plier Melee EA indent bth A scheduled meeting of provincial and federal government representatives and rep- resentatives of the Nisga’a Tribal Council last week in Victoria was cancelled after negoti-. . ators reached an agreement through long - distance telephone calls. The three groups were to have met in order to conclude a framework agreement for tri- partite land claim negotiations, the first of their kind in Canadas. Federal negotiator Gay Reardon said Feb. 21 that negotiators for all three parties have agreed on the language in the final clauses and the framework is now ready for approval. Reardon said she expects Framework agreement ready to be signed _ ‘the signing to take place within the next. ‘month, The framework agreement spells out the _.. procedural rules for the land claim negotia- ‘tions. Once that agreement is signed, the sub- stantive negotiations — in which the material matters of the land question come onto the table — can begin. 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Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 27, 1991 A5 Northwest natives: pledge mutual aid Seven tribal nations native to northwest B.C. signed an agrec- ment of cooperation and mutual support in Prince Rupert Feb. 11. The Tsimpsian, Haida, Haisla, Wet’suwet’an, Gitskan and Gitan- yow nations have settled a protocol on their relationships during the process of negotiating their separ- ate land claims with the provincial and federal governments. @ Colour Monitor @ Hard Disk @ Mouse @ Microsoft Works | Northern Computer Locations Ready to use package . Kamloo; nce With IBM PS/1, youll 657 Victoria St. 6O1 2nd Ave West spend less time learning the 374-6887 624-6560 computer and more time —z putting it to good use. That's . CH, Prince George Kelowna because PS/I gives you plenty | — ti, ar 1330 5th Ave 546 Leon St. of useful features -- plus % Sd S 563-2263 162-7753 options for expansion. 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He said they intend to seek out the advis- ory council members and meet with them in an effort to reach an understanding on the issues. The text of the Prince Rupert treaty reads as follows: We, the Northwest First Na- tions have occupied and govern- ed our respective territories since time immemorial. The Creator put us on-our territories and - gave us laws in which to define and govern our relationships with each other and with the animals, plants, lands, waters, and air. We have maintained our spir- itual beliefs, our languages, our way of. life and traditions. We have done this through inter- marriage and the exchange of material -and food--reseurces; and shall continue to do- so through infinity. We, the signatories to this Treaty are of one heart in the ad- vancement and protection of our common interests identified in the following principles: 1. We shall continue to practice our own tribal political system and laws, and we intend these separate jurisdictions to con- tinue. © 2. We shall continue to express our sovereignty as Nations. 3. We shall assist each other to reaffirm our continuing heredi- tary titla and give expression to and rights; and to defend these against any erosion through ex- ternal forces. 4, We shall collectively join the other First Nations’ efforts to pursue the explicit recognition of aboriginal title in Canada’s ~ constitution. 5, We shall continue to enter in- to bilateral and multilateral rela- tionships with each other to strengthen and assist in settling matters and common concerns regarding our respective cultural identities, traditions, diversity, equality of our peoples, and our — common boundaries according to our traditional laws. 6. We shall, in the spirit of shar- ing and co-existence, continue to enter into mutually beneficial re- lationships regarding access to traditional territories and natur- al resources. These include all resources that come from our territories. We, as represented by the un- dersigned leaders of the respec- tive First Nations, reaffirm these principles by this Treaty.