Tre aty

By JEFF NAGEL:
- GITANY OW treaty t talks are
~ back. on again after a hiatus:
of ‘More than a year,
‘Negotiators’ for the ab-. 7
“Original group, as well: as the
"federal -and' provincial , gov:
~ ernments, . met: for: ‘the first
“time in-about' 15: months: in a
September on .
: Talks, are “back on again”
“Nov, ‘Zin Terrace, said Git-..
-anyow chief negotiator Glen’
~ Williams. ve
“The band had been talked:
3 ‘about a year and:a half ago’
‘as one. of the. negotiating’
“tables that might imake:it to.”
_ the. agreement-in- principle Cs
“stage ‘before. the provincial |
_ government’s terin expires.
: Williams says-he and his ~.
federal and provincial coune |
“-terparts, are, ‘taking : ‘another

* wide divisions still remain.
“Our: undérstanding. with.
“them. is certainly: within: the”
‘next: two “months we: will
“see if there’s.a likelihood a
‘more, substantive : negotia”
. tions or. ‘whether we’ re too.
~ far apart," ‘he said.

‘. Key: isssues; : Williams 7
"said, include the legal statiis -
of lands under the treaty, _

» The. Gitanyow~ -have’ al- :

-YEAR™ ‘AFTER’ year,. ‘the’ z
Be. Treaty’: Commission -
expresses. optimism: that: the
-_ province’ 5 decade-old’ ‘realy ,
. process, is‘on the” verge: of: :
yielding its first ‘negotiated =
Meal. oe
-BUE this: time” it selly
“means it a
ae © SThings ° are: starting to”
“)- move. I’ve been : vith the...
_ Treaty. ‘Commission :for. 10"
“years | and this is the mostop-
imistic 7 ve been," said Wilf iy

longest-serving: member.
The (realy ‘commission: :
“has réleased js: ‘1th annual

~ Natlons-are ‘expected t to'sign
final agreements “early. in,
*20085, as long as the current
pace of talks continues.:
The: ° Lheidli: - “Trenneh
Andian Band--near Prince’
George and the. Sliammon,:”
“Indian Band’. ear “Powell: °
River: -are close: to ‘signing:
final agreements, while: the.
Tsawwassen First. “Nation -
in the. Lower, Mainland and

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itanyow —

_ Williams. said the- Gitan- .
: yow are: also less. interested’.
“ins the. tivo’ “poveriment’s
model: for the. cash: Sompo- :

“We're _ not: very, ‘inter.
“ested i inthe: cash component;
because. it’s ‘so‘little. and’ in-
~ sulting,” he-said.:Our pref-
° ~-erence would “be ‘to: Work:
together: on true revenue
_ ways shunned the Nisga'a

~ New treaties ge
closer, BCTC says”

“Whe® Maa-nulth’- First. ‘Watton
:in-the. Port Alberni area of.
“Vancouver Island are not far.

* Acting: ‘realy “commis-

sioner and: ex-premier Mike
‘Harcourt said 18-24" “agree-
mients-in-principle : ~ could .
‘be signed. within: ‘two years. ~
. *My ‘serise is that in the next
three to five years we'll:con-’ -
clude a lot of what: awe Should - -
“have done’ when Sir James
‘Douglas ran: out: of money:

back in.1858;" he said. fy Shs

“Despite t the ‘optimism, le-
“gal. issucs’ continue to: ‘ham-” ;
per negotiations, as First Na- |
tions: ‘await court decisions
related to aboriginal rights.
-: Decisions ..are--expected

Cases: with ‘the. potential to -
alter the ground rules for ne-
-gotiation ~one involving the.
Haida ‘and the Other involy-

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 20, 2004 -Al1,

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