‘for the Indian people. -

_ with a prayer.chant -- first In’ the

Trudeau meets -

Nishga Chiefs

Prime Minister Pierre , Elliot Trudeau met

-with members of the Nishga Tribal Council, of

the Nass Valley, in Ottawa Thursday. The
occasion was a confrontation between ‘100
Indian chiefs and government leaders In the
gilt-and-crystal Confederation Room in the
west block. of the Parliament buildings.

.Under the glare of television lights an im-.
pressive. delegation from the Union of B. C.
indian Chiefs formally claimed compensation
for the land of the province.

-A claim by the Nishga Tribal Council for a
declaration of title fo ancestral lands around
the Nass River is before the Supreme Court of

ana
.. Other tribal chiefs at the meeting said an
evaluation must be made on the land taken

- from Indian tribes more than 100 years ago

and interest must. be paid for all intervening .
ears,

y Trudeau and Indian Affairs Minister Jean

Chretien said that no comment can be made —

on the issue pending the court decision on the

’ Nishga claim - now before the Supreme Court.

.. Trudeau in explaining why he could not
‘comment specifically on the claim, said he
had received a telegram from Chief. Frank

‘Calder of the Nishgas.

on the right

“He thinks we are not meetin
e certainly

day,’’ observed Trudeau.
doesn’t want us to say anything to rejudge
the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.””
He said the detailed submission would have

to be studied by the government. |
.Pressed for some general. observation,
Trudeau said: ‘What is important to me here
is that it is a claim ‘against the past but does

not say anything of your views of fhe future.

“Supposing the claims are settled in a way
that is fair and just - what then? —.

.. “Would the Indians become Canadians like
veryone else, would you want to continue —
under the Indian Act?’

-Trudeau said that, although he doesn’t.
expect answers to these questions . im-
niediately, he wondered if these points are to
be covered in another policy paper. which the
B.C. Indian leaders have had under con.
sideration for three years.

. Trudeau added it is important that Indians -
give their views on the 1969 ‘government.
proposal fo transfer. Indian. services to the
provinces and encourage self-determination
He emphasized that
indian legal claims should be settled in a fair
way, but indicated that the government is
interested in knowing what will happen after a

_. settlement,

- Philip..Paul,-of: Saanich,:a member of
three-man executive committee of thé Union |
Chiefs, said that the points Trudeau men-
tioned would be dealt with in the union’s $0.
called Brown Paper. ~
.. The proceedings for the day were o ened
ooika
language and then in Eviglish. The cabinet
group and the Indians sat with bowed heads as
George Plutesi of Port Alberni chanted:

“Lord God of all creation, i
Provider of all our.needs,
Lord of Lobo, King of my forests,
For strength you gave as my ally
Lord God of all Creation,

- Provider of all our needs,
It is thee that 4 hear... a
When to the east the heavens ‘Open, t
Your voice so | harken!
Lord God of all creation,
Provider of all our needs,
Stay with us. at-this time,”

Anyone want
a taxi to the
Skeena River?

“mi 9

_. We're beginning to think Skeena. Taxi of

Prince Rupert is well named. We were
travelling. by bus to Prince Rupert on Friday
when, on coming round a sharp bend we met a
taxi coming toward us. He swerved and with a:
‘squeel of brakes: disappeared around the -
curve behind us. The bus. stopped and we all

: got out to see what had happened. There was a.

cloud of dust rising as we approached. the
concrete buffer - perhaps a foot or so high -- all
that stood between a car and the river. --. SMe.
20 feat Straight down..

..But the taxi wasn't in the river - although a.
heavy strip of black tire mark showed where
the taxi: had mounted the concrete curb to
within an inch of going over, Then looking up |
the road, as the dust sattled, we saw the taxi -
‘Tits wheels wobbling and rear-end drooping.

~ (Wecan't say whether the bus or the taxi was
‘out of its own lane’- but it was a close thing for

the taxi). -

And apparently it was. just a ‘short while a
that a Skeena taxi driver went right info. the’
river - his hody was found iust last week.

_ Terrace. invaded
by: “top. brass”.

‘ What's going on here? , Something's brewing:
in Terrace district when you find a vest-pocket'
cabinet meeting going on In the back booths of
the Lakelse Hotel coffee bar.. On Friday, at.

