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◆ Trapper convention P. 5 ◆ Fashion forward P. 4

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Local photos of Fort St. James were featured on Global TV on Saturday, March 31. The “Small Town BC” feature asks viewers to contribute photos of their small towns to highlight some of the lesser-known spots in the province. Photos of Stuart Lake and the Caledonia Classic Sled Dog Races were shown off to all viewers, as well as a few from the National Historic Site and Mt. Pope. To view the segment, go to: http://bit.ly/HFsQuR a short link to the Global TV BC video.

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Arts and culture will be celebrated across B.C. from April 22-28 for BC Arts and Culture Week. Anyone interested in arts and culture in Fort St. James can get involved through some long-standing groups in the area. The Community Arts Council of Fort St. James is always looking for new ideas and volunteers and can be contacted through President Mary Willick at 996-7620 . There are still ongoing craft nights taking place on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. or after in the old Integris building next to Fas Gas. Free craft demonstrations are ongoing, or just bring a project to show or share. For theatre activities, the Music Makers will be gearing up for more shows this year. Anyone interested in getting involved can contact Rosemary Allen 250-996-8997 Other activities or initiatives, let The Courier know and we’d be happy to pass on the information for any free activities taking place.

Jana Gainor looks back on Murray Ridge and Rodrigo Alvarez on the last weekend of the season for the ski hill. The lineups were short, the sun was shining and the snow was perfect spring slush. Ruth Lloyd Photo

Landowner group forms Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier A group of potentially affected or impacted landowners by the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline met in Fort St. James last week and decided to formalize. The group will be collectively working to negotiate with Enbridge in regards to impacts on their property related to the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. The pipeline, which is currently under review, would pass just south of the community of Fort St. James, one of only three communities which the pipeline encounters in B.C. along its route from the Alberta tar sands to Kitimat. The pipeline would also come close to the communities of Burns Lake and Kitimat, so these will be the key areas where private landowners are potentially impacted. There are significant implications for landowners, as there is a right of way in place around a pipeline once it is in place which can impact landowners abilities to move heavy equipment across their property, subdivide, build new structures or dig wells or other below-ground work. There are also possible implications for after the pipeline is no longer in use, and uncertainty as to whether the pipeline company would be respon-

sible to pay for its removal or not. The group, which is hoping to use the name the BC Northern Gateway Landowners Association (BCNGLA), will be joining the Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowner Association (CAEPLA), a larger Canadian group which has extensive experience with these issues across the country. The local group will also be registering as intervenors in what are being referred to as the Abandonment Cost Hearings to determine liability for abandoned pipelines. These hearings could have huge implications for landowners down the line, as they could potentially transfer liability related to the unused pipeline to the landowner once the company is done with it. The BCNGLA’s mission statement upon their inception is: “To act in the interest of affected and impacted landowners within the B.C. corridor of the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.” The group is hoping to extend an offer to Burns Lake landowners and Kitimat landowners to join the group to gain more strength in numbers for negotiations and to keep landowners who may be affected or impacted as informed as possible. Landowners interested in more information can contact the group at: 250-996-0194 or bcngla@ gmail.com.

CNC balancing the budget College of New Caledonia’s (CNC) Board of Governors learned Friday the college is well positioned to balance the budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year. The college had been projecting a $2.3-million budget shortfall for next year, if nothing was done to address rising expenses and declining revenues and funding. CNC President John Bowman said there is still work to be done, but things are on track to present a balanced budget for the board’s approval on April 27. “We are still working through some final decisions and options with a number of employees regarding early retirements and voluntary severances,” Bowman said. “Therefore, it’s too soon to say the final numbers of employees actually receiving layoff notices, but the numbers are expected to be small. Most reductions will be accomplished through attrition, early retirement incentives and voluntary severance.” Other cost-saving measures include: reallocating unused budget amounts in a number of areas; including additional and deferred revenues; some consolidation of low enrolment class sections and courses; improved class scheduling; a 2 per cent tuition increase and reductions to equipment expenditures. Colleges are required by provincial legislation to plan for a balanced budget every year.

