Tentative deal struck

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Late Bulletin

At press time Windspeaker learned the federal and provincial government had agreed to grant the Lubicon band a 66 square km parcel of land.

However, Bernard Ominayak was not part of the negotiations and will meet Premier Getty on March 4 to discuss the tentative deal.

The two governments are already discussing possibilities of housing and hospital development for the band on the allotted land for which the Indians have waged a 48-year fight.

The Lubicon chief was also to have met with officials of Daishowa, the giant Japanese forest products company set to harvest trees on the Cree band's traditional lands.

Windspeaker will provide coverage of the land claim next week.