` fir, i F r t , , r , .. ; , ' frlrr!1..I'íry,ri. Y r'., rr,+, ,h, fI'C/ , . , , . NJ,OR .nla4z 4 i r o .-y, 1 .:.. _ HaShiIth-Sa Serving Nuu- chah -nulth -aht for more than 25 years VOL. 26- NO. 14 - July 15, 1999 Canadian Publications Mail Product haasÍtsa Sales "Interesting News" Agreement No. 467510 Runners arrive home for Ahousaht Canoe Quest { By Denise Ambrose Shawn Atleo left his home in Surrey, Central Region Reporter BC on the morning of July 1. Cyril Louie and 14 year -old Inez Paul met %1 After a grueling ten -day marathon, him at the ferry in Saanich. Together .0,41u.ro, Shawn Atleo, Cyril Louie, Inez and they ran to Victoria where Inez's .,i;1ji Carleen Paul were welcomed to mother, Carleen, joined in the run. Tofino in grand style. Carleen and Inez said that they were { b quite lonely and homesick during the After a grueling ten -day mara- first few days of the run. Coordina- thon, Shawn Atleo, Cyril Louie, tor, Vina Robinson said that the Inez and Carleen Paul were entourage was quite small at the start welcomed to Tofino in grand of the trip but it grew and grew as style. they got closer to home. By the time the group arrived in Port Alberni on July 6, dozens had joined Hundreds of Nuu -chah -nulth people in the run. Hupacasath welcomed showed up to cheer on the group that their guests with a benefit dinner and ran (and wheelchaired) all the way auction that raised thousands of r/ '// /i' from Victoria to Tofino mow / 5 on Saturday, - dollars. Ahousaht Canoe Quest July 10th. The group ran almost 400 Society and Journey Home organizers kilometres to raise funds for -;t did the same at Tinwis and also Nelson Keitlah and Robert Thomas (right) Ahousaht's Canoe Quest Society. celebrate the opening of Out of raised thousands. the Mist, HuupuKwanum ,4 Tupaat: Treasures of the Nuu- chah -nulth Chiefs Canoe Quest is a cultural at the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria. See stories on page 14. When asked `what will you do gathering to be held in Ahousaht when you get home ?' Shawn on August 11 -15. First Na- replied, "Not run!" $1.1 M Nuu -chah -nulth Residential tions from all over will be invited to canoe to Ahousaht to take After the auction several runners left School Healing Project approved part in singing, dancing for the final three and kilometers to By David Wiwchar and is the result of a proposal submitted other Tofino. The cheers of hundreds cultural activities. of Southern Region Reporter ' in January 1999. people gathered on the Government All projects are funded as one -year pilot Dock greeted The National Aboriginal Healing Fund Canoe Quest is a cultural gathering to each arriving runner. programs, but Simon Read of the Foundation has announced its approval of be held in Ahousaht on August 11 - People sang, danced and cheered as N.T.C.'s Community and Health Services the a Nuu -chah -nulth Tribal Council plan to 15. First Nations from all over will runners trickled in. Department is hopeful a process for Once on the assist in the healing of Residential School be invited to canoe to Ahousaht to dock the runners were Aboriginal Healing Fund extensions will Survivors. take part in singing, dancing and other free to change sweaty clothes and to be in place soon. nurse cultural activities. The focus of aching legs and blistered feet. "The funding is not all we asked for, but continued on page The one year, $1.1 million project Canoe Ouest is youth. 26 it is more than was available in the past," 'w Aperr r is the first concrete contribution to said Read. "We believe we have pushed r ?it residential school healing since the foundation to the limit is '-.3fi' . o of what h a8-. Nuu -chah -nulth activists closed the possible at this time, and that it is impor- ' ?s . A. Alberni Indian Residential School tant to get started with the project. This _ r will not stop us from applying for rev in 1973, and is the result of a . funding for other parts of the healing 4 . proposal submitted in 1 January process." 1999. I en.. Y : v...v The Nuu -chah -nulth Healing Program ,.K received the largest grant of the 35 .e On June 10, 1999, Norman Taylor on successful projects across Canada 0 MI/ behalf of the NTC Executive ., o'i` signed a funded by the $350 Million Aboriginal contract with the Aboriginal Healing Healing Fund. Total funding for this first Foundation for community healing of set of successful residential school trauma. The one year, Li t' - applications is more > .ï'- ' .