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Nisga'a Lisims Government Newsletter FEATURED ARTICLES Nisga’a Lisims Government 2 Presidents Message 3 8th Biennial Special Newsletter Assembly of the Nisga’a Nation 4 Nisga’a Nation and Tahltan sign MOU 5 Nisga’a Health May/ June 2016 Issue Services Review 6-7 Remembering Norman Tait 8-9 2016-2021 Gingolx Village Lands Forest Development Plan Public Review 10 Property Tax 2016 Notice of Error 11 Moses McKay swearing-in 12 Congrat’s to the 2016 WWNI Graudates 13 Social Media Letter - SD #92 14 NESS Students get a taste of Trades Training 15 Nisga’a/Tahltan Artist wins YVR Art Scholarship 16 Celebrating 25th Year of Nisga’a Fisheries & Wildlife 17 Call for Bids - NLG Terrace Office Salmon Harvest 18 Gitmaxmak’ay Call for Interest for upcoming Salmon Season 19 Nisga’a Fisheries & Wildlife Dep’t Public Notice 20 Gitlaxt’aamiks Farmers Market Presentation of the Ganim Siwilyeen’skw by the Council of Elders and Executive at the Opening 21 Employment th Opportunity Ceremonies of the 8 Biennial Special Assembly of the Nisga’a Nation on May 2, 2016. 22-25 NLG May 2016 Above is a tagged Chinook (Spring Salmon) - Photo Credit to Nisga’a Fisheries and Wildlife Executive Resolutions President’s Message I would like to take this time to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of all of our Nisga’a graduates that have achieved academic success this year. From nursery/daycare, middle school, grade 12 and post-secondary and trades – every year, it brings a great sense of pride for the Nisga’a Nation when our citizens succeed in vari- ous fields of study. I also want to thank the Nisga’a Nation for the resounding participation at our biennial Special Assembly of the Nisga’a Nation that took place May 2-5, 2016. Once again, the Nisga’a Village of Gitlaxt’aamiks were excellent hosts. There were well over 500 delegates and observers in attendance and upwards of 1,000 views of the online livestream. We are currently working to finalize the Special Assembly record of proceedings to highlight the summary of key issues, responses and action items based on your feedback. Once complete in July, the report will be posted on our website and distributed to each Nisga’a Village and Nisga’a Urban Local offices for distribution within your respective communities. The Nisga’a Museum officially opened for the summer tourist season on Friday May th27 . I encourage all citizens to pay a visit to the Ancestor’s Collection, and to the two new summer exhibitions recently unveiled: Along the River Bend: Celebrating 25 Years of the Nisga’a Fisheries Management Program and Adventures with Lithics, Plumb Bombs and Trowels Abound: An Archaeological Exploration of the Nass Valley. In closing, I wish to extend the Nation’s condolences to the families who have recently lost loved ones. More recently, news of the untimely passing of world-renowned Nisga’a artist Norman Tait. Norman’s legacy will live on in his many master pieces around the world. 2 8th Biennial Special Assembly of the Nisga’a Nation The 8th Biennial Special Assembly of the Nisga’a Nation Institute. Each information booth produced a generous from May 2-5, 2016 hosted by the Nisga’a Village of amount of swag. There were also a variety of local vendors Gitlaxt’aamiks was a success! who sold beautiful gifts, crafts, swag and snacks. The agenda was packed with reports from the NLG There were also special presentations that included the Directorates such as the Executive Officers, Programs MOU signing between the Nisga’a and Tahltan (please see and Services, Lands and Resources, Finance, Fisheries the following article), key note speaker Melanie Mark, MLA and Wildlife, Communications and Intergovernmental of Vancouver Mt.-Pleseant addressed the Nisga’a Nation Relations, Economic Development, N.E.S.T. and Nisga’a and Vice-President John Dunn of TransCanada-PRGT (TBC) Pacific Ventures Limited Partnership. Each contained a presented. proactive question and answer period relavent to their reports. The minutes compiled from each question and The Communications and Intergovernmental Relations answer period will be developed into a 2016 Special Department provided livestream for those that couldn’t Assembly Post-Report. attend and CFNR was live on location to interview a number of Nisga’a Delegates. There were a number of information booth’s from internal and external Nisga’a Organizations such as: the NLG It was announced the 2018 Special Assembly of the Departments, the Nisga’a Villages/Urban Locals, Nisga’a Nisga’a Nation will be hosted in the Nisga’a Community of Museum, Nisga’a Pacific Ventures LP, Nisga’a Valley Health Gitwinksihlkw. Authority, School District #92 and Wilp Wilxo’oskw Nisga’a 3 Nisga’a Nation and Tahltan sign MOU At Day 2 of the 2016 Special Assembly of the Nisga’a considered a way to take the next step to formalize Nation, President H. Mitchell Stevens was joined by certain aspects of this long-standing relationship. Tahltan Nation President Chad Norman Day for