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Sex, drugs and gangs Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier Ex-gang member, now activist Amir Javid returned to Nak’azdli for a three-day workshop and seminar last week. The event was part of a huge initiative by the Nak’azdli Alternate Justice Program to help educate the community about sexual exploitation, drugs and gangs. Karla Olinek and Maria Riske were the driving forces behind the event, and were happy with the turnout on Tuesday and Wednesday, after a slower start on Monday. “We just want to educate everybody and do the preventative thing,” said Olinek. She was impressed with some of the youth participation, as some of the youth she said might not have gotten out of bed before midday on Spring Break normally, but were at the event from 9:30 a.m.. On Wednesday, Javid’s last day of presenting, there were around 120 people in attendance in Kwah Hall, from the very young to elders. Youth from the entire area attended including Tache, Yekooche, Binche and Nak’azdli.

“He’s really engaging,” said Olinek. Funded by a $25,000 grant Olinek and Riske applied for and received through the Ministry of Public Safety to help prevent gang involvement and sexual exploitation and to address human trafficking issues, the event included a week of activities related to education and prevention. Javid was once again well-received by the community, and was gifted with a baby quilt and moccasins for his young daughter and an eagle feather. He was also asked to give the blessing before lunch, and was clearly honoured by the community’s embrace of his message. “Every time I have come here, it changed my life,” he said. Javid presented for the entire time on different topics related to sexual exploitation, drugs and gangs, but hopes the community can go even further. “With that awareness change happens, it’s inevitable,” he said. After the general education, now Javid Amir Javid (centre) poses with two of the youth, Taylor Beauchemin (left) and Densaid the next step is to get the Heroes pro- nise Bolton (right) who attended his workshop and seminar “Sex, Drugs and Gangs” gram by the Impact Society into the schools, at Kwah Hall on April 4. which helps to build resiliency in youth. Caledonia Courier Photo

District of Fort St. James Calendar SUNDAY 8 EASTER SUNDAY

MONDAY 9 EASTER MONDAY DISTRICT OFFICE CLOSED

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10 Arts Council Mtg 11 @ 7:30 pm Enterprises Centre Lunch with John Rustad, 12pm @ Timberman’s Restaurant

Community 17 Foundation AGM @ Cancer Support 7pm CNC 5th Annual Group at Sue’s, Youth Soccer Children’s Festival 3:30pm, 12-3pm @ David Hoy Registration 6-8pm @ David Hoy School Call 996-8639 Nak’azdli 6th CCP Mtg 1-3pm @ Kwah Hall

24 Arts & Culture Week

Arts & Culture Week

Community Pitch-In Week!

30 Community Pitch-In Week!

18 Youth Soccer Registration 6-8pm @ David Hoy School

25 Council Meeting

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Council Meeting 7 p.m. Stuart Lake Hospital Aux. Meeting 7 pm

7 p.m. Arts & Culture Week Snowmobile, ATV Club AGM, 7pm @ Fairgrounds

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27 Arts & Culture

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Registration 6-8pm UNBC & District District 4-H Public @ David Hoy School FSJ host Creative Speaking Expression through Zumba Fitness 10:30am @ Art, 10-3pm, Lunch 6:30 PM, FSJSS FSJSS Gym Provided, Hoop Classes, 4 pm, Call 996-8233 Sowchea 19 Community 20 Community 21 Pitch-In Week! Pitch-In Week! Zumba Fitness 6:30 PM, FSJSS Guiness World Record Community Hoop Classes, 4 pm, Event @ Arena, Pitch-In Week! Sowchea Largest NHS Public Open House Fitness Workout, 6:30-8pm 12-12:45pm Light Refreshments! Week Community Pitch-In Week! Zumba Fitness 6:30 PM, FSJSS Hoop Classes, 4 pm, Sowchea

Week Community Pitch-In Week!