` To .e6-- "s..7 '.F,.. v '7Ytit. $1.1 million project is the first concrete April Titian, than $6 Million, with the Shawn Atleo, Tyson Atleo, and Pam Webster run into contribution to residential school healing thSNP" 11..." average grant being Port Alberni where they were warmly welcomed into Hupacasath & since Nuu -chah -nulth activists closed the . .r Alberni Indian Residential School in 1973, TseshahtTerritorieswith a salmon barbeque. continued on page 8 INSIDE: POSTAGE PAID IN PORT ALBERNI, B.C. If undeliverable, please return to: Ha- Sh //th P.O. Box Treaty Planning Meeting at Somass Hall Page 3 -Sa, 1383, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 7M2 Campbell & Wilson Faceoff Page 4 "Ts Uchuckleshat Releases Chinook Page 7 HIV in the Nuu -chah -nulth Community Page 12 i 75 ¢ ° Tashwin Resource Management Ltd. Page 19 - 4/1164 N.E.D.C. Business News . Page 24 ISSN 0715 -4143 1 9 H7f%//11'J ii:41/474a ti Ha- Shilth -5e,, July 15, 1999 - Page 3 Page 2 - Ha- Shilth -Sa july 15, 1999 Treaty Planners schedule more Forest Minister tours Ha -Silt lfII -San warayr,,arub- LETTERS & KLECOS lished by the Nuu- chah -nulth Ha- Shilth -So will include letters received from its readers. All letters meetings before August Break Huu- ay -aht / Bamfield Project for to must be signed by the writer and have the writer's nano, address & phone number Tribal Council distribution By Denise Ambrose on settlement lands. The document By David 'minor hoses the members of the fourteen Nuu - on it. Names can be withheld by request Resources such Central Region Reporter was eventually approved with two First Southern Region Reporter as solal, mushrooms, We reserve the edit cheh -nu /lh First Nations as well rightto subminedmateriel for clarity, brevity, gram- Nations voting against the motion. end berries will he harvested in the as other interested groups and in- mar and goad taste. We will definitely net publish letters dealing with tribal second-growth forest. which is already The July 5 - 7 session of Nuu -chah- There was also lengthy debate about B.C. Forest Minister David Zirhelt took i. duals. or personal disputes or issues that are critical of No o.chah. agile Ind. land holding with respect rich with such potential income - nulth Treaty Planning was held in Port to settlement close look at a recently approved Information & original work urinals or groups. lands. This gencranng sources. Alberni at the Somas, Hall. Nuu -chah- is a complex issue about Community Forest Project in Bamfield; contained in this newspaper is All opinions expressed in letters to the editor are purely those of the writer who has to settlement lands and "Community Forests. which represent nulth Treaty Planners adopted title one of only six such projects in the may not will not necessarily the most significant change in the B.C. copyright and be re- and coincide with the views or policies of the Nuu- chats- lengthy agenda and quickly got down what it could mean faut prop produced without written per-Per- nullh Tribal Councilor its member First Nations. Forest Tenure system since the lair to business. The jointly managed Bamfield / Huu - Nuo-on 194ós, users in important new from The first item of business was to Nuuchah- nulthmembers of the ayaht Community Forest Project a 44e44 414 4944 directions in public forest policy," said ehah -ninth Tribal Council r°.444<4. ñae extend the July 26 -27 NCN Treaty TSC have been authorized to allows the local residents tone over P.O. Boa IMO. Port David Haley, U.B.C. Professor of Alberni, A , Planning Session by three days. negotiate our policy on our pro- ownership of forested land in their ` Economics and Forest Policy, and a B.C. V9V 7M2. ' 19 cess for ratification of the Agree- area. providing jobs and enhanced member Otte selection subcommittee Telephone: (250) 729 -5757 q M1Negotiatorsnegotiationo Mass, quaainga resource productionMud Wn that is both rent- Indrinnple and the Final of the Community Forest Advisory Fax: (250) 723 -0463 backlog of work. Delegates decided productive and sustainable Agreement stages of treaty. Committee. This is an important step Printed at the that the July 26 - 27 session of Treaty ward the diversification of the Alberni Valley Times Na=Shilth'Sa Planning would take place in Tone as B.C. Forest Minister David Two concepts of land holding were provincial forest tenure system." He- Shiloh -S4 Nmvspapsu, in conjunction with Tmwaayuus (Rainbow Gardens), wish planned. The remaining three days will SUBSCRIPTIONS presented along with the risks Zirhelt took a close look at a "It's breaking new ground," take place at Shewish Hall in Pon and said $25.00 per year in Canada & to celebrate the International Year of the Older Person, by highlighting recently approved Community Alberni. benefits of each model. One concept Zirhelt as he met with Bamfield and 535.00 /year U.S.A.