Page A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 7, 1993 Court decision on Nisga’a dispute overlap fish camps TERRACE — Smokchouses and fishing camps may be the way Gilanyow natives will demonstrate their sovereignty to disputed parts of the Nass River valley. Three fishing camps with smokehouses are under con- struction upstream of Aiyansh on the Nass River on the or- ders of Gitanyow chiefs, says Nisga’a Tribal Councit presi- dent Joe Gosnell. The camps are in the dis- puted area of the 25,000- square-kilometre Nisga’a land claim that Is also claimed by Gitanyow (formerly Kitwan- cool) chiefs. Gosnell said Gitanyow na- tives have no history of estab- lishing fishing camps on the Nass. Close ties . of | some Gitanyow. and Nisga’a. families cloud the issue some- what “We recognize that certain families have a right to be’ there,”” Gosnell . explained, “put not entire communities by any stretch of the imagina-. tion.”” Negotiations to resolve. the claim’ overlap between the Nisga’a and Gitanyow are presently stalled, Gosnell said the Nisga’a are also having difficulty arrang- ing meetings with the Tsimp- shian Tribal Council, whose claim also overlaps that of the Nisge’ a Shames debt deal intimbor = vaye tabs vet § HE ChE TS REA anni seers: murey tn » TERRACE - — It could be many mor,’ ‘months . ‘before Shames Mountain: ‘Ski Corporation’s debt “fo :the “Kitimat Stikine Regional District is renegotiated. “We're getting nowhere. fast,” ‘sald Thomhill regional district director Les Watmough. “‘It’s still ina vast state of limbo.” ' Regional. district directors were fo make a-decision on what to do > at their June 26 board meeting. - ‘There ‘was fall, Watmough "gays, but nodecision. ' .Shamés bas’so'far made no in- terest or principal payments on _ the $345,000 it owes the regional district. for Kitsumkalum ski hill equipment it bought in 1986. The loan has béén renegotiated ‘four times, Shames . missed - the first: $35,000. interest payment, -due'Jan. 1, under the current pays, mentschedule, - Regional district directors have _ Rarrowed. their. options down: to ’ two choices: - s Renegatiate_ the term of the loan a fifthtime,or © * Take’ Shames Mountain in Hew of pay- ment, Tf the regional district opts for the preferred share option, Wat- mough said, it would need a guar ° | antee that the regional. district . preferred. shares in. Nikal called absurd SMITHERS — The government may now have the right to licence native fishermen, says Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en lawyer Peter Grant. He was commenting on the results of last week’s B.C, Court of Appeal -ruling against Moricetown ‘band - member Jerry Nikal. But as of. yet, there’ 5 no word on whether Hereditary Chiefs plan to appeal the 41 decision, Grant sald. “We have four months to de- cide. I don’t have any formal in- struction yel.”* In a 4-1 vote, BC's appeal court overruled last Friday a 1990 Count Court ruling, which said fish licence requirements inkinge on native righls. - ‘sLicensing is reasonable and does. not constitute undue hardship,” wrote Justice McFar- lane in his June 25 reasons for © judgment. The case has been ping-ponging back and forth between courts for seven years already and, Grant in- dicated, the latest ruling probably won't end the matter. It stems from a 1986 incident in the Bulkley Canyon. In: July -of that year, a Wet'suwet’en fishemen named Jerry Nikal caught 10. salmon with a gaffing pole on the Bulk- ley River, which runs through Moricetown reserve. Fisheries: officials’ charged Nikal ‘for fishing without ‘a permit. Although the river dis- sects bandland, under a mid-80s . " law the land and resources below the high water mark belong to the government. 0 “Using a 1985 Moricctown Band bylaw. —- which recognizes the authority of hereditary leaders to govern the, ees site — Nikal challenged, and won, his case in 1990. Then the federal government appealed. In that case, Supreme Court Justice J, Millward ruled that members of the band could fish ‘according to the direction of their — aboriginal leaders. Next, the case came before the BC Court of Appeal in March, 1992, which recently overturned Millward’s ruling. “Essentially, the court of ap- peal found the bylaw passed by - Moricetown in 1985 doesn’t app- ly to the fishery,’’ said Grant... “The court found ‘the river doesn’t form part of the reserve,”” Although a preferred aboriginal. tight to fish still exists, native self-regulation has been un- dermined, he said, Grant added he was dis- appointed the appeal court did not overmle the province’s law al- lowing natives access to fish only above the highwater mark, *‘It’s an absurdity. It’s a fish-— ing bylaw, but there’s no fish. **How can you have a bylaw passed that doesn’t make sense? Precedence is that laws should be. based in logic.’’