ommunity,” McDonald :has been ‘doing ( valdest: remaining ‘in. the | ~ a ‘graveyard, : ‘has. been’ worn. > Smooth..by ‘a..centliry of ” “» northwestern B.C, weather, oo. “The letters are’ hard “to “read, ‘but ‘a-'small:.inscrip- _— tion: on ‘the. back: identifies. ° othe: ‘stone. ‘as. being made in, or : Port Simpson, _ "2 Biyant is’ one “of ardind © 9 - 50 of Kitsumkalum’ 5, de-, “ceased, -who" are: butied: in : kechuté: ‘Road; ; “On . ‘sumkalum’. ".”, transit-routes ,to ‘the coast: ea The. Garvin, who spent ‘severa “yards, ~: ith.. things « like: . failways.”” Le He’ = putting, jogeiher, a -historical = the’ yard, vos. “. past-is intriguing. ted histories:, I’ve" deal “with, oa said” Garvin. * me -the. gnost. interesting : ‘thing, was. thé history, tha for development.” re Hwy. 16. thé - federal : the’ ‘west coast. - *ginal-. villages. i in. the” ‘area, ‘location, ginal. ‘graveyards — in the- : northwest for 10-years.” -Univeisity- -College, - says ‘graveyards ‘area ‘gold mine “of. information: when look: _ ‘community. “One thing | nil: | “ministertal cords of. eause. of death’ in, Tre. des.” “ship. and économie’ “status. o “and. community. healthy " he-said: > Terrace “to “map! the. Kit ., sumkalum’ graveyard, : Garvin has studied: ‘10, : “othe aboriginal sraveyards 7 ‘the. yard. ticked : ‘at’ ‘the’end’ “Of an access toad. off ‘Spo- . two. Separate’ cea" : sions: ‘since ‘Bryant’s death’ in. 1884, the: bodies, of Kit->.: deceased” lave been “excavated. and" “telocated- ‘to make way-for . 7: ‘Kitsumkalum ° ’ ‘were: forced’ to. relocate. ‘their: “cemetery,” explained anthropologist Dr...Richard.. weeks' in Terrace -earlier. this. “summer. ° doing - Teo: “search in the area” Ss brave ’ They. had: t toe coritend- big a map. of the. Site including “information.” ‘about the People buried in, < oo The: Kitsumkalun S: “ce metery may. be small, bul “ “For. cluded:all. the: movement 2 The: cemetery, founded a “in the imid-1800s;: was: first ° . located two miles east of. ¢° ~ the’ Kalum. ‘River: on. the”. / south ‘side.’ of the Present : “They ‘reflect’ things: like “community wealth and” «things, like: ‘demographics In: July. Garvin, was ‘ine through: villages covering: homes .and’ graves,” 7 ing and. the:dead.” ‘itsumkalum: “raves. - construction ‘would. dam- age. other graves ‘and head: -) stones" S: ; “The railway. was just =seems - like: there.’ ‘are: other: (been taken.?.-:* the: graves, “pany: offered. the Kitsum- “to cover “the cost. of the Ta- bour to move the Bodies.” of. moving, the bodies... ; . “The graves. were: a lightning. tod-for potitical action,” - said McDonald. _: “The: people -of ‘Kitsumka urn have: always: defended! heir irright't to! Hand. ner research i in this area. for. 30 7 “Th ye, would: just blast - said. MeDoinald.: “Te'shows such - disrespect: to, both the’ liv- The: route: ‘threatened 13 . alt. had ‘tracks - being. laid ° on. top: of several ‘of the: - : graves. and- there were cone: ..cems the tock: blasting and. & taking the ‘most convenient’. way,” ) said McDonald. “Tmo a engineer, but it. - “routes: ‘that could - have - ~ Grand. Trunk Pacific, the: railway. company doing .: the “construction, deman- *} ded: the ‘band remove: the It refused ‘and: -the Goma. alum $15. for: each grave. “Th February. ‘of 1909,: the ; “people of -Kitsumkalum _ “managed ’ ‘to Walt,construc- ~.tion-of.. the railway. for sev-. eral. months. They: deman:,°. ded’ compensation’ for: the: ~: survivors “of - the. people: -who' would be .moved-and- for. the grave diggers who ~” ine -would: undertake: the. task . “Without: a- doubt ‘it’: Ss. ~-one:of-the most:complica-. nal: site, ; = ‘The: band was: given : $1, 000 for: -darnages, $200, . fora new. cemetery and. $270 for- ihe removal of the: : said’ James: McDonald, chair of .