AJO- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 4, 2000 Books offer different takes on history of Nisga’ a treaty NOW THAT the Nisga’a treaty is a done deal, the first books on the subject are appearing. One, The Werld is Qur Witness, is by Tom Molloy, the federal gavernment’s chicf negotiator for the Nispa’ a trealy. The other, due fora late fall release, is by Alex Rose who, for the belter part of the 1990s, was one of a tiny band of public relations advisors hired by the Nisga’a, A Saskatchewan lawyer, Molloy came rather late to after an agreement in “principle was reached in 1996.” Concluding land claims treaties is Molloy’s specialty mr and the Nisga’a-treaty is but one of several with which he’s been invalved. Molloy’s quite clear in saying that. his book reveals no secrets. Rather, it's a combination of his personal observa- tions from a journal he. kept backed up by ‘news stories and other accounts. of.the events leading’ up to the trea- ty’s final passage by the federal | Parliament earlier this ear. ” As such, Molioy’s book is a comprehensive account of dates, times and places with more than a sprinkling of the nuts and bolts of past and recent land claims history and the complicated process of how treaties are negotia- ted. Rose’s book, Spirit Dance at ” Meziadin, is set for a late fall release and is based on his decade-long exper- ience as a public relations advisor to the Nisga’a. Rose, for instance, helped craft Nisga’a leader. Joseph Gosnell’s speech to the provincial legislature which kicked off the debate on the treaty ratification. He also accompanied Gosnell on a whirlwind tour of Europe to speak about the treaty, Spirit Dance at Meziadin is by no means meant to be a book of historical detail regarding the treaty, says its author. Instead, Rose said he’s attempted to look at the human side of what was involved. There are descriptions of the main players involved and vignettes on some of the activities relating to the treaties. TOM MOLLOY, chief federal negotiatior during the Nisga'a treaty with his new book on the treaty The World is Our Witness. Books about the treaty are Starting to surface. An Alex Rose treatise Spirit Dance at Meziadin is due out later this fall. Kincolith group aligns with Liberals A VANCOUVER lawyer acting as the general counsel for a tiny group of Nisga’a from Kincolith who oppose the Nisga’a treaty is planning a trip to Alberta to help raise money for court costs. John Weston estimates it could take as much as $300,000 for the group to pursue its claim that the treaty is unconstitutional through the courts. The Wilp-Lth Gitgingolx (Association of Gilgingolx Tribal Members) says traditional lands belonging to Kin- colith clans were taken away during the treaty negotia- tions without the approval of the clans and are not part of the core lands now included in the treaty. Members of the proup have already had one court ac- tion dismissed. but continue to pursue: their.claim.-- Several court applications are pending, says Weston, and the group also wants to attach itself to a B.C. Lib- students. The Registrar, 5331 McConnell Avenue Northwest Community College Terrace, 8C, V8G 4X2 ” . In Memory of _ Don Anderson With the permission of family, the College is receiving donations for the establishment of an ongoing fund to provide Entrance Scholarships for Cheques payable to the NWCC Endowment Fund can be sent to the address below with an indication that they are intended for the Don Anderson Entrance Scholarship Fund. Further information can be obtained by contact- ing the Director, Education & Student Services at (250) 638- 5412, Northwest Community College I Eligible donations to Northwest Community College are tax deductible 2 eral party court action. B.C. Liberals were unsuccessful earlier this year in "having the treaty quashed but have now given notice they will appeal that verdict of the B.C. Supreme Court. “The constitutional issues are the trunks of a tree and we are one of the branches,” said Weston of the Kinco- lith case. He said his planned trip to Alberta is representative of treaties such as the one signed with the Nisga’a having an effect across the country. The Kincolith group (most of it s members live in the lower mainland) also says it was never properly asked for an opinion on the details of the treaty negotiations. ’- Weston is.a Vancouver lawyer with the Pan Pacific Law Corporation which specializes in-developing busi- ness and other connections with Asian companies. 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