And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes:
LUBICON CREE CLOSING IN ON LAND SETTLEMENT
Teresa Drew reports for CBC Radio, WebPosted Thu Mar 4 16:08:51 1999
[S.I.S.I.S. note: The following mainstream news article may contain biased
or distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or context.
It is provided for reference only.]
EDMONTON - A decision is expected today on the long-standing Lubicon
land claim issue in Northern Alberta. The Lubicon Cree have been fighting
for a land settlement with the federal government for 60 years. In the
early '40s, the government excluded about half of the band's membership and
the issue has been one of the major stumbling blocks in negotiations.
The Lubicon Cree have fought for a land agreement for 60 years.
Representatives on both sides will finally ratify an agreement today,
allowing the band to choose its community members. Fred Lennarson, the
band's advisor, says having a written agreement has been a long time
coming.
"What we've got is agreed-to wording, in writing, that will be stamped
by justice department lawyers as legally correct," he says. "And hopefully
that will prevent people from forgetting the agreement existed." Lennarson
added that band members are pleased with the direction the negotiations
have been going.
Brad Morse, negotiator for the federal government, is equally optimistic
a resolution of the Lubicon land issue is just around the corner. "This has
been a bit of a dam that has held back progress across the range of issues
that are outstanding," he says. "Now that this dam has burst, it increases
the prospect that we can kind of flow forward in resolving all other issues
in reasonably short order."
Talks resume on March 22. A final land claim agreement-in-principal
could be ready by this summer.
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For more information on the Lubicon struggle, please visit the Lubicon
Supporters' Home Page
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/Lubicon/main.html
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distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed
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research and educational purposes only.
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