Boost Gets Mixed Reaction Feds Under Fire Over Bill C

$6.2 million boost gets mixed reaction By Dorothy Schreiber have the resources of treaty Indians and can't hire Alberta Native businesses people to help them secure and economic development grants, he said, according projects got a boost of $6.2 to an Edmonton Journal million in funding from the report. federal government this The announcement was GOLDEN EMBRACE week but not everyone is made on Feb. 22 by federal Eddie Holloway, of the Stoney Nation, places an Powwow '88 on Feb. 19, 20 and 21 at Morley. Medals entirely happy with the way minister of Small Business gold medal on 3'/2- month -old Daniza and money were given to each youngster at the in which applications for and Tourism, Bernard "Olympic" DePaola, held by mother Yvonne at Nakoda Olympic powwow in honor of their participation. funds are processed. Valcourt, where he pointed "It takes far too long... out department officials are there have been some looking at ways to streamline projects that have been the application process. hanging for a long time. It The 11 Native projects (applications) goes through approved include: quite a bureaucratic - $190,000 for the expansion process," says director of of Parenteau Trucking in Feds under fire over Bill C -31 communications with the Peace River Indian Association of - $320,000 to a Hinton By Dorothy Schreiber for marriage and birth Alberta Lou Desmarais. He logging company sponsored certificates, that's what also suspects that "propos- by the Fox Creek Devel- Doris Ronnenberg has holds a lot of the work (up). als get held back until it is opment Association. Jobs been waiting for two years Since the Bill was enacted politically wise to make big created: four. to gain status under Bill C- in 1985 the department has announcements." - $441,300 to Chiniki 31 because her application received 54,000 applicants_ Although critical of the Restaurant Ltd. in Calgary is a "problem case," and the for re- instatement which amount of time it takes to for expansion. Jobs created: federal government is represents 98,000 appl- process applications and up to nine. coming under attack by icants. There are over the timing of announce- - $130,000 to establish a Native groups over the 20,000 applications still to ments he doesn't deny the Fort Chipewyan tourist method of processing be processed. need for the economic lodge. Jobs created: seven applications similar to "People have to under- development program. with potential for another Ronnenbergs. stand this is a horrendous Ultimately you get success 50. "What seems to be task and it's complicated...I but the way in which the - $442,000 to Fort McKay happening is if there's a guess it's frustrating for whole process runs its Developments Ltd. for the problem with a particular people who want to be course is frustrating." construction of a commer- case (application) then it registered immediately but The president of the cial building. seems to be put to the side there's only so much you Metis Association Larry . - $144,000 for a gas bar, car and they seem to concen- can do," he says. Desmeules says he would wash, and coin laundry trate on the easier ones," The Native Council of like the program to be more mart at Rimbey says the president of the Canada has written to the responsive to his people. - $2,510,000 to Kainai Alberta arm of the Native Standing Committee on The Metis people don't Industries Ltd: at Stand Off Council of Canada. Aboriginal Issues calling for for the construction of 50 Ronnenberg's application the establishment of a sub- modular home units. Jobs has been hampered by a committee with members created: 34 lack Of documentation of the three national Native - $475,000 to St. Paul concerning her mother's groups to look at the Mannawanis Cultural birth. process of applications and Development Society to A former employee who the operations of the buy a commercial building recently quit her job with 0 membership directorate. - $1,700,000 to Nakoda the Membership and E NCC special advisor Lodge Ltd. to establish a Entitlement directorate, Bob Groves says the conference centre which the federal unit responsible putting the more would incorporate process of the for registering people under difficult applications to the existing lodge a with Bill C -31, agrees with side has caused the existing proposed 50 unit hotel, Ronnenberg. s backlog "to get worse and swimming pool and assorted Vivian Cuthand says- a worse." facilities on the Morley DORIS RONNENBERG new system of processing ...waiting for for two far reserve. applications has given status years, so Both he and Macintosh - agree the backlog $200,000 to Pimee Well priority to "straight forward based on personal "ethics." to two years. that resulted because the Servicing Ltd., in St. Paul, applications" and other "What do I tell an But the director general to buy a second oil well more complicated applicant if they an government underestimated á ones sent of membership in Ottawa u servicing rig. which require research are application in 1985 and Gregor Macintosh says the number of people who . would apply for re- instate- W - $90,000 to Cree- Ations being "put on the shelf." they're still on the shelf...I that's not true and the o ment. o Weaving Co. Ltd. in In the past applications would be defending the problem of processing the >, + ' Q Bonnyville x to expand were dealt with on a first - department by working more complicated applica- "When the bill was put production. come basis but this is no under the new system." tions stems from the fact through we felt the estimate 0 o ° The $345 million Native longer the case under the Others have echoed her that it is sometimes was about 50,000 people + -r+ a Economic Development new system and it's become concern saying the difficult necessary to trace (who would apply) and laó-óa d H Find was originally set up "a free for all, " says Cuthand. applications would not be geneological records back basically we were out by H 7 under the Liberal govern- In a telephone interview processed and would wait to the turn of the century. one hundred per cent," H ment in 1983 to assist from Ottawa she said her until all the easy ones are He also says, "The explained Macintosh. 64 '17 Native economic devel- reason for quitting her job done which could be biggest problem we have is Or ó opment ventures. as n ienwership officer were anywhere from six months writing back to applicants Continued Page 2 P/w 2, February 26, 1966, WINDSPEFlICER Provincial Vancouver bands picket Japanese office By Dorothy Schreiber and the remote areas of place in front of the a band." northern Alberta will be Japanese forest products The rally will be followed VANCOUVER -- The temporarily bridged on office. by an evening public forum distance between the March 7, when a rally to The rally is to protest a at the Robson Square downtown Diashowa offices support the Lubicons takes recent. forest management Media Centre which will agreement between the focus on the Lubicon claim Alberta government and and land claims in the Daishowa which the province of B.C. National Briefs Lubicons say infringes on The Lubicon band has their traditional lands. recently asked the public to This spring, the Japanese write to Daishowa stating Convicted killer dies - company will build a $500 opposition to any logging Donald Marshall inquiry million pulp mill north of which may take place on Peace River and the timber their traditional lands prior SYDNEY, N.S. - Roy Ebsary, who was charged in lease to supply the new to a land settlement. 1985 with killing Sandy Seale after wrongfully pulp mill completely covers Vice -president of convicted Micmac Indian Donald Marshall spent 11 the entire Lubicon traditional province of British Columbia in front of Daishowa's Daishowa Canada Koichi years in jail, has died at the age of 75 of natural area, says the Lubicons. from coming into the area Canadian subsidiary offices. Kitagawa says "hopefully, causes. "They (Daishowa) have to log. The Cree band's high they (Lubicons and govern- Marshall protested Ebsary's innocence and was no business accepting this Demonstrators will march profile during the Calgary ment) will work things out." finally released after an RCMP investigation. Ebsary deal when the land is in from the Vancouver Winter Games has made In the meantime spent a year in jail for manslaughter. dispute," says Aaron museum to the Daishowa the Lubicon situation a "hot Daishowa maintains they He was also the first and strangest witness at the Greycloud, who is coordina- offices, where there will be issue" here, says Greycloud will not be logging in the inquiry into how the justice system failed the 34 -year- fng the Vancouver rally. speakers and drum groups. in a telephone interview disputed area. old Marshall. Calling himself "the Rev. Capt. Roy He expects about 300 Greycloud, who is also a from his Vancouver office. "We know the area that Newman Ebsary," he was reported to have scolded, people to turn out in local president with United He believes the Lubicon the government has set threatened and openly flirted with lawyers who support of the Cree band, Native Nations, says the situation is the most serious aside and that possibly cross -examined him. He admitted to stabbing Seale including members of the rally .will last a couple of issue facing a Native group there could be a larger area in 1971 but said the teenager ran away and that Nigha, Squamish, Gitksan' hours.

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