CELEBRATING ......................CREATIVITY' ............................... Vindspeaker sa- ..................tuteelutes ...............................the contribu. artists_ make to the preservation continuance of .................and ............................... ................rst Nations ............................... cut- fizO I I No. 19 Si December 6 - December I 9, I 993 Canada's National Aboriginal News Publication Volume AO plus G.S.T. where applicabl: Economies at risk if NAFTA ignores Native rights By D.B. Smith The NCC's own study of Windspeaker Staff Writer NAFTA suggests many Native rights are in jeopardy and that the deal favors Americans. The OTTAWA Charlottetown Accord had 22 ref- erences protecting Aboriginal The economies of the First rights, but the 4,000 -page NAFTA Nations could be destroyed by document has only one "weak American business interests if reference," George said. Native rights are not addressed The greatest threat to the First in the North American Free Trade Nations is the jurisdiction over Agreement, the head of the Na- resources within land claim re- tive Council of Canada said. gions,jurisdiction thathas notyet There are at present no ref- been worked out, he said. erences to Aboriginal rights in "Nobody's been even talking the document, said Ron George. to us about that....We' renegotiat- And without further clarifica- ing in good faith with the federal tion on resource management, and provincial governments on the First Nations stand to lose our land claims while they're ne- everything. gotiating with another two na- "We want it all addressed. tions about our resources. So Wewantwater rights. We'retalk- something is drastically wrong ing about resources, we're talk- about this process." ing about monopolies. They're NAFTA will likely not have talking about intellectual prop- any negative impact on Natives, erty. Every one of those items at least in terms of resource man- affect us... especially if we have agement, an External Affairs outstanding daims negotiations spokesman said. Bert Crowfoot in the works and treaty renova- In fact, the deal will probably Singin' the blues tions." open up new markets for bands, George's comments carneone especially sectors like natural re- work about a former wife's passion for bingo, The Bingo Warrior Blues, that is, an original day after the U.S. House of Repre- sources and energy, Dave Nation near Calgary. The Red Thunder member performed by Daniel Crane of the Tsuu Tina sentative's 434 members passed Marshall said. performed his solo act, using a Dakota flute, during the Ermineskin Education Awards Night. the deal by a margin of 34 votes. See Natives, Page 3. To receive Windspeaker in your sedl;re,veóÿóer Inquiry report ignores key issues in the amount of $28 (C.S.T. .-. By Connie Sampson that" year term for manslaughter. He is eyed. Windspeaker Contributor One issue the inquiry failed to due for release on Dec. 15. Licenses cannot be issued to address was the identity of the Members of the LaChance anyone with a history of threats or R weap- IVE RCMP informant, and whether family and the tribal council both violence. Nerland supplied PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. received special treatment believe Nerland should havebeen ons for KKK gatherings and had ED, ERTA Nerland because he was that informant chargedwithmurder.Butthecom - once suggested a shotgun as'birth Family members of an Indian The Prince Albert Tribal Council missioners said prosecutors were control" for Natives. trapper shot dead three years ago and the Lachance family named correct in bringing a manslaugh- Inreleasingthereport,Mitchell NAP by a white supremacist say justice Nerland as the RCMP informer on tercharge two days after the shoot- said the criminal justice system officials have not addressed con- the Aryan Nations back in No- ing. does not serve the Aboriginal peo- cerns over the mie racism played vember 1992. It was necessary to lay the ple. The commissioners recom- Al in the killing. But a Saskatchewan Court of charge quickly and prevent mend that the Prince Albert police Saskatchewan Justice Minis- Appeals ruling that the name of Nerland from fleeing the country, have aCrec peaking member on ter Robert Mitchell released the the informer had to be kept secret the commission concluded. duty at all times. There now is 75 -page inquiry report into the But insuffi- oneCree- speaking officer and sev- CIT, was upheld by the Supreme Court while there was shooting death of Leo LaChance of Canada that month. The tribal dent proof for a murder charge at eral studying the language. Nov. 22. The Cree trapper was council believed the truth should the time, police and prosecutors The commissioners also con - killed in January 1991 by Camey be revealed so the commission erred by not thoroughly investi- duded that prosecutors and po- POS Nerland,theSaskatchewanleader could do its job properly. gating the racist undertones in the liceshould havemore cultural sen- oftheChurchofJesusC'hristChris- Commissioners Ted Hughes, trial, the report read. sitivity and cross-cultural training. tian -Aryan Nations. Delia Opekokew and Peter The commissioners were also Thejusticeministerhasalready David Lachance, brother of MacKinnon also concluded police critical of the Prince Albert City called fora two-day conference in Leo Latlance, told journalists he and prosecutors should have in- Police for not interpreting the law January to provide more cross - accepted the $400,000 inquiry's vestigated the racist aspects of the more broadly when licensing cultural training for prosecutors. $40 .ptions report but there are still many un- killing much more thoroughly. Nerland's Northern Gun and Tribal council Chief Alphonse outside Canada answered questions. More information about the Pawn Shop. Nerland might have Bird told a news conference Nov. 'T feel a lot 48 Dec. 06/93 would better today racist aspect might also have led to been denied a license if his activi- 22 the tribal council had only if I knew what happened inside a longer sentence, the report stated. ties with the Ku Klux Klan and hours and was not ready yet to PUBLICATION MAIL REGISTRA770N 11177 thatbuilding and we'll neverknow Nerland is currently servinga four- Aryan Nations had been consid- comment PAGE 2, DECEMBER 6 - DECEMBER 19, 1993, WINDSPEAKER News WHERE TO TURN Wells rejects report on relocation lsInes DAVIS INLET, Nfld. kilometres to Sango Bay, a site of rifle. Police reported he was high view" on moving the village. the Innú s choosing, would help on gas fumes and talking about Rich had resigned as chief last fri ei 18,1 9 Newfoundland released a alleviate some of the dire social suicide. month, saying she was frustrated long- awaited report on the problems facing the 500 people in Moving the village to Sango with the province's lack of action. relocation of the Innu of Davis the inlet, the report stated. Bay would help the Innu regain But a call from Indian Affairs Inlet after Chief Katie Richaccused The Innu came to their spirituality, social and Minister Ron Irwin changed her :iv t2+ the premier of "shelving" the international attention last psychological health and restore mind. 1'. document. January when tribal police the community's collective Quitting would have left the Clyde Wells made provisions discovered two groups of children identity and self- esteem, community with no experienced E>! for the release of the report by high on gasoline fumes and Henriksen wrote. It would also leaders to deal with the federal Norwegian anthropologist Georg screaming about suicide. help Newfoundland restore its government, she said. Henriksen Nov. 25 after repeated Eighteen youths were credibility as a reliable Ottawa initially moved the questions about the study. airlifted to Poundmaker's government. community to the Far North in The report, which was treatment centre in Alberta and Talks between the Innu and 1948 when game animals around ur Wit commissioned by the province addiction counsellors were flown the province collapsed in April the inlet on the mainland grew and prepared in secret, to the inlet to help the rest of the after Wells refused to consider scarce. Many residents returned recommends Newfoundland village. But the problems of the Sango Bay site. Shifting the to the area in 1949, but the hunting move quickly in helping the Innu substance abuse and violence village there will only shift all the remained poor. people of Davis Inlet relocate their remain in the community. social ills of the Innu, he said. The village was then relocated community to mainland Last month, police confronted The premier discounted to its current island site 330 OIL, GAS CHIEFS Labrador. a 16- year -old boy walking Henriksen's report, saying it only kilometres north of Goose Bay in MEET Moving the community 15 through the village with a loaded expresses the author's "personal 1967. Minister of Indian Affairs Ron Irwin assured 108 Treaty 6 chiefs win support from House of Lords chiefs from oil- and gas - rich First Nations from By D.B. Smith "I was really delighted that developments. to the Constitution, Steinhauer across Canada that In- Windspeaker Staff Writer we achieved this much because This is not the first time the said. dian control and man- we are usually hitting ourselves chiefs have lobbied the British "It's unfortunate to say that against a brick wall so many years government to force Ottawa to these people have gone down the agement of oil and gas A trip to London, England by now," Lameman said. recognize Native Treaty rights, river to assimilation....It's been the resources on Indian a group of Treaty Six chiefs to "This time around I think we said Saddle Lake Elder Eugene intent of the Canadian lands would move ahead lobby support from the British made some headway." Steinhauer. A delegation travelled government for over a century to at their speed.