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A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Feds offer Tahitan |

week in an attempt to help a Tahltan band

. resolve its internal differences:

“Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

~:(INAC) officials will be giving workshops

. on how band councils work, what good gov-

erance is and how. elections work in Tele--"

graph Creek and Dease Lake today’ and to-
morrow. The T: elegraph Creek band, one of

_..two Tahitan bands, has been virtually immo- '

~ bilized owing to an occupation of its offices

_ by a group opposed to band chief Jerry Asp.
* They said Asp, who was president of the
Tahltan Nation Development Corporation at
the time the occupation began, was in a con-
-flict of interest because he could not act as a

political leader as well as a business leader
: in dealing with mining companies..”

The occupation caused the band to close
its offices.'A third party manager has now

- been hired by INAC to administer the band’s

social services and other programs until the
situation is fixed.
“Our role is that of. a facilitator and dis-

From front.

changing its planned road access to connect.

the mine with Hwy37.

‘An earlier route proposal drew Tahltan

worries about environmental impacts on fish-
bearing waters and: other issues. The new.
== route calls for a much-narrower road and the
.. construction of a pipeline to transport concen-

trate from the mine to Hwy37 for hauling.”
The draft agreement was reached through

what Rattray described as a new way for the”

Tahitan to make decisions. It was first crafted
_by negotiators, then presented to the Tahitan
"Central Council executive, which consists
' of Rattray as chair and the two chiefs of the

*. two Tahitan bands in 1 Telegraph Creek and

in Iskut: °
“Tt was then passed to the councils of the

“two bands and to the central council board, -

which is made up of representatives of the
10 main Tahltan clans.

~The current’ schedule’ of ‘information

. meetings followed by ratification is meant to

__ gain the involvement of as many Tahltan as
‘possible, said Rattray.

This new: process is also important | to.
-demonstrate the Tahltan Central Council’s
- position as being representative of the Tahl-

- tan people.

It has run into stiff opposition from a
group of people who challenge its authority
to make decisions. because they say the el-

_ders are being ignored. The group occupied
the offices of the Telegraph Creek band ear-
' lier this year."

From front a

‘Plex money

“In lots of ways I think they should just

‘build the stupid rink, but we don’t have

enough seats in the arena we have. now and
that was supposed to be taken care of with
the other (2003) plan,” Park said, adding he
can’t support a project that has deviated so’
far from the initial vision of a multiplex that

. __ Teceived city. approval i in the 1999 referen-

dum. ;
' “How do you go fundraise for something
you don’t have any faith in happening?”
“Alcan, which commited itself to $450,000
-in 2003 but which.does not yet have a signed
‘ contract with the city, says it hasn’t met with
the city since the second sheet of ice only
plan was unveiled in the spring.
“We are still there, we want to assist and
be a part of it but obviously we need to sit

down with the City of Terrace officials to

find out what their plan is and how they. are
moving forward with it,” says company of-

- .modern times by the Tahltan than is Nova- —

‘position to NovaGold that has befallen For-

said. Gagnier. “We’ve heard concerns and °

ter.”

info on governing |

FEDERAL CIVIL servants are up north this

seminator of information. We’re there to
explain policies and procedures, ” said INAC
official Anita Bedell last week. ,;

“This is part of the process to get them’
back up and running. ‘We'll be involved for
up to the next six months.” ,

The third party manager, hired for a-so. .

‘far undisclosed amount of money, will be

running the band’s affairs until at least next
June, the date of the next scheduled band -

_ council elections.
‘Some of the people involved in n the Tele- .
graph Creek occupation were also involved .

in another internal Tahltan dispute over who
makes decisions regarding the use of Tahl-
tan traditional territory.

That: group says the Tahltan’ Central

* Council, which is made up of representatves

of the 10 main Tahitan clans, can’t claim to
have authority over Tahltan lands.

This other dispute lead to a blockade this
summer which prevented Fortune Minerals

- from gaining access to the Klappan area so it
could work on its anthracite coal deposits.

Mine plan approval sought

_ Members of the group also: blockaded:
road access to the Klappan area this summer
so another resource company, Fortune Min-
erals, could not work on its anthracite coal
licences.

Rattray said the Klappan area is drawing
more attention because it is used more in

Gold’s Galore Creek property.
' “There’s more potential for. acid rock
drainage in the Klappan and not so much at
Galore Creek,”’Rattray.added. _

So far, there has not been the level of op-

tune Minerals.
« Gagnier from NovaGold said that. while

he could not speak for other projects, his: - gs

company has. put alot of work into its de- °
velopment.

“Any relationship i is based on communi
cation and we’ve worked very hard at that,”

we have’ listened to everyone.”

Ratification ‘of the agreement will be a
crucial example of the “consult and accom-
modate” requirement ordered by the courts -
in how governments and industry deal with
native people.

Court rulings have held that while native
groups do not hold a veto on developments
on their traditional territory, they must be in-
cluded in decision making and that social,
environmental and impacts on natives on
must be taken into account.

issue raised

ficial Colleen Nyce.
“It’s definitely still on the table, but again,
that depends on what the new plan is and we>°

-chaven’t been officially told anything on their

part,” says Nyce, adding other projects Al--

can is supporting have faced the same prob-

lems with rising construction costs:
Mayor Jack Talstra says he is not'morally .

_ Opposed to using the pledged money for the

existing design.
“There is absolutely no problem a as far 2 as

‘T’m concerned, we haven’t changed the con-.

cept really,” he said.”

“We went to people for donations for a
sportsplex and innitially it was to be placed
btween the swimming pool. and the arena
— we have not changed the major component _
of the second sheet of ice.

“I have absolutely no problem with it and _
‘I don’t think donors do either, for that mat-

”

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