; noon, we were havin no 2 coffee at the Lakelse

when a procession of “high-priced help’ from —
Victoria tiled inte the booths behind us. We:
saw Waldo Skillings, Minister ‘of industrial:
‘Development, Trade. and: Commerce Ronald.
Worley, Deput H Ay AAinister of Travel industry,’
’ Bil Murray, Prince’ Rupert and:
provincial dovernment officials -- about eight

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“Mon. : Sang -9
Sun. 12. 6 p.m.

4614 Lazelle: Ave.

The Money Savers

635-6666

* evening ata special nomination '

of the provincial Liberal Party,

- trust that has been placed in me.

jan: * acDoriald was:
nominated as Skeena ‘Liberal :
candidate last - Wednesday

mesting held: in Veritas Hall,
Terrace atlended by. the leader :

David Anderson.’ President of.
the - Terrace . Liberal
Association, Gordon Kerr, was |
also a nominee,

"T feel deeply honored by this

but I must remind you that if we

-are to be successful in
returning a Liberal government
in the next election I must put
my trust in the membership of
the Liberal Association and the
peopie of Skeena riding,” said
MacDonald - ‘who presently
serves as alderman on Terrace
municipal council -- as- he
accepted the nomination.

“] really feel slrongly that I
must get involved: at this time
because the present .

”  giverniment has become smilig
and:. arrogantly: takes:; for.
granted its right” i
without ‘corisideration’:

". ecause we're losing out-on ail
sorts of grants ---and economic. .
development of our natural -''
‘resources is -
through lack of communication
with Ottawa.” -

“After all if we close the door

on Ottawa they’re not going to

heat it down with an ax -- they'll
simply turn elsewhere,”

Provincial Liberal leader,

David

emphasized the need for co-

operation between levels of
government.

“There are. federal proposals

ane a soit i ra re The. ‘federal proposals -

"PROVINCIAL LIBRARY
PARLLARET BLDS:

exp
northern transportation syste
for. Northern’ B.C. and “the

on : with

require provincial. co-operatio ee
** and we must have it to make ty

The history: ‘of Bennelt’s on)
pe ition. with ‘the: federal:
government has been not good
‘The trans Canada Highway is a
casé.in point .-- changing the %
signs lo B.C. No. i infuriated
Oitawa’— this is was the- only e
‘province to do such a thing," #
“We -have another. chance ::
‘pow — with thenéwly proposed 5 EA
‘federal. transportation scheme #
for the northwest ~ and we have ; @
‘to take advantage of it to assist
‘the people in northern B.C.””
. “T pledge my full effort to co-
operate and make this work,”’

handicapped

Anderson, alsa

"WESTERN
TRAMLER SALES LTD.

Highway 16 West
Of Skeena Forest Products —
PHOME 635-4564
635-6357 Price 15°

ssn YEAR NO. j[, -

Ray Williston, Minister of Lands, Forests and Water Resources, and Pamila Ryan of Prince .
Frank Calder, Chief of the Nishga

Rupert -- cut the ribbon opening the new Nass Bidge.

Tribes fand an MLA) may be seen at right.

Bridge officially opened

“Many - from Terrace,
including -Mayor.Lloyd Jo-,
-hnstone and Chamber: of -
Commerce President Bruce

- Carruthers, joined the'crawd of.
over 100 persons who wilnessed ~

the opening of the Nass Bridge --
east of Stewart on Saturday.

_ Ray Williston, Minister ‘of.
Lands,. Forests and. Water
Resources, with the help of little
Pamela Ryan.of Prince Rupert,
« whom, he _ picked
Spontarieously fram the crowd ~
cut the ribbon officially opening
the Nass Bridge at. noon, os ~

The, bridge closes the final

gap between. ‘the Stewart-
Cassiar Highway which angles
across the northwestern part of

_the province -- from. satt. water: ;
tot the, Alaska Highway.