- § anithropdlogy- ‘at’ UNBC, ° RICHARD GARVIN and Melodie: Jo} nson,. stone of Ellen Bryant.: The cemetery has: moved twice. since she died ‘in 1881; “Kitsumkalum, prop up: the head ‘ted “12° graves, ‘coniaining 18, bodies, -to ‘a ‘new loca tion: northeast. of: the origi: we a “again. moved. io. indke: way’ -for.a: transportation route, a the: coast.’ political action. in - “Dr. James MéDonald “ae “tle: the: ‘matter, So Des .., He pave-the, band an ule . timatum. ‘Either the ‘band compariy dott os : » In“the::fall of: 1909, ihe. most of the ‘Nisga’a a. ceme- : teries. the. collision ‘of. cultures: i is ‘He« says* missionaries tried'to divert Money. uséd for. Potlatches, a ceremony -‘Gutlawed. -in-.1884,: ‘ they’ Te, putting: up ‘head~ oh gtanes. They’ re. becoming — _Christians,”. But really they were. like. the early” contact -héad-- a _ Stones.would.. be: carvings ~ os early cemeter- 7 ‘of. clan’ symbols such “as” killer. whales ‘or ‘frogs. . He'says one of the most» “ interesting: ‘things’ he ‘saw: in his; study of ‘early: con- was the Way people died, “One: thing: I. find amaz- “iW edily- cemeteries,” said fishing” accidents,” - in “Kugiiat of 1909, ‘ihe: B. Cc. ‘Superintendent of In-” dian Affaits, Mr: ‘Vowel, ° “was sent to: the area to. Aek, . int the 4 ‘atea, wiki three. : ‘in ‘ Kitamaat: Village” and “Garvin's 5. Focus: iS ‘how ; reflected in the. graveyards. - to. > little» totem. - - »poles,"" said Garvin, refer: “ring. to. the’ way, thany of. “ing: ig the: ministerial re+ 7 cords. of the.cause of death ~ over.” Kitsumkalim’ 8: deceased oe was -agiin’ threatened. « . During”, thes) World’ War, the: War: ‘Mea: sures. ‘Act’ was ‘used to: ex: propriate’. land - from. the” + cnorthern half of: the. cemet-.: ery. Im1941, ‘band; préferring to do.the:” f move: ‘themselves, feloca- o Bat! the turtidil: ‘exper. iericet byt ite He, Heeler" ° ec: Bol : ner ‘treaty: négotiator for: Kit” ~Sumkalum, Te wasn’ oe long t ‘before - what should: have- been’ ‘the "final “resting ; place” for :the “@: road: to. Prince: Rupert cut through: the, site. and ‘bodies. were : families living. here,” ‘graveyard on the. road. buil place. of Kitsumkalum’ "Ss deceased, wells “Skeena. River: quested: “that” the: Jand whieh was, once’ the nor “section: of the. graveyard, ; “be returned as: “part of two: claims. they filed: in. 1986; “AN unknown: fumiber of “graves were’ moved to the“ “southern part: of the ceiiet-- _ery -when--the. ‘toad. was’. “2 “built over the northern half. scot bok jdt Ua Tor. of — ss ~ Toye “We ‘were: all: ° | a t-Essington: “The: graves | were a lightning rod for : thee an really oa te “> -property.> - , ~ For: ‘Several: decades ‘the oe ” ache buzzed: ‘past: thé zi “hall. in 1996. on tap of. the former resting” The - ‘Kitsumkalum: Te: 6 pensation forthe around ‘taken: in’ the: constructio# ‘of the. railway ‘and highway ah. and: damages: Telated ‘to the...” iwo- “graveyard: relocations;: oo as wellas timber and gra- -.- vel: that was - Aaken, from: we “their lands!