> Gary - the coverage in the Globe and Mail was somewhat favourable and
> fairly complete -the editorial was full of the old right wing 'reasoning'-
> too much too soon etc. CBC National news also gave the settlement
> favourable coverage, a little background and lots of shots of pristine
> rivers and snow. Both reported that if the NDP fails to be re-elected, the
> Liberals who would be the next government claim that they will take' a
> second look ' [ as Premier Mike Harris is abrogating NDP agreements for a
This is a relatively common tactic when dealing with native land claims.
I predicted, about a year ago, that this would happen to the Nisga'a.
Hopefully I will be wrong.
as Paul Ramsey <ramsey@math.uvic.ca> stated:
> The full text of the AIP is available on the WWW in ASCII and various
> inferior word processor formats at.
> http://www.aaf.gov.bc.ca/aaf/nisgaa/docs/heads.html
One thing that bothers me about the agreement is that it seems to state that
the Nisga'a land does NOT include any land that has had Timber licenses
issued against it. -- This might include a majority of the most valuable
(and important) Nisga'a land.
@ 28.The Final Agreement will identify Crown land, subject to agriculture
@ leases and wood lot licences existing on the effective date, which will
@ be retained by British Columbia and not included in Nisga'a Lands.
-- Stephen Samuel (604)876-0426 samuel@wimsey.com http://www.wimsey.com/~samuel I finally understood that the derogatory term "Indian giver" referred, not to the Indians themselves -- but rather, to our treatment of the Indians.