The. bridge “grosses. “the

" rushing silt-filled Nass. River “
; ‘built ~ the
* Engineering. Division Of the
British’... Colymbla:.. Forest’:
hes at: a cot of: about Ps

and was"

spring run-off and i in October -
* when autumn rains precede the
“freezeup. At no point in‘its -
entire length | has it been proper--
ly bridged

Glue laminated (glulam).
wooden girders, have been used
widely by Forest Service en-
gineers for many of their -'
previous crossings and some of
the longer spans have been
braced by various combinations ©
of steel struts and cables.. Even
. 80, transportation and handling

difficulties‘after assembly in V-"-

ancouver have limited the pra-.

clical, length. of glulam girders ;

‘to 150 feet.

ntroduced “new problems.
_ Several. steel: ‘designs were |

most. ‘economical and: ae

glulam girders made of Douglas .
r were spliced: at: the Ibridge:
te into two.165-foot beams,

|» They were reinforced with stee
Le praeing to meer load Supt to

. public highways _

‘The main span of the Nass: ©
~ bridge is 186° feet and has {+

considered: but in the-end the, ‘-

ws » Hane to

open. to the travelling public. at.
specified times. Limitations w-
ill be necessary because roads
leading to the’ bridge are not...
at this time -
although they may y well be some

Three ‘differnt ‘routes lead

north from Highway 16. One of °
them is the Columbia Cellulose -

Company's logging road which

starts at Terrace and extends’.
140: miles to the confluence of
‘the Meziadin and the Nass. Be-
cause of ithe logging truck
traffic, public-use wilt probably |
be restricted to after-work hou-,
rs. and to weekends.

“second route starts ‘farther

t: Kitwangs,..jolns . the .
‘logging road about 60 -
the north and offers the’

ye ee ‘open starts | ‘at
id. follows the Forest’
Service’ access’ road ‘up: the
Kispiox River. However, a 23-
milé. extension i wen baa te

2¢ WARNING
TO

ILLEGAL
FISH |

PEDDLERS |

Morris Bogart, Fishery Offic-
er with the Fishery Service
Branch of the federal
Department — of ’ the-
Environment -- stationed in
Terrace, is highly ~ concerned
about the illegal peddalling of -
salmon here.

d MAS “number of. ‘people _ are
*  peddling:6 sakqn taken Jy:

‘tidal waters’; he, said: ae
strictly illegal to buy. or sell sa-
imon taken from the freshwater.
streams, rivers und Jakes.. Only
those licensed — coastal
fishermen may do this.-

These salmon that are being
taken from the Skeena River
‘and sold in the area aré spaw- ~
ming stock. If leit te spawa we
i can expect.a return of. two to
1 three fish for each one that is -
1 allowed to reach its spawning
ground at Babine Lake, : .”,

Feople~ who buy these. fish ©
may not:realize that they are
actually threatening the liveli-
, hood of coastal fishermen who .
* are absolutely dependent upon
these fish -- and their successful

; ‘fepreduction -- for a liyelihocd.
vrs From time to time legitimate
fish peddlars may appear.in the
district ~ but if they are leg-
itimate they will be able to p-
reduce a peddlars license issued
by the Terrace Municipal

Photo, courtesy of Peter Jones, CF TK-TY District. If there is any doubt as

‘to whether or not a peddlar is -

LOCAL PRODUCTS |
PROMOTED

Two government-sponsored

“British Columbia . Bréakfasts
and one Brunch to promote B.C.

grown food products have just’

been held in the ‘northwestern
part of the province, °
‘Attending -were
representatives’ of the organiza~
tions in each centre-which prod-

uce, ‘market and use food

products; .

\” The functions were held July 5
‘in Prince Rupert (a breakfast at.
‘the Moose Hall) and Terrace (a

brunch “at. ‘the. ‘Vocational:

. School) and July 6 in Kitimat (a

breakfast al the Kitimat Hotel).’
The host i is ‘Industrial ‘Deve-

-Jopment, Trade and Commerce
Minister
-‘representing:: Agriculture:

Minister." Cyril - Shelford.’.:Mr.: |
. “Skillings ‘outlined to ‘the guests .

the purpose. and activity of the

government's $200,009 promoti-

onal campaiga to’ increase in-

provitice - sales of - Jocal food

. products, a
‘ “The

objective

Waldo™’ Skillings,’

people v we are inviting to.
these functions’ are the people:
who" can “help us. "achieve this

’ legitimate —- stay on the safe -
-side and ask to see his license.
If the peddiar is: unable to

operate by.contacting either the
RCMP or ‘the federal Fisheries
Service. -

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Local: scout Stanley. ‘Milter let Terrace : last
"prida evening on his way t ti

tiand.
ras’ ‘Calgary. where H6o:met

" produce a. license’ please -co-