<.7"" oe cyt took: altost a 1 decade’ - “to ‘setile: the: claims: “The. settlement: included. mon-.: etary: compensation, land. - “and: repairs-to. Some: of ‘the damages: incurred. to- ‘their; sabout whether. or. not: bo-. ! dies: are. missing’ from the’ : on thé early 1970s; the: y -highway: was. moved to-its: ~ (present: location parallel fo . “the railway down’: by the ‘Second. two. moves, « ‘ yard, RICHARD. GARVIN spent several weeks. In the area doing: reeeurch in ‘local: : graveyards, He has been working | in this region for 10: years... ~ disease - -or-, trauma: Tike drowning’ or logging. or. hee. “2 “said, - ‘explaining . ‘that. sins, More modern cemeteries .it : terids to be. nore chronic” disease like heart: disease. «. Garvin ‘is: Putting. foge: ‘ther: thé} ‘map: of line Kite sumkalum: graveyard and = Ahopes-to put the data‘on to a. CD for ‘easy. access: lo. athe: records, oot Garvin, received a thajor in 2000 “through: Social , Sciences federal: grant : and" Humanities’ Research, te Council for the work, -Minimal. réecrd keeping - ‘bas made it, difficult‘to-be? | - suie.all-bodies-are accoun-. J. 2s ted‘ for and whiere’ exactly a Dear. Sirs “peo le. cate Iscated in. ‘the oe i abe wl “ wondering: whether. ‘or. not:- we'll ever.” see * the: - likelihood of a five-day soup’ kitchen. operating-on.a 3. | permanent basis for: Terracé. Hopefully. it “will. ‘happen. - ‘The sooner, the: better. |: : Bolton s8ays that. “the me ‘band Wants ‘to use’ ‘ground - vt : penetrating: Tadar’ to.help.in’: by: wasted. _ School system. that: actually works?’ Dear Sirs: eas ; “May of this“yéar:. - - The Terrace Standa rd, Wednesday, September 8, 2004 “AS _ CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD _ the Mail Bag "Schools, first, ‘Please _ “Dear Sirs’ Bt na “I'm disturbed by the, apparently. perverse. priorities: of MLA. Roger Harris’ as highlighted in ‘the recent, 1: headline “MLA will-go to bat for: spértsplex' money” — @ project: which ‘can currently best be described ‘as’ _ applying ‘mortician’s cosmetics to a: Tegion’ ‘whose. 20. -communities are - already ‘exhibiting. decp- seated decay, . We : A inore “effective “approach to development he: northwest- would. have-’ see - Roger’ relentlessly” advocating i in’ ‘Victoria to revitalize’ some “Of ‘ur: core, functions. : ; - What's ‘more vital in. “buildin oR sistainable. community, Roger: —-a-second- sheet’ of ic lees: ‘or. a Our, students” recent ‘literacy: and’ numeracy ‘scores. . are abominations; our, school. trustees’ have. (over: the” course of the neo-Libéral: reign): ‘been. “forced to. constantly cope within. the’ ‘constraints: ofa truly crippling’ provincial funding’ formula’ programs’ have’: “been teduced or-dropped,: schools closed; Glass sizes 7 : - have soared, and we've had'to endure last year’s four- day calendar debacle. (with: yet another case heading to the-courts this. October), » oon wey : "And ‘where has our Roger. been through ail: this ; bedlam? Meeting with: Parents’. ‘groups? Consulting: with the board?. Twisting arms: ‘in: Victoria? Not! 9 “ By the time. Mr. Harris’ batty cronies-are done, -with® this part of.the Heartland, it*ll be. time: to. call’ in the. paramedics’ with’ their ‘defibiillator: paddles. and start: _ calling. “Clear!:-Then:-we -can wall. retire” A =the | _ Sportsplex: for a. célebratory. round of" ferniniscences of * when Terrace had a future, Thanks a lot, ‘Roger. aa ae ee “John. Hew u Lakalse ‘Lake, B Ce _ Karate -explained “Karate B: C, is the recognized’ sport governlag body for karate ‘in British Columbia: It is-the: provincial Ft branch of the National Karate Association’ of Canada, - which is.in turn,. recopnized by: the-Canadian Olympic: Committee; The’ World: Karate: Federation; 1 an the. International Olympic Committee... - | We were ‘quite-surprised: to. read an article: in your... _- paper referring to ‘an: individual “placing. second i in’ the he Canadian Karate Championships and qualified for the” ves “World Karate’ Championships -in September.” “ For: your” information, ‘the World. Karate ih Championships will take: place-in: “Monterey, “Mexico,” sin November. ‘The. 30th National. Black Belt: Karate “ 100 ‘acres ‘of land that: were-, “| Chamipionships : took . place : ‘in: Edmonton,: Alberta i in. You ay ‘link, to ‘the WKE web ‘site “through - ‘the’ ‘Karate’ BC.web:site for: more, information and: results: a http /iww, karatebe. org/..