Pipelines, energy and natural resources

[daftandbarmy]

The Feds spent a lot of money and time researching who had what at the time of European contact in the Prince Rupert area. For revenue sharing and impact assessments, we used that information to determine which FN was the "Primary". We got a lot of lawsuit threats and if we waffled, then more lawsuits threats from those designated as the primary FN.

The Haida were really pissed and tried everything to inflate impacts on them. They had gotten their park and destroyed industry on the island and have very little revenue coming in. Now they are seeing their traditional enemies (aka victims) reaping in big sources of revenue and are pissed.

You need to do a regular "And now for the rest of the story" segment overdub for news items on First Nations issues, Viz:

"Meanwhile, Nisgaa wangled $2B out of the government and still aren't happy..."

 

[foresterab]

You need to do a regular "And now for the rest of the story" segment overdub for news items on First Nations issues, Viz:

"Meanwhile, Nisgaa wangled $2B out of the government and still aren't happy..."

For consideration I deal with about 17 First Nations and a couple more Metis Communities. Always an interesting discussion to talk about use of the land today vs. historical use and groups involved.

Used to be two more groups but the peace talks they were invited to in the 1840's....were permanent peace. The larger groups had a problem and wiped them out at a dinner. It also provided them full access to local fur trading posts but that's economic gains...

Needless to say anyone that claims to fully understand the history of the area is really tough to take at face value...because the stories change so drastically every couple of generations.

Now the fights are via lawyers vs. guns but sometimes I wonder which system is best.