d, Aug: 16) reminds‘ us of
fiteexs’ and powers that un-
dermined community viability
nd. the integrity of the land.

I ms, ali communities are

found ‘and tragic. Yes, Euro-
had a superiority complex
exploited and enslaved others

’, but when chiefs took
‘Doatlords of female slaves to Vic-
tia and prostituted them, it
cems the same sick male mind-
t perating, .

We ‘can point to’ exploitation,
mination, moral degeneration,
blame missionaries, profiteers or
plagues. w—> to what avail? It
mis it’ $s more how we move to
future that is fair for all and
gates none,

lief Robinson relates to the

From. Page A5
al Itte?

I ‘docks reports the prob-
¢ WCB _ brings Me an

j, everyone I work with, and
-the customers, can see that I

ho ‘trial period. I can
“become another employer's
problem. ‘The ‘humiliation never
Stops and if there are any issues,
n’t call,

cy are too busy to take the
call, you’re not worth it. But they
iL have rights. I have the righ!
ppeal and get all my questions
answered, That is, if I can wail
four. years for the appeal process.
Lawyers could be the answer, but
CB lias control over my finan-

income. Lawyers are not in

ne s. E. Montgomery,
a Terrace, B.C.

natural harmony of the Nisga’a in
“taditionally sustalning a rich en-
vironment, Yes, when the sea ot-
ter was over-exploited and their
population crashed to near extinc-
tion the Nisga’a did not seem to
succumb. to increasing. demand

"and liquidate their land of fur

bearers for desired trade goods, as
most others did,

Their tribal struchires held firm .

and they balanced «resource use
with sustaining it.

In modem times government
ministries.. and. business show.
hypocrisy in -ratlonalizing the
trees cut at about three times the

“sustainable amount. The initia-.

tives of the Nisga’a on sustained
land use show they've not lost
their ancestors’ sense of land in-
tegrity.

I believe the people of the Nass,
given community control in
determining | land values, will
continue to be a lead’ group for:
developing ‘sustainable. resource.

‘management in B.C.
"As we try to sustain resources

and create communities values, I

\' agree’ that traditional, aboriginal

ways and wisdom will: enhance
proper stewardship ‘of natural
land — just as traditional rural
ways aad wisdom will enhance
proper stewardship of cultivated

_ land,

‘Natural’ and cultivated lands,

even urban properties, may differ
in detail. as to rights and
responsibilities: the principle of
stewardship is the same.

Chief Robinson mentions the
monopolies of the Hudson Bay
and the Nass River cannery, Mo-

nopolies have long been recog- *

nized as the best way to exclude
others on one hand and maximize
profits with the other.

The main modern monopoly,
the million-acre tree farm variety,
continues to control the economy
in over 100 communities in B,C,
It will be interesting to see if the
native communities, and particu-
larly the Nisga’a, are the first to
break this monopoly, _

The. corporate ‘monopolies on
community lands is the- hidden
hand in land claims and points
direcily to the need for overall
land reform.

B.C, has one the world’s big- -
gest and richest forests under one

jurisdiction, and the highest per-

centage of the trees cut are
regional monopolics of wood pro-
cessing businesses, These vast
and valuable forest lands, now in
public ownership are what is up
for change of tenure.

‘But, what “ought” to be the
tenure?

Bil Hayes,
Terrace, B.C,

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