28 Arts & Culture

Week Community Pitch-In Week! Ladies Night Grad 2012 Day of Mourning Fundraiser 7pm Dinner TIX @Barton Ins & Ceremony @ District Pharmacy Ofﬁce 11 am

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Transportation Committee Mtg 5:30-9pm @ FSJSS Hoop Classes, 4 pm, Sowchea

UTILITY NOTICE Utility bills (water/sewer/garbage) for the period of January 1 to June 30, 2012 have been mailed out to all eligible property owners. To qualify for a 10% discount, payment must be received in the District Office by the close of business on Monday, April 30, 2012. Post-dated cheques will be accepted, and mailed remittances must be postmarked no later than April 30, 2012 to qualify for the discount. To claim a Senior’s Discount of 50% you must provide identification indicating that you are 65 years of age or older, and payment must be received on or before the discount date. Property owners are responsible for the payment of utilities. If you have not received an invoice, or the information is not correct, please contact the District Office at 996-8233. The office is located at 477 Stuart Drive West; hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Fort trails in eco-engagement Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier It was another Earth Hour on March 31, but you maybe wouldn’t have known it in Fort St. James. Once again, Fort St. James had an almost negligible difference in energy use during the one hour set aside each year to try and recognize the amount of energy we use in our homes and communities. The report released by BC Hydro saw reductions as high as 12.1 per cent in electricity use by Revelstoke, far ahead of second place participating community Pemberton, at 6.8 per cent. While most participating communities managed to get energy use down by at least two percent, Fort St. James saw a very small difference of 0.2 per cent, the least reduction in B.C.. The results are being reported across the province, with CBC, the Victoria Times Colonist and the Surrey North Delta Leader so far mentioning Fort St. James’ last place showing. Earth Hour is an annual global event

The national youth program Katimavik has been cut in the latest federal budget, a program which saw these youth volunteering in our community. Katimavik volunteers helped paint the Nechako Valley Community Services building in Fort St. James last year. Other Katimavik volunteers spent the weekend enjoying and helping out at Music on the Mountain. The loss of the program will also impact plans for local youth through the new youth programs being worked on locally by the Youth Program Coordinator, Jana Gainor. She was hoping to get some of the local youth involved in the area Katimavik projects. The program has been in place for 35 years and its loss prompted a reaction EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH from Skeena-Bulkley WELCOMES YOU! MP Nathan Cullen, 4th Avenue W & Birch Street who has worked with the program. SUNDAY SCHOOL..........10:30 am - 12 Noon “It’s an outstanding MORNING WORSHIP ....10:30 am - 12 Noon program that brings young Canadians together to forge lifeChurch Ofﬁce 996-7261 long friendships, give back to their community, and increase cultural understandROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ing and care for the (Across from the Petrocan Station) environment,” said SUNDAY LITURGY: Saturday 7:30 pm & Sunday 10:30 am Cullen. DAILY MASS: Monday - Friday 9:00 am “We are not going PASTORAL TEAM: FATHER FRANK SALMON 250-996-8343 to let this go. The proSR. JANE DWYER, SR. PAT MACAULAY, SR. DIVINA PEDRO gram costs $14 mil250-996-2275 lion dollars. One F-35 fighter jet engine ST. PATRICK’S ANGLICAN costs $26 million.” Cullen emphasized CHURCH the importance of the Stuart St. (Across from RCMP) program in the northwest, and the entire SUNDAY WORSHIP .......................... 2:00 PM country, with over Contact: Revd’s Roy & Gwen Andrews 1,200 participating 250-567-6744 youth per year in 94 ALL ARE WELCOME communities across the country. “This program brings people together to learn from each other and work together to build a better country,” said Cullen The program was also cut by the Mulroney government in the 1980s, but was revived in the 1990s.

hosted by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and supported provincially by BC Hydro. This year marks the fifth year of BC Hydro’s support of the event. The goal of the event is to encourage individuals to turn off unnecessary lights and electronics in an effort to conserve power and in doing so, demonstrate support for climate change reduction efforts. In 2011, according to BC Hydro, British Columbia saved 117 megawatt hours of electricity, which amounted to a 1.8 per cent reduction in the province’s electricity load. Close to 90 communities participated in Earth Hour 2012. “Everyone who took the opportunity to participate in Earth Hour deserves our thanks for helping to demonstrate the merits of energy conservation,” said Rich Coleman, minister of energy and mines, in a statement. “We look forward to building on this year’s success as we work together to find ways to further conserve energy and keep electricity rates as low as possible for British Columbians.”

