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TSARTLIP ELDER

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people before the courts, where
they are faced with a system they
do not understand.

“A lot of our people are in jail
through not understanding the
law.”

He is now involved in a series of
cross-cultural workshops to help
police, lawyers, judges and court
workers better understand native
values.

“We feel in some cases we can
handle (the offender) in our system
rather than go through the courts,”
Sam said.

As an example, he cited one case
where a group of local youths
charged with breaking into a
liquor store were handled within
the native community.

Each of the youths spent time
every day talking to an elder and
examining their own attitudes,
Sam said.

They also had to perform some
service in restitution to the com-
munity, so became involved in
organizing an anti-drug and alco-
hol seminar:

Sam still recalls having to face
the tribe’s elders himself after
some boyish wrong doing.

“T've experienced that, where
I’ve sat before my elders, apolo-
gized for my behavior and made
sure I did some restitution for
those I had harmed.”

In another case two young men
began fighting after drinking at a
party in Duncan. One pulled a
knife and injured the other man.

The two young men met with
their families before the elders.
The attacker apologized to the
victim, Sam said, and the victim
said he forgave the attacker.

“At the end they shook hands
and embraced one another and
said they would do anything the
elders wanted them to do.”

Both then spent part of the next
three months giving service to the
community through the longhouse.
One also attended a month-long
alcohol treatment program.

When they returned to court,
Sam said, “the judge was so
pleased with what was happening,
he didn’t sentence them.”

For Sam, these incidents prove
the validity of his work to incor-
porate native values into programs
for natives.

Honors — of which he has
received several — are secondary.

SIDNEY OUTRAGED

“I don’t really know what an
honorary doctorate means to me,”
he said. “But my friends and
family said I should accept.”

CENTRE

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The hall has been operated by
the Sidney and North Saanich
Community Hall Association,
hence the name SANSCHA. The
society also owns Blue Heron Park
and was required by statute to
purchase it, or other land, with
money received from annexation
of other society holdings.

A meeting last night was to
outline some of the society’s inter-
esting history, then start looking
toward the future.

With only about 30 active socie-
ty members, “the interest has to
come from the outside,” Lapham
Said.

“We want to get a task force or
group together (for the) job of
putting together a feasibility study
(including) a building concept,
funding structure, operating costs,
users, etc.”

For information call Sanscha
Hall at 656-4523 or 656-4247.

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to traffic woes is needed because
of the moratorium on highway
upgrading imposed until a regional
transportation plan has been com-
pleted. That plan isn’t expected for
two years, with another one to
three year wait expected after that
for design and construction, Amos
said.

The task force noted that in the
interval, traffic will increase, espe-
cially when new superferries come
into service in 1994.

Congestion “is only going to
increase, and increase greatly
when the superferries come in,”
said Amos, adding the issue is
probably the most important one
council will have to deal with in its
term of office.

Ald. John Calder, council’s rep-

there and be intimidating.”

However, Ald. Bob Jones cau-
tioned council not to jeopardize
the work proposed.

He said the lineup of vehicles on
Beacon heading east into Sidney is
lengthy and would be lessened
with two lanes.

“1’m inclined to support this
and campaign for more,” like the
two left-hand turn lanes, he said.

Council Monday authorized
Wild to conduct an analysis of the
intersection and recommend a
solution, with rough cost esti-
mates, which will accommodate
westbound traffic and the impact
of the superfernies.

Aldermen also approved a task
force recommendation that any
changes planned be adequate for
the next five years and provide for
the impact of the new ferries. For

In a letter to council, Wild says
the two left-turn lanes westbound
should be incorporated with the
proposed eastbound change.
(See related story on A20.)

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