a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony. Today, together we seek to affirm our continuing Nation-to-Nation relationship and to establish a In 1898, the Tahltan and the Nisga’a Nation concluded government-to-government process for collaboration a peace treaty at Treaty Rock, along Treaty Creek, on matters of mutual interest or concern, including agreeing to their shared boundary. potential economic and business collaboration. Since that time, the Tahltan and Nisga’a have The purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding enjoyed a long, prosperous and mutually beneficial is to set out the mutual understandings and relationship between our two Nations. intentions of Tahltan and the Nisga’a Nation to establish an ongoing Nation-to-Nation relationship For several years, Nisga’a and Tahltan Nations have to address issues of mutual interest or concern, at a government-to-government level. 4 Nisga’a Health Services Review Nisga’a Lisims Government has retained INSITE citizens are informed throughout this ongoing process. Consultancy Inc. (“INSITE”) to undertake a review of our health system and make recommendations concerning the NLG wishes to encourage everyone’s engagement in the governance, organization and delivery of Nisga’a health consultation process with INSITE, in order to ensure that services. NLG is committed to ensuring the very best we chart a course that leads to the best health status for health status of all Nisga’a citizens, and to do this they all Nisga’a citizens. have sought the external advice of health systems experts. The project is led by Robert Smith*, Managing Director *R J (Bob) Smith, MBA, FCCHL has lead large health of INSITE, along with Paul Gallant**, who is a specialist organizations in BC and Nova Scotia. He has served on consultant. Their initial orientation to our health system numerous national health boards in both operations and began with on-site visits in early May, and this phase research and has been a Surveyor for Accreditation Canada. of the project will proceed through to the fall, when Most recently he concluded his term as Adjunct Professor preliminary recommendations will be considered. in the Sauder School of Business at UBC. During their recent visit, the INSITE consultants were very **Paul Gallant, CHE, PhD(c), MHK, BRec (TR) has appreciative of the useful information they were provided, extensive consulting experience in the BC health care and the service organization and technologies that Nisga’a sector, including strategic planning, process improvement Valley Health Authority has made available. INSITE is and business development with numerous health care currently reviewing various documents and agreements organizations, academic institutions, government that shape our health system, and will subsequently enter ministries, First Nations, consultancies, physician groups, into a broad process of consultation with health staff and medical schools, consulates/foreign businesses and our citizens. NLG will ensure that health staff and our populations. 5 REMEMBERING NORMAN TAIT Photo Credit Cindy Goodman, North Shore News With heavy hearts, the Nisga’a Nation and the Tait his wife Jessie Angus with whom he had daughter family announced the passing of Norman Phillip Tait, Valerie (1964) and son Isaac (1965), both born in Prince Sim’oogit Gawaakhl of Wilps Luuya’as of the Nisga’a Rupert. His second wife Cathy Tait (nee Cohen) gave community of Gingolx and Nisga’a master carver, on him his second son Micah (1982). Norman also had May 21, 2016. two long time partners: Reva Robinson (Malkin) and carver Lucinda Turner. Norman was born in Gingolx, B.C. on May 20, 1941, the eldest son of Josiah Tait and Sadie Spauhks (Benson) Over his long carving career, Norman Tait became Tait. He spent seven years in Edmonton residential internationally respected as the foremost Nisga’a school, returning in summers to fish for Sunnyside master carver. His career milestones include carving Cannery. Norman graduated from Prince Rupert totem poles in B.C.—Vancouver, North Vancouver, Secondary School in 1963 and graduated from BCIT’s New Aiyansh (Gitlaxt’aamiks), Port Edward and Port millwright program in 1969, later working for Skeena Simpson (Lax Kw’alaams), as well as internationally— Cellulose. He moved to Vancouver in 1971 where in Chicago (Field Museum), Phoenix (Heard Museum), Norman began his carving career. San Francisco, London (Bushey Park) and Japan. He taught Northwest Coast art in Federal Correctional Norman Tait was loved throughout his life. First was Institutions and private classes, conducted carving 6 Con’t...REMEMBERING NORMAN TAIT demonstrations at numerous museums and schools, style.” Consultations with Bill Holm and Peter MacNair opened his own Wilp’ Tsaak galleries, carved three encouraged him to further his exploration of Nisga’a canoes, two of which he and his brothers used to carving style by visiting various museums in Canada, travel up to the Nass River living off the land, and the U.S.
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