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It was a star-studded night in the Fort, featuring Michael Jackson, Adele and Etta James. Not literally, of course, but their music was performed, channelling in a little heartache and a little bit of Thriller thanks to the talent of Seth and Shara and Carly Gilchrist. The entire evening, coordinated by the stunning Mistress of Ceremonies Mel Chesnutt, was a fun way to put on a fashion show to showcase some of the styles soon to be available at a new store in the works for Fort St. James. The volunteer models for the night did a phenomenal job of entertaining the crowd, adding some playful theatre to the event. The night began on schedule at 9 p.m., and was action- Models strike a pose for the photographers during the fashion show night at the Stone’s Pub packed until after midnight, on March 31. Ruth Lloyd Photo with catwalk shows being alshe now works here for the Minand did a cover version of Adele’s ternated with musical perforistry of Forests Lands and NatuSomeone Like You as well as an mances. ral Resources. a cappella Etta James tribute and “It was a really good prequel,” She performed some covers some of her very own work. said Shevaun Findlay, after the event. Seth and Shara are the lead vocals and lead guitar respectively of Mamaguroove, a northCommunity Events are free of charge as they are sponsored ern B.C. group of varied by the Caledonia Courier musical stylings and inCOMING EVENTS... week we offer a Fellowship time information. fluence. Will appear as space is available, with soup, music, and prayer, *** The two were in the free of charge in this section. at St Patrick’s Anglican Church FORT ST. JAMES SEARCH Fort doing their own Coming events are available to Hall beginning at 6.00pm. Please & RESCUE... steering committ organizations only. come and join us. tee meetings first Tuesday of evsimplified duet show, non-profi This area is not intended for *** ery month. 7:00 p.m. above the doing both covers and thank you submissions or selling FIREWEED WINTER Fort St. James Firehall. Training products. It is simply a place for CLOTHES DRIVE...The Fire- is the third Tuesday of every their own songs. t organizations a place weed Safe Haven is doing a win- month at the Firehall at 7 p.m. Seth’s incredible gui- nonprofi to announce upcoming free ac- ter clothes drive. We are looking New members welcome. tar skills coupled with tivities. You can e-mail your item for jackets, boots, snow pants, *** MAKERS...New Shara’s amazing pres- to advertising@ominecaexpress. mitts, hats, scarves, fleeces, etc, MUSIC or by fax: 567-2070. Your for men, women and children. members always WELCOME. ence and beautiful voice com organizations’ announcement The items will then be given to Not everyone has to be on stage, are made all the more can also be dropped off at our families in the community that there is lots of work behind the powerful by the fabu- office located at #111-250 Stuart need them. If you do not have scenes. Call Rosemary Allan at Fort St. James. Decision anything at home that you can 250-996-8997 for more info. lous chemistry between Drive, of the publisher is final. *** part with but still wish to conthe two - who happen to *** THE THRIFT STORE...has a tribute, you can purchase mitts, be a husband and wife FORT ADULT CENTRE socks, or thermal underwear. new name! “The Bargain BaseFOR EDUCATION...Suite Please drop items off at the ment”. We are still at the same duo as well. 221-250 Stuart Drive, in the Fireweed Safe Haven. For more location, across from Shoppers The pair also started Goodwin Building. Open daily information please contact Talia Food Mart. Donations of clean the highly successful 8:00-4:00. Call 250-996-7712 at (250) 996-8081. Every little clothing and small housewares for more information. are greatly appreciated. Please, bit helps. Robson Valley Music *** no books or magazines. Pro*** Festival which take ST PATRICK’S ANGLICAN AUXILIARY TO STUART ceeds are used for community place each year on their CHURCH... hosts a free lunch LAKE HOSPITAL... Monthly needs. Open Wed-Sat, 12 noon every Tuesday from 11.00am - meeting 2nd Wednesday each to 4pm. property in Dunster, 1.00pm. All are welcome. This month. Hospital Cafeteria 7:00 *** B.C. the weekend before lunch is made possible through p.m. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT...If you *** Music on the Mountain the generous giving of time and resources,by many people in the FORT ST. JAMES PUBLIC know anyone, including a child, Festival (MoM). region, including Sylvia Isaac, LIBRARY HOURS... who has been abused or harmed by a psychiatrist call the Citizens Tuesday 11:30-8:00 Seth and Shara The Roman Catholic Church, Commission on Human Rights Wednesday 11:30-4:30 performed at last Camp Living Water, and many other individuals.We wish to at: 1-800-670-2247. Thursday 11:30-4:30 year’s MoM with thank all those who contribute *** Friday 11:30-8:00 Saturday 11:00-3:00 Mamaguroove and will their labour to this program ALCOHOLICS ANONY*** be returning again this as well as those who provide food and other necessities. We NECHAKO VALLEY COMMOUS... Every Thursday, 8 August. also run a small food bank on MUNITY SERVICES SOCIp.m. at the United Church Hall Carly Gilchrist per- Tuesday morning, and are very ETY...Child and Youth Mental on 2nd Avenue. Contact 996for all who contribute Health and Counseling Services 8290. formed some vocals, thankful *** to this endeavor. For further available at no cost. Monday to most she self-accompa- information please call Gwen Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Call FIREWEEDSAFEHAVEN...a safe place for women and their 996-7645 for appointment. nied with the keyboard. Andrews 567-6744. children leaving violence or *** *** The newcomer to the SERVICE TIMES... abuse. 24 hour access - please at St Pat- FORT TRAP AND HANDFort was debuting her rick’s Anglican Church, Fort St GUN CLUB... meets last Sun- call 996-8000. *** talent to the community James, will be 2.00pm every day of every month. Contact she now calls home and Sunday. Friday at 6.00pm - Each Sharon at 996-8373 for more

