Jack- man, is an imposing bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchill sculpted by Oscar Neman, In his later Hfe, a8 an amateur artist, Sir Winston sculpted only one’ lece, and that is of Oscar eman, ; , but evidently the ns obviously designed are no match for the hurrican * stimulant force winds of Northwestern British Columbia. First Woman Taper On‘ Thursday . (yesterday) in Terrace, history may have been made when, for what is believed to be a ‘first’, a to ~woman was hired as a " " by Altex Dri Walling Co. on their sub- contracted © construction roject for the B.C. ydro building. Karen Bourne, 3, said to be a member of the union which includes taping, is ranorted ‘9 have heen hired on the Altex: project. Although she:. could not be reached for .. confirmation by | the... Herald, the Terrace: resident is said to be fully: qualified ~ for the =: sometimes hazardous :: work that often involves . working at precarious heights and climbin scaifolding. Union rate .. ‘for tapers is believed to | be around $11 per hour. ” Two People Killed in Crash . WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C, (CP) — Two people were killed Wednesday in the crash of a light plane near Chilko Lake, about 120 kilometres southwest of ‘this Central Interior community. RCMP said the pilot had not filed a flight plan, . so the plane’s take-off point and destination were not known. No names were released. A Canadian. Forces Voodoo jet first reported an emergency locator - signal while flying over the Chilcotin valley, A Buffalo search vlane was dispatched and was checking the area when . the crew was contacted : by a farmer .on the : ound using a citizen's : nd radio. s The farmer said he : saw the plane go down : and found two bodies in : the wreckage. Sex Stimulants Said Safe -, VICTORIA CP-An investigation into drug- oriented and so-called sex roducts was ‘unable to determine that , they were unsafe, a ‘federal consumer and corporate — affairs .. spokesman said Tuesday, Bill White, head of the department s product safety branch said in an interview that inestigators have con- cluded the chance js extremely slim of something serious ppening to a person using the products. “Because of that we can’t conceive of any reason Wiy they should bé controlled.’ The Victoria Better : Business Bureau, parent grou s and medical of- cials had sought a ban on products such as Rush, Locker Room Odor For: Men, High Flyer, and a variety of herb packages which simulate Marijuana, BBB manager Bill Tindall had charged that the ‘vendores of the roducts “might as:well e conducting a pre- school course in soft an use.” The compounds do not come under the. federal Food and Drug, Act, and there are no regulatio controlling their ~~ distribution or sale.