The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, | March 11, 1998 -A11 Fill up with savings. Natives want Nisga’a treaty deal halted GITANYOW natives have filed a court action that threatens to block the looming Nisga’a treaty if they don’t I 1 I I ‘yo! 40 sacra NE ae WP Soup & A Bunn. 59° w/eoupon Nisga’a and say the planned treaty infringes on their rights ¥ At That Price, Bring. -A Friend! I I 1 |: _ lL l l and could leave them with little by the time they finish ne- gotiating their own treaty. In particular, they say the Nisga’a treaty hands the Nisga’a rights to fish and wildlife in the entire Nass valley — which includes the vast majority of Gilanyow tradi- tional territory. The core lands that the Nisga’a would be granted under a treaty also overlaps to a small extent with the Gitanyow claim, and there are also five small chunks of land within Gitanyow territory that would be given to the Nisga’a. They include areas the Gitanyow consider prime fishing JASON OVERTON at the scene of the crime. sites or potential spots for economic development. The court action is aimed at the provincial and federal . . Fi refi hter h as governments, and seeks a declaration that the Nisga’a lreaty won't affect Gitanyow rights over their traditional lerritory, said Gitanyow spokesman Herb Russell. ear retu rn ed “We're nol trying to stop the Nisga’a from get- ling their deal, as long as A VOLUNTEER firefighter’s faith in the community | jp" doesn’t’ impact was restored last week when his stolen firefighting | Gitanyow,” Russell said. equipment was returned. “But Gitanyow wants Jason Overton, a Terrace fire department volunteer, | some certainty that their had the specialized equipment stolen from his truck | aboriginal rights will be Feb. 26. ; protected.” The truck was in the carport of his home on Park The group has repeated- Ave. on the night when someone wrenched open the | |y pushed for a resolution door and stole a red duffel bag containing a firc heimet, | of the overlap between the boots, jacket and pants. two group’s land claims, As soon as I saw that door open I knew there was a] and objected loudly to problem,’’ says Overton, who was on his way to school provisions of the Nisga’a the next morning. ‘‘My heart just sank.”’ agreement-in-principle Le ome Sure enough, the equipment was gone, along with | afer it was signed. Glen Williams Ot © hockey equipment that was also in the truck. . “We've tried every other way to negotiate it. We've verlon spent the morning searching dumpsters iN Fried different approaches, different remedies, We've of- the area, guessing the thieves might have thought they fered solutions,” Russell said ae oolen a bag full of hockey gear. : ‘ ‘Every time we bring our concerns to the province or igured as soon as they found out it was fire equip- the feds, nobody’s listening,’ he added all nt, they would dump it,” he says. Overton searched “Canada and B.C, are not negotiating in good faith and at morn ut never (oun anything. es au are endangering the integrity of the treaty process for all ands om cone d ve ot it’s tikea ‘eit ot our re »P First Nations by committing to conclude treaties on a first Overton says he doesn’t think some he Je sliz come first served basis,” said Gitanyow chief negotiator the trauma ee can cause by doi P thine © 1 Glen Williams. nother issue is provisions that would allow simple as ‘teal i: a duffel b y Going something a5] the Nisga’a to give mew place names to gcographic sites “What if there had be 0 2” he asks. “Wh within Gitanyow traditional territory. Te ad’ been a res 1G asks, en ‘in our culture, that’s part of the proof of ownership,”’ you go to a fire scene, there’s nothing you can do Russell explained ' . ret ‘ ” . without your equipment. It’s impossible. Nisga’a Tribal Council president Joe Gosnell said Friday cone oom, and the taxpayers of Terrace who pa he was aware of the Gitanyow court action but said it was quipment, & too early to comment. the bag abandoned in a vacant lot several blocks away. . : | _ The good Samaritan returned the bag to the fire hall the. i TWILIGHT SPAS & PUMP SUPPLY - next day. Overton says he owes that person a big CRIMI (Held 2 plans on installing mtion-dctecting lights ouside, me STOPPERS 635-TIPS : Phone 638-0947 « A704 K Keith Ave Terrace, e Fax 638-0948 - Service 7Z.° It's Back! Al’s Famous Paint Special! | afhhlll & A Bunsen 99° w/coupon * | I | | 47 40 Lokelse Avenve, Terrace Ph: 635-6935 Expires March 24,1998 See —ee ee eee eee eo oe The new Occupational Health and Safety Regulation takes effect April 15, 1998, with a graduated compliance period. The standards under the Regulation will provide a basis for further reducing the number of B.C. workers injured or killed on the job. 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