> I just heard that there was a court decision three or four days ago
> in Alberta - something about native hunting and fishing commercially.
> Does anyone know what that might have been about? Any details?
Here is my recollection of that decision. I cannot claim to be 100% accurate.
Unfortunately I can no longer locate the paper in which it was written up. I
am certain you would be able to get more accurate and precise information by
contacting Percy Potts at the
Indian Association of Alberta
PO Box 516
Winterburn, Alberta, T0E 2N0
Tel (403) 470-5751
FAX (403) 470-3077
Percy Potts, Vice-President of the Indian Association of Alberta, had been
charged with illegally selling wild meat (moose) to undercover Fish & Wildlife
officers during a several month undercover operation.
The judge in the case found that trading or bartering in wild meat is part of
native culture and part of the hunting rights granted to treaty indians within
certain treaties and treaty areas. Those rights would subsequently exempt
treaty indians from the sections of the Wildlife Act that forbids trading or
bartering of wild meat.
Roland