IN 1952, THE INDIAN AFFAIRS ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE A LAND SURRENDER WITH THE CHESLATTA BAND IN NORTHERN B.C.

FORTY YEARS LATER THEY ARE ACCUSED OF RAILROADING 70 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES THROUGH DECEIT AND FORGERY.

" I do not presume we should stand in the way of a development such as proposed by

the company even though it may mean the Indians will lose two or three small reserves."

D.J. Allen, Superintendent of Reserves and Trust. Dec. 1, 1951.

"They chased us out like a bunch of coyotes."

Pat Edmund, Cheslatta band member, 1980.

IN 1952, THE INDIAN AFFAIRS ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE A LAND SURRENDER WITH THE CHESLATTA BAND IN NORTHERN B.C.

FORTY YEARS LATER THEY ARE ACCUSED OF RAILROADING 70 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES THROUGH DECEIT AND FORGERY.

" I do not presume we should stand in the way of a development such as proposed by

the company even though it may mean the Indians will lose two or three small reserves."

D.J. Allen, Superintendent of Reserves and Trust. Dec. 1, 1951.

"They chased us out like a bunch of coyotes."

Pat Edmund, Cheslatta band member, 1980.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello.

There's an old guitar that leans up against my wall. It's nothing great to look at, all nicks and scratches and badly in need of a luthier's hand. I don't play it much but I keep it close by and on occasion I'll put it in my lap and sing a little something to myself late at night.

It's a classical guitar of some obscure make or another. The nylon strings are old and need replacing too, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. For now that old guitar comforts me by its presence just the way it is.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello.

There's an old guitar that leans up against my wall. It's nothing great to look at, all nicks and scratches and badly in need of a luthier's hand. I don't play it much but I keep it close by and on occasion I'll put it in my lap and sing a little something to myself late at night.

It's a classical guitar of some obscure make or another. The nylon strings are old and need replacing too, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. For now that old guitar comforts me by its presence just the way it is.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello.

There's an old guitar that leans up against my wall. It's nothing great to look at, all nicks and scratches and badly in need of a luthier's hand. I don't play it much but I keep it close by and on occasion I'll put it in my lap and sing a little something to myself late at night.

It's a classical guitar of some obscure make or another. The nylon strings are old and need replacing too, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. For now that old guitar comforts me by its presence just the way it is.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello.

There's an old guitar that leans up against my wall. It's nothing great to look at, all nicks and scratches and badly in need of a luthier's hand. I don't play it much but I keep it close by and on occasion I'll put it in my lap and sing a little something to myself late at night.

It's a classical guitar of some obscure make or another. The nylon strings are old and need replacing too, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. For now that old guitar comforts me by its presence just the way it is.

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Pikiskwe

A few issues ago, a column appeared in the Windspeaker that was characterized

as anti-female. It caused quite a stir. CBC radio picked up the piece and ran a story. The suggestion was this columnist was typical of the Indian male's perspective about Indian females.

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Talks between Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon and Lubicon chief Bernard Ominayak last week lived up to their tradition. Reporters stood around in a hotel hallway while officials from the various camps scurried around one closed door to another.

At the end of the day, the two leaders emerged apparently no closer to a settlement than at their previous meetings. Again, they agreed to get together in the near future.

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Talks between Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon and Lubicon chief Bernard Ominayak last week lived up to their tradition. Reporters stood around in a hotel hallway while officials from the various camps scurried around one closed door to another.

At the end of the day, the two leaders emerged apparently no closer to a settlement than at their previous meetings. Again, they agreed to get together in the near future.

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Talks between Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon and Lubicon chief Bernard Ominayak last week lived up to their tradition. Reporters stood around in a hotel hallway while officials from the various camps scurried around one closed door to another.

At the end of the day, the two leaders emerged apparently no closer to a settlement than at their previous meetings. Again, they agreed to get together in the near future.