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“Jong history, going ‘back over:
100 years, of the Nisga’a efforts.
to establish their jurisdiction

over the lands which, as Robin-.

son puts it, they have occupied
‘‘since time 1
Although the magnitude of their

claim was reported in the Van-

couver Suno be 2.4 million hec-
tares, Robinson says the amount

‘of land involved and dollar
” figures. for compensation will be

determined during the
negotiating process. _
Some of the outstanding

issues covered by the framework:

agreement are:
@ Protection of interests: no
new development will be allowed

in the Nass Valley until negotia- -

tions are concluded.

@ Protection of third parties:
Robinson points. out that third
party protection is entrenched in
the federal. policy manual for

claims negotiation. The Nisga’a__
are not seeking. jurisdiction over.
privately owned lands: “We are ©
mindful of. it (third party in-’
terests) and are protecting that.

~ in the negotiations,” he said.
@ Fisheries: ““There are a whole
host of items involving
fisheries,”” Robinson said, in-
cluding) among’ them. the

sustenance. fishery ° ‘Nass Valley
residents conduct each year and

a concern about offshore rights.

‘ ‘Interception of salmon bound

for the Nass River by Alaskan

fishermen is a major item, and:

the Nisga’a are secking

establishment of new interna-
tional marine boundaries that

would go from “headland to
headland’ to. better reflect the
migration routes of returning
fish.

@ Non-renewable resources: the
Nisga’ a are currently assembling
a team that will compile an in-

ventory of mineral deposits in

the claim area. -.

@ Forestry: although forests are
under provincial jurisdiction,
Robinson ‘indicates that the
federal government is involved
to the extent that they provide a
part of the Forest Resource
Development Agreement. fund-
ing. He said the Nisga’a hired
consultants to study areas -that
have been cut in the Nass Valley,

immemoria!’’..

“ment. ea.
Although the Nisga’a’ would

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areas. * describes. as
aieyaatated" and they deter-

mined that about $40 million

worth of reforestation is needed
to restore the area. Much of the
forested land in the Nass Valley

is tied-up in the long-term tenure "-

held. under Tree Farm License

#1, and earlier in this decade the

Nisga’a began.talks with Westar

Timber, . the. tenure-holder at:
that time, with the objective of"

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in their claims area.

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Terrace sawmill, “the talks went:
nowhere, - Robinson. said; “The
tenure was later. taken ‘over ‘by.
Repap Enterprises, and he said
discussions ‘with- that company-
_ “have not been successful’’. .
The agreement states explicit:
ly that there will be only three
parties involved. in the com-
prehensive . claim . ‘negotiations,
and the missing element is ob-
; viously | ‘the . government: of .
British. ‘Columbia. . When asked.
’ if-he has been encouraged by re-
cent moves. on the part of the
provincial government, Robin-

Be: Vander. Zalm, ‘we weren’t even
talking. We ‘were bad-mouthing
each other at a distance, through.

“the. media.”” He. sees Vander

Zalm’s formation of an advisory
council on native affairs and
their recent visit to the Nass
Valley as “‘steps in the right

direction”’.

Meetings and workshops be-

-tween the Nisga’a and the coun-

cil and other government
representatives could. help

_develop understanding, he said.

“It’s not a matter of winners or. _
losers, it’s a matter of sharing.”
The . framework agreement

.states that if the B.C. govern-

ment ‘hasn’t entered the. talks :
within three years, (6 the mats: -
ter will be referred back tothe -
federal cabinet and the. Nisga’a
Nation to consider possible :
alternative courses of action’’s ¢.' >.
When asked what those alter-. a

natives might be, Robinson said,

“We're just beginning. to . . -

develop the alternatives, but ‘we
hope we won’t have to use.
them... negotiation is better.

than litigation. or confronta-

tion.’

To Robinson, one element of
that understanding should be
clear to everyone — ‘‘We’re not
about to move.”’ Oe

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