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TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B,C,

AIYANSH COMMUNITY HALL

A SELF-HELP COMMUNITY

New Aiyansh community hall

BY CINDY LOEWEN

The village of New Aiyansh
has a new community hall and
some community hall it is! On
a basis of artistic merit it would
put our Terrace counterpart to

lore and traditions, proud of
his native heritage.

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The New Aiyansh community
hall represents more thananart+
istic expression of the native way

The people themselves are
highly productive and self suf-
ficient. The summers are spent
catching, canning and salting sal-
mon, The women preserve ber
ries and fruit, and pack away

NATIVE ARTIST ELI GOSNELIL

and we showd Hsten. We havea
lot to learn from the Indian,
Discipline of younger clan mem-
bers, respect for elders, 4 care
for the family, obedience, self
sufficiency and productivity are

a work of art

sesses a wealth of historical
tales, wonderfully embellished
with legend. and folklore. Eli
Gosnell can tell tales of the Nass
Valley you woulg like to write
down to pass along to your grand-

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To the eye unfamiliar with na+
tive art in British Columbia, the
frontal art on the building might
at first appear slightly bizarre,
In brilliant colours, the folklore
and history of the village is
blazoned across the entire front
wall of the building.

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of life. As a building the hall
is a functional affair, with afully
equipped klichen, central heating,
dressing rooms, a canteen and a
balcony, But most importantly,
the people of New Aiyansh them-
selves gat together to draw up
the plans, organize the -work
force and got the job done, Some
of the materials were supplied
by the government but the craft-
manship is the work of the vil-
lagers themselves,
The carpenters, electricians
and designers are not profes-
sionally trained, They all have
other jobs and have learnedtheir
craft the hard way — by prac-
tical experience and necessity.
This is something that rarely hap-
pens anymore in our “‘cultured
society”

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All the houses in the village
were built by the people, The
materials, which many people
feel were inferior, were sup-
plied by the government but all
the building, wiring and plumb-
ing was doe by member's of the
community. .

The Indian people of the Nass
are forcibly outspoken, Matters
of land rights and education for
their children are important in
their minds and these matters
sooner or later are going to
affect Terrace people directly.
- The Indian people in Canada

as a whole have been ‘done un-
der by the white man, Many of
them have assumed 4 role of an
inferior citizen and have allowed
themselves to be herded onto
reservations Ilke a rare species
of bird but nabody really wants

children along with the tales of
the white pioneers in the Skeena
Valley. They are all a part of
our heritage.

things we tend to forget about in
everyday life,
And final the native pos-

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The top sections of the mural
£yepresent the eyes and teeth of
fa grizzly bear, Below two killer
2 2 whales in green, black and scar-

“let, flank an eagle with slanted
4 eyes and a grim mouth, The
s eagle’s beak, projecting some six
‘Sfeet from the building, forms a
~cover over the front doorway.

Inside the building, the crests
“of the four clans in the village
«are displayed on the walls,

The front mural, the crests,
“and much of the planning and
Zearpentry of the new hall are
3the work of EH Gosnell, agentle-
4man well known throughout B.C,
both as an artist and afirst class
“fisherman,

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Not only is Eli Gosnell an art-
fist, but as a sénior member of,
tthe community at Adyansh, He-
wis wells. versed in native folk-

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The other important thing about
the New Aiyansh Hall is that it
proudly proclaims a living and} this rare species.
vital symbol of Indial folklore} The native people in this area
and way of life. And that native] are not going to accept that fate
way of life is still very much|~ —

alive in the Nass valley. Tribal
customs and disciplines are still |.
followed to a large.extent, .,.
».Local sovernnient ‘is carried
out by the tribal council,

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