. The BC Fisheries Survival Coalition © grected the appeal court’s ruling. ’. ‘We are pleased that the couitts have not recognized a separate, exclusive commercial fishery for. aboriginal people only,’’ Phil: _ Bidsvik said ina press release, . Result disappoints Nisga’a president. Joseph Gosnell ‘A disappointment’’. . That’s tulings on fishery issues.” ; -, “IT thought the natives of the province would be given some: leeway,”? Gosnell explained. He pointed out: that when ex- - plorers first landed in B.C,, they ‘bought both fish and wildlife from the resident native peoples. in order to survive. “When people say Indians don’t have the right to sell sal- mon, they’re ignorant of histori-- eal fact,’” he added... “The..law may be written in such a way. as prevents us from : doing it. But. that. ‘doesn’t mean hele law is s right” mn how Nisga’a ‘ibe * Council president Joe Gosnell de- scribes the B.C. Court of. Appeal MICHELLE WRIGHT THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND PRAIRIE OYSTER ~ GARY FJELLGAARD _ CASSANDRA VASIK “:. TRACEY PRESCOTT & LONESOME DADDY _ ONE MORSE BLUE MARK KOENIG _ANITA PERRAS - ALEX BOWIE - ¢ aia VALLEY. The 3rd Annual SALMON nenahy MUSIC = FES TIVAL a caimon Valley. B.C. 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SMOKE REMOVAL JAISLE, CONCESSION . 4410 Legion, Terrace eee 635-2411 . ts Gh ob avi ae “ One of the -popular optional slickers is the Garbage Gobbler which teaches the children that our, patks must be praserved In thelr natural conditlon....no fitter on the “ground, Last summer this sticker was eared by being a garbage gobbler and picking “garbage in Lakelse Lake Park, . Another popular sticker Is Safety Sense that teaches good safely habits to follow while boating, hiking, camping, and swimming In the park. Coma on cut this year and play some greal new games to do wih water safely, Wear your sult and we will show what to do when your canoe tips over. On Saturday, July 3rd we will starl the program with the Nature Nut slicker. To get an ‘advance’ start here’are some things you kids can do to gel ready. Do a poster on how » the park Is used for recreation and how it is used for conservation. | am sure many of you already know about nurse logs from jast yeat, Alter you do your poster have your mom or dad help you Identify two animals and two plants you might find in the park. | ami sura that everyone who has been to "The Bear Facts" presentation will know one animal. What is thal plant that smells like a skunk? Bring your posters along on the July _rdand we will put Ihem’up for everyone to see. Remember that this is only the beginning and there will be lots more slickars to earn over the summer sa get those antlers on and come to Ihe program. Sea Jarry in parson on Parks Day July 17, 1993 at the Fong Bay Campground, . See you in the Park, | pone “LAKELSE LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK VISITORS PROGRANS. «i EVERYONE: WELCOME rocALL. EVENTS ARE FREE... sey sdLY. eet Thursday (July a . “Boogle with Your Bllnd Fold". Come with us on the Twin Spruce Trail and challenga your senses. Meet at the Entrance signs near Highway 37, “I'm bored”. There is mare to the park than your campfirel A how to on identifying trees;-anlmals and vegetation in the park. Friday (July 9) “Quick Frozen Critters" Came and sea if you could survive in the forest. A game for kids, Plenic shelter, : “Hug a Tree and Survive". How to survive if you or your children get lost. A - slide show and presantatiin. Meet at the Picnic shelter, an Saturday (July 10) “Now You see me now Yau don't". See if you could be a "Dagged Detectiva" and spot creatures as (hey camouflage themselvas in tha forast. dary tha » moose program for kids, Meat at the plenie shalter. 800 pm “Watch your honey”. ‘Tips for living In harmony with Bears. Skit and - prasentation *Frae Hot Chocolate Sunday (July 11) “Walk on the Old Side” Coma and meet the old men of the forest and sea. how the forast shapes our world, And than lake a short hike on the Twin Spruce Trall. , ; “Meet me In the Park” Why the parks are here for me and you, Skit and presentation. . 300 pm 8:00 pm 3:00 pm 8:00 pm , 3:00 pm "Ma ae gf 3100 pm 8:00 pm ~- Monday (July 12) 8:00 pm “Hot and Bubbly”. Nisga'a Memorlal Lava Park Anhuut ukswim Laxmlhl Angwinga’ Asanskwhl Nisga’a, The newest addition to B.C, Parks, A slide show and presentation. Meet at the Picnic Sheller on the beach, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PROGRAMS CALL B.C. PARKS 798-2277 | MGNDAY “sugsbav LUCKY DOLLAR BINGO JULY 1993. | SUNDAY: PALACE wuly 1993 “THURSDAY | “SATURDAY. 2 . = 3 “WEONESDAY