- —_ ‘Athletes .who- ‘qualify to : compete: for’ ‘Canada: in ‘ international competitions’: go. ‘through’-a: process of |: qualifying: through : ‘their: respective. provincial and © National: governing bodies: with ‘mich’ gaérifice of ‘thelr . i" titie,: money and ‘energy; does them, a a;-disservice: | 19, a : A give. credit to others for their accoinplishments, “I'm, sure- the: ‘athletes ‘Mentioned: have ‘also ‘strived, . within. their: context,.and ‘deserve full credit: for. their accomplishments. It) would’ bring. clarity, “if. the: “Canadian and World’ -Championships"" ‘were put in. “context: by mentioning. who’ the’ sanctioning bodies. ate sand to which. international organizations these: groups » Pe. ‘belong. ; : James E. Johnson, Exeentive Director, . hes my Vancouver; B. c More. soup , kitchens’. needed in. Terrace: ae i ’ Recent articles, regarding’ soup ‘kitehens has ieft'n me : a As itis now, the few days per week that ‘the, soup me kitchens’ are-apen: in this town doesn? (really address - J. the: problem fully,’ sure’ that other like® riyselt © ~ would agree with:me thal it: should ‘be. accessible. On. even Tore. days per: week, : ..Anyone can-see. that: there. ‘certainly i is a -nced for’. |. stich “a service given our areas, large: Percentage. oF. ; unemployed. people:i in the northwest: WT have. a gripe about the hours of “apetation. G: 40. pm: on). for the. Seventh: Day: Adventist-run “soup ~ kitchen,: I'm tarely. tiptown: on. a° ‘Sunday. afternoon O., |. be. able ‘toaccess. if, I'd. like: to. see. instead‘ a: noon -hour’ convenient time to. be. able to access it.’ " meal. ‘served. . It -would> be* a much More’ _ Most soup kitchens: in-other BC. communities thiat - “Pve- visited ‘in the last. few: years usually’ seryed up’ a. “L--noon ‘hour. ‘or around : that” ‘time -meal_to: the needy; ~ Some -even. were accessible ‘five days a week. Some:- Ly was isla by 5 someone. here. locally, that ¢ ever the” i Hazelton. area-has a soup: kitchen; They are’one area. ~ da B.C.that was ‘worse ‘off than: others, in. ‘terms. of . i unemployment i in ‘thé northwest. “When you: compare. it: : to other B.C: .communities, Tetrace was slow get a regular soup. kitchen goings... It is quickly: -approaching . the fall months: and, if. “anything, the need ‘for such. a. service. will be ‘even, | greater: especially during. colder months: ‘or. periods of ~ inclement weather: ‘Hopefully some. food: will “come, out of" all: this, Maybe the. wight people ‘reading this can gel, the ball © “rolling again. in-the right direction, this dimers There's been: hat have ‘gone : “Dave Naylor, : Tewpace, B.C, _ ; ‘About the: Mail. Bag = The Terrate: Standard. ‘welcomes: letters. Our. address: is°3210 Clinton-St:, “Terrace, B.C. VaG 5A2.: We. are-open. Monday: to Friday 8:30. a.m. if to.5:00 p.m. You ‘can, fax to: 638-8432, And. you f.can -e:mail :to standard @kermode.nel. “attachments: please, ‘We No: “need: Your name, address. and. phone number, for. vartficatlon Our | aT Seedling’ is noon: Friday or hoon Thursday: i i's a ce were seven days and some even served three meals a - ae