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Courier Fur industry in the rearview mirror George LaBrash Contributed The year 1806 marks the date when the fur industry became a major influence here within the New Caledonia region of Northwestern North America. With the introduction of trade goods to the area and subsequent opportunity to export commodities in the form of new furs to the outside world, the stage was set for a dramatic change to the timehonoured nomadic lifestyle of the local inhabitants. Prior to the establishment of the trading posts at Fort St. James and Fort Fraser by the North West Company in 1806, life had existed here on a hunter-gatherer basis for perhaps 10,000 years. Evidence suggests that these early inhabitants were highly nomadic and visited five to seven different “homes” in the course of the annual round. Each home stop had something special to offer, whether it be a choice fish-harvesting opportunities or an ideal wintering sites,

each location was unique and critical for supporting a special lifestyle. At the time of initial European contact, the First Nations in this region used fur extensively as a garment material. Abundant and well prepared furs were essential for survival where a continental climate ensures extreme temperatures changes on a regular basis. Furs and prepared leathers were also often traded with the coastal First Nations in exchange for marine shells and oolican grease. When the trading ports were set up in this area two centuries ago, the North West Company was interested in gaining access to the abundant fur resource throughout this region. Trade items were transported from Montreal by canoe and pack train and the bundled furs were carried back to Montreal by some route for several decades. In later years, other access routes were developed, however transporting goods and materials in and out of this remote area was never easy.

For the first century or so the trading 13-15. To book a table in the commerposts seem to offer a mutually beneficial cial area in order to sell or display items arrangement between labour needed to contact Terri-Anne Houghton by e-mail: harvest the fur resources was supplied by Tmalczewski@shaw.ca the local First Nations population. Most of the work needed to keep the trading posts supplied with food, fuel and water was also supplied by First Nation individuals. The trade items available at the post consisted mainly of tools, fire• ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING • arms, garment materials, general Saturday, April 28, 2012 @ 9am food staples and ornamentals. In the course of time, this arrangeAt the ment resulted in the establishment of The Hills Health Ranch permanent First Nation settlements 4871 Cariboo Hwy. 97, within close proximity to the trading posts. The nomadic lifestyle of 108 Mile, B.C. the hunter-gatherer of by-gone cenSeminar Room turies had essentially ended during For more information: this century. www.bcgames.org/NBCWGS/society.html The Fort Fraser and District Trappers will be hosting the 67th annual convention of the B.C. Trappers Association in Vanderhoof on April

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Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier Landowner rights are important to North Americans in general. In many ways, the open spaces, rich in natural beauty and resources and the opportunity to stake a claim on a piece of it are what brought a large number of our ancestors to Canada (except our First Nations ancestors who were already here, of course). But the concerns being conjured up from the information put forward recently by the group the Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowner Association (CAEPLA) should potentially give comfortable landowners a bit of a wake up. If what CAEPLA says is true, pipeline companies may be making an impact on landowners and local area residents not seen since the colonialists came a-calling. Interesting how big companies can have such huge impacts over different generations, first fur trading companies came to town. Now pipeline companies, purchasing right of ways and writing agreements which seem so simple in some ways and are put forward as straightforward but potentially having huge long-term implications for the locals. Let’s hope things go a little better than they did the first time around for the local communities. If the abandonment hearings result in pipeline companies being allowed to leave their abandoned

and unused pipelines in place, this could be leaving landowners holding the bag. This has really interesting implications for federal, provincial, regional and municipal relations as well. In B.C., with 90 per cent of the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline project being on Crown land, responsibility might be sliding downhill to the taxpayers, with regional districts and provinces left with the financial responsibility should the pipe have to come out of the ground, or surrounding soil and water be contaminated by remnant chemicals in the abandoned line. It seems hard to swallow for people on the ground in these potentially impacted areas they won’t get to decide this for themselves. Instead, it will be the federal review process and National Energy Board who will be deciding on these things, especially given their close relationship with the federal government - who has publicly touted the benefits of the pipeline - and their lack of accountability to regional and provincial governments, which will be the ones most likely to have to deal with the mess once the pipeline is obsolete. Good thing the Conservative government is proposing shortening the environmental review of the Northern Gateway Project by shortening the time limit on all current and new review processes to 24 months. After all, we wouldn’t want anything like due process and ensuring the long-term protection of the landowners to get in the way of pipeline companies making billions of dollars in profits.

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Featuring the spirit of the local people Chief Kw’eh recognized nationally Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier Chief Kw’eh (known as Kwah) is a lot more than a name on some local streets and a building. The local historical figure has now been recognized for his national importance in history on recommendation from the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. The historic chief’s importance to the history of Canada was among 13 recognized on March 22 of this year. “Today’s designations will bring to life the spiritual, cultural and physical ties that First Nations have to this country, for both Canadians and visitors to Canada,” said The Honourable Peter Kent, minister of environment, in a release. “They will give future generations an understanding of moments in time that span the centuries.” The recognition came after years of research and hard work by one of Chief Kw’eh’s descendants, his great-great granddaughter, Lillian Sam. Curiosity about her family’s history came upon Sam slowly through her life; she did not grow up with stories about her family and spent time in Lejac Residential School. As a child she did spend time with her grandfather Louis Billy Prince on the Stuart River, but her grandfather was a quiet man who spoke Carrier (Dakelh) a lot but he did not share many stories with his young granddaughter. “I knew he was an important man,” explained Sam, who helped him correspond with some important people over the years, as his hands shook too much to be able to write legibly at that time. Her own father was a veteran of the Second World War, and he also did not say a lot, and neither did Sam’s mother. Her mother was from Yekooche, so her background was even more of a mystery to her daughter. “That was the seed there that grew until I had time to look at it, examine it,” said Sam.

Elders Speak and Sam’s curiosity about her background grew. One other important book was by Mrs. Lizette Hall, The Carrier My People, it had information about Chief Kw’eh and Chief Louis Billy Prince. A replica of Chief Kwah’s dagger was on display including a recording off the story of the last massacre at the Fort St. James National Historic Site and further research connected Sam to a James Monroe, who then returned some artifacts to Sam which were from her grandfather, including his rifle, and a beaded handbag which had a prayer book printed by Father Morice. Lillian Sam sits with a photo of the original The Nak’azdli Elders AdChief Kwah grave site and her grandfather. Ruth Lloyd Photