Tseshaht Painting Pride the PROBLEM ,!

Tseshaht Painting Pride the PROBLEM ,!

- - - - - . 4 1 3/. It) I 44 1 61. oR,0-42J 4 a - . ,,.__.- - )LLA Shilth Ha- Shilth -Sa SaCanadian Publications Mail Product Sales VOL. 25 No 6. April 16, 1998' Nuu- chah -nulth for "Interesting News" ° Agreement No. 467510 AFS PILOT FISHERY NOT Tseshaht Painting Pride THE PROBLEM ,! A. OTTAWA KILLING BOTH 0 .. , ormirsowassipw~ ,gato I. 4 NATIVE AND J r NON -NATIVE 1 _> COMMUNITIES The Standing Committee on Fisheries made its report on April 2nd. The entire salmon fishery of British Columbia is in the midst of an environmental and mismanagement crisis due to problems with coho, the lack of a U.S. Canada treaty, and ocean warming, and communities on this coast both native and non -native, . are experiencing infrastructure and social collapse. In the midst of this mess, the focus on the pilot sales program ÿt. r set up under the Aboriginal Fishing Strategy is extremely unfortunate. r Dan Edwards, Executive Director of the West Coast Sustainability Association states "When the Mifflin Plan came TSESHAHT PAINTING PRIDE PROJECT down, the native villages of Kyuquot and Ahousaht on the West Front Row: Richard Dick, Jimmy Mack, Will Sam, Alex Antoine. Coast of Vancouver Island lost fifty percent of their fishing boats Back Row - Wil Robinson, Geoff Gus, Jed Dick, Barry Watts, and fifty percent of their community employment. Many of the Nathan Watts and Co- ordinator Jessie Stephens. 4 smaller non -native communities are in a similar predicament. There More on page 12. has been no real transition strategy in place to deal with the Mifflin policy." Joy Thorkelson of Prince Rupert says " Prince Rupert has three fisheries transition workers and 2000 clients and has had only Fisheries Minister Meets with First Nations enough project money to put forty seven people to work in the last Summit Leaders eight months. And now the three transition workers are being told they are no longer needed. These are the real issues for our Aboriginal leaders representing First Nations in the BC community." Treaty Negotiations process are in North Vancouver "At the meeting of the Standing Committee in Port Alberni April 15 -17 for a meeting of the First Nations Summit our local aboriginal commercial fishery wasn't even an issue." (FNS). recalled Richard Watts from the Nuu -chah -nulth Tribal Council and Of note is the attendance of the Honourable David Tseshaht First Nation, and a participant in the Somass River Anderson, Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, on April aboriginal commercial fishery. " We presented to the Standing 15th. Committee the real issues for communities and fishermen of the Minister Anderson will be in attendance to hear First west coast -the devastating impact of the Mifflin Plan and El Nino, Nation's concerns with respect to the current policies on the impact that another bad salmon year will have on all our Fisheries Management in BC, as well as to hear information on fishermen, native and non -native. Now the Survival Coalition and the BC treaty process. their Reform Party supporters are trying to make aboriginal fishing an issue again. We moved beyond the finger pointing and are Some fisheries- related topics currently of interest to First finding solutions through the regional management of our resources Nations include: that will benefit the resources, commercial, sport, and aboriginal fishermen, and our communities. Future of the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy, This attention to aboriginal commercial fisheries is a Delgamuukw court decision in relation to fisheries issues, distraction that moves us back to the old ways of fighting amongst ourselves." Pilot sales, Consultation processes. INSIDE POSTAGE PAID IN PORT ALBERNI, B.C. RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED If undeliverable, please return to: Future of NTC Discussed at Treatyÿ Planningg ... Pageg 3 Ha- Shilth -Sa, P.O. Box 1383, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 7M2 Seattle Treaty Update Meeting Page 5 yIAND A Huu- ay -aht Land Presentation Page 6 .f tA Kyuquot School Cultural Week Page 10 4/75 m Painting Pride Project Feast Page 12 NEDC Host Fishermen's 14 Forum in Tofino Page J .1 2 HA- SHILTH -SA huyaaqimt 16TH APRIL 1998 huyaaqimt 16TH APRIL 1998 HA- SHILTH -SA 3 FUTURE NTC O move towards being proactive rather than reactive. LETTERS & KLECOS OF DISCUSSED 4. should he a blending of traditional and contemporary processes. Ha-SY18th -Sa ne wspeper is Ha- Shilth -Sa will include letters received from its readers All letters O presently Nuu -shah -nulth operating with delegated authority published by the Nuu -chah- most be signed by the writer and have the writer's name, address & phone AT TREATY PLANNING from the Province. nulth Tribal Council for number (if any) on it. Names can be withheld by request. distribution to the members of We reserve the right to edit submitted material for clarity, brevity, SESSION fourteen MARCH 25/' 98: The planning meeting was scheduled to continue the grammar and good taste. We will definitely not publish letters dealing with -nulth on March 25 & 26 ,but because of the passing of Tseshaht elder Nuu -chah First tribal or personal disputes issues that are critical of shah or Nuu- -nalth On March 24th Nuu- chah -nulth delegates met fora treaty Watts Sr. was . Nations individuals or grasps. Charlie it decided,to postpone Some representatives as well as other interested planning session at the Somers Hall. from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans were I scheduled to groups All opinions expressed in letters to the editor are purely those of the and individuals. The day had been set aside to discuss the future relationship attend writer and will not necessarily coincide with the views or policies of the the meeting so this pan went ahead, with permission from & original work between First Nations and the Central Nuu -chah -nulth government. Information Nuu -shah -suhh Tribal Council or its member First Nations. the family. i this The gave on contained newspaper is delegates direction which programs and services will Some of the issues that were discussed with the DFO people and may not be KLECO FROM MARILYN will have on I copyright THANK YOU! allot my children. wa be administered by the Tribal Council, post- treaty. and which ones included the proposed Regional Management Board, licensing of reproduced without written KEITLAH AND extremely devastated and in FAMILY templet will be delivered by First Nations. new species and the overt sling of herring stocks. permission from: denial when my children were taken To get the discussion I, Later. would like to say a On behalf of Marilyn started representatives from each First MARCH 31/198. Treaty planning resumed on March 31st. It was Roue ha -ninth Tribal Council It took me to look into one I their hurt Nation made comments very big Thank you to Francis Jdcs Keitlah and her family, I would like on the direction that they wish to go in the decided to defer the rest of the agenda dealing with the "Future P.O. Box 1383, Port Alberni, eyes and to see they were honing more for what you did for my cousins, to send a warm thanks to all those future. e Relationship the NTC with Nations" &C. VOY 7M2. than I was, my baby's aching heart of First until another meeting. the Justin Family. That was very people that gave her the support Some of the points raised during this discussion included: Telephone: (250) 724 -5757 saying "I really love you Mom" and The discussions about the future relationship between First nice of you, even though we are all during some of the hardships she the need to be flexible so we can deal with changes as they occur. For (250) 723-0463 tears running down his face as I Nations and the central Nuu- chah -nulth government will continue the O ensuring that all First Nations receive Editing& Layout: going through tough times and you went through at beginning of dropped him off to his caretakers adequate services, at a special meeting scheduled for May 7 and 8. regardless of their size. Bob .Soderlund had just lost a loved one too not too this year. home. I went straight home and cried The meeting saw the return of Francis Frank, Chief Negotiator O NTC Computer Lay -out long ago. Even though it has been a and cried because I kept picturing my should provide support to First Nations and should serve for the Tla -o- qui -aht First Nations, to the table. Ile was brought as a political Annie Watts & I waited for my cousins. I couple of months, since the passing baby's hurt and I took a good look at power. into the hall by his Ila'wiih, elders and tribal .members. Their myself and said prevent duplication Rob Soderlund thought one of them would get up. of Alfred Ross Keitlah: 13 Sept. who's hurting more : of services. speakers said that Francis was asked to return as their negotiator you or the children. Alcohol did take 4 possibility Printed at the Any way I was there on behalf of 1950 - 09 Jan. 1998, the family of hiring staff on a regional basis. by the Chiefs and the elders, after he had resigned in January. time way from my children, and possibility of First my sisters Clolilda and Bertha.. finds it hard to express their r Nations obtaining services from the NTC on Alberni Valley Times - Most of the day was spent discussing a document prepared by Bingo took time away from my a fee for service Subscriptions: $15.00 per year in Thank you again Francis. I appreciation to all the Nuu -chah- basis.

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