Haida Laas - November 2010 ATHLII GWAII 25 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THOSE WHO WERE ON THE LINE – NOVEMBER 16 NOVEMBER 22 NOVEMBER 27 Ethel Jones Kenneth John Davis Marchel Ann Shannon here comes a time T Watson Price John Thomas Jones Shelley Louise Lavoie Ada Yovanovich Christopher M. Collinson Waneeta Ruth Richardson when a people got to do Adolphus Marks Barry Deon Bell Jennifer F. Davidson Teddy Elroy Williams Ronald Torres Souza what a people got to do Alfred Setso NOVEMBER 18 James Irvin Stanley Brad Collinson NOVEMBER 25 Valerie Jones and when the stakes are Frederick Donald Davis Laverne Collinson NOVEMBER 28 Mervin James Dunn Diana Jacqueline Hans Dorothy Eva Russ your land and your culture Andrew Harold Edgars Patricia Ann Gellerman Lawrence Morris Jones Paulette Laverne Robinson losing is not an option Colin Stuart Richardson Marni Lynn York NOVEMBER 29 Ronald Richard Russ Colleen Marissa Williams James Young Noel Douglas White Audra Charlyn Collinson Linda Louise Day Martin Williams a people armed with the truth David James M. Brock Beatrice Mae Drager John Yeltatzie James Thomas Stelkia Ronald Alexander George Gary Russ Sr. are a people with conviction Mervin James Dunn Nigel Marc Pearson that over-rides fear Joey Abel T. Parnell Harold George Williams NOVEMBER 20 Vincent Paul Pearson Jody Henry Russ Harold L. Yeltatzie Ronald Ernest Wilson THOSE WHO WERE Willard Wilson Lawrence Drager a generation at a crossroad Diane Kathleen Brown CHARGED & CONVICTED Sally Ann Edgars Miles Richardson Jr. Rose Lynn Russ Kathleen Marie Pearson Guujaaw chose to stand Laura Carol Williams Russell Clive Edgars John Yeltatzie Richard Craig Williams – Guujaaw, 2010 Harold Owen Wilson Diane Brown Reginald Max Wesley Herman Collinson Arnie Bellis James Franklin McGuire Clayton E Gladstone Frederick Davis Merle Emily Adams Gordon Donovan Russ Colin Richardson Henry Grady Wilson Stuart McLean Roberta Olsen Barbara Grace Stevens Michael Earl Allen Lawrence Jones Jacqueline Kim Yovanovich Troy Pearson Martin Williams Frank Coleman Baker Michael Nicoll Yaghulanaas Fred M. Richardson Willard Wilson Haida Laas - News of the Haida Nation Athlii Gwaii – Special Issue – November 2010 Preparing to go Arriving at Sedgewick Bay WE BUILD THE ROAD AS WE GO Haida citizens begin Meetings are held between the province and the Haidas and 1974 - ITT-Rayonier presents a five-year logging plan to The Skidegate Band Council and the Islands Protection Society substantial changes are made, however, the license is renewed. watching southern vil- Ministry of Forests, which proposes moving the Frank Beban (IPS) draft a proposal to preserve portions of Moresby Island. lage sites on a volunteer logging operation from Talunkwen Island to Burnaby Island. Chief T’aanuu and Guujaaw return to court just days after the basis. Council of the Haida Nation is formed. renewal date and they are again denied their application as Islands Protection Society (IPS) is formed: Haida and newcom- the Forest Minister said he had listened to Haida concerns and The United Fisher- ers join together to seek protection of wilderness areas on Mo- had made changes in the new licence—the license had already 1982 - 1975 - Logging begins on Lyell Island. man and Allied Workers’ Union resby Island. been renewed. and Native Brotherhood, the two main fishing organizations on the coast, recognize Duu IPS meets with Skidegate Band Council ITT- Rayonier’s Tree Farm Licence expires. The next day all changes agreed to had been dropped from 1978 - Guusd Tribal Park and support the designation, as does the the renewal notice. The Skidegate Band Councils Chief T’aanuu (Nathan Young) and Guujaaw with IPS take Graham Island Advisory Planning Commission. objects to logging plan due to Rayonier and the Minister of Forests to court in attempt to Another appeal is sought through the Supreme Court of Can- Haida reliance on the area. stop logging. Chief T’anuu and Guujaaw get standing in the ada over this matter in order to show the court the dishonesty 1983 - A feast is held at Naden Harbour to declare Duu court, IPS is denied it. The court action is a ‘judicial review’ set- in the dealing but the application is denied because it is Guusd. Premier Dave Barrett makes a ver- ting out an application to stop renewal of the TFL. The Deputy a “provincial” matter. bal commitment to the Skidegate Minister of Forests advises the court that the province is quite The first All-Islands Symposium is organized. Haida send emis- Band to impose a logging mora- willing to meet with the Haidas to alleviate their concerns. The sary (Don Rosenbloom) to Japan to request owners of CIPA torium on traditional food gathering areas in TFL 24, but this A South Moresby Planning Team is created to study petition is denied by the Supreme Court of BC because the 1979 - Industries Ltd., the logging company operating in Duu Guusd, action would mean only a deferral of logging in small areas of the issues over logging in “South Moresby.” Logging contin- Forest Minister had not made a decision and the license had to cease operations. Gwaii Haanas. not yet been renewed. ues on Lyell Island while the planning team works on a report. The South Moresby Planning Team delivers its report Above: Islands Protection Membership card. The court encourages that the meeting with the Deputy Minis- 1984 - 1981 - The CHN designates Duu Guusd Tribal Park, on the to the provincial cabinet’s Environment and Land Use Commit- ter proceed before the renewal. Right: Protect Lyell Island button. west coast, and petitions the province to defer all develop- tee (ELUC). ment plans within the Tribal Park. 4 5 Haida Laas - News of the Haida Nation Athlii Gwaii – Special Issue – November 2010 PuttingTaking aup break the cabin. while building camp. Frank Beban and crew approach the line. BC sits on the report and logging continues. Minister of Forests issues three new cutting permits in an area BC Supreme Court authorizes 1986 - Of the seventy-two Haidas charged eleven have on the south side of Lyell Island. These new permits exceed serving of contempt of court and their charges changed to a criminal breach of a court order. The Council of the Haida Nation holds a series of meetings Frank Beban’s annual cut quota in volume. mischief charges against seventeen The others have a stay of proceedings. One of the eleven has with government ministers offering to develop a solution. Haidas. charges dropped at a later date. Minister of Environment, Pelton, announces a Wilderness 1985 - Haida Gwaii Watchmen program begins Advisory Committee, which will study South Moresby and Ten of the seventeen have their Eight appear before a judge and elect to represent themselves. the Duu Guusd Tribal Park among other areas. charges of contempt upheld and CIPA Industries Ltd. dissolves. The provincial government pass- are sentenced to five months sus- A salmon stream is wiped out by a es up the chance to cancel cutting rights in Duu Guusd. Logging resumes on Lyell Island in October. The Haida Nation pended sentences and denied ac- logging-induced slide. Frank Be- moves to set up a camp at Sedgewick Bay. Twenty-five RCMP cess to Lyell Island. ban is charged with an offence CHN meets with Minister of Parks, officers are stationed at the Beban logging camp. under the Fisheries Act and or- Tony Brummet, who states that no CHN designates Gwaii Haanas land and marine areas as a dered to appear. Barb Wilson cutting permits will be issued while Camp moves from Sedgewick Bay to Windy Bay. Haida Heritage Site. March: Beginning in Saint John’s, the Haida Nation and BC are talking, Newfoundland, the South Mores- and before a formal decision is made The Haida Nation blocks the road on Lyell Island. Information comes forward showing that the majority of the by Caravan travels 7,500 kilome- on the whole of South Moresby. provincial cabinet including the Premier were shareholders tres across Canada. The whistle-stop Western Forest Products files for and is granted an injunction. in Western Forest Products, the company that was doing the tour rallied support for the protec- Logging on Lyell Island slows down as The Haidas go back to the blockade but, on the first day, stand logging. tion of South Morseby through a series the logging quota has been cut and aside to let the loggers pass in respect of the courts. of whistle-stops. Fund raising and benefit concerts with the Frank Beban’s contract with Western Skeena Member for Parliament, Jim Fulton, raises the issue of likes of Long John Baldry, Pete Seeger and Bruce Cockburn oc- Forest Products is due to expire. November 16: Haida Elders are ar- aboriginal rights and title and the events unfolding on Lyell Is- cur and further raise awareness. Elders, Ada Yovanovich, Ethel rested at Lyell Island. The blockade land, in the House of Commons. The issues are debated in the Jones and Gaahlaay, Watson Pryce, join the train along the way. Minister of Forests announces that logging will continue on and arrests continue through No- Commons, November 18, 19, 21, 25, 26 and December 3rd. remaining portions of Lyell Island, excluding Windy Bay. Linda Tollis vember. Beban applies for contempt Haida build longhouse at Windy Bay. charges against seventeen Haidas. Haida meet with Minister of Environment, Austin Pelton, who Far left: Skilaay, Ernie Collinson (1948-2001) Loo Taas is paddled 600 miles from Vancouver and arrives agrees that logging must cease after forty days. If it does not BC’s Attorney General announces home. That evening at a feast in Skidegate, the Minister of stop, the Haida Nation will consider it an act of aggression. that he will intervene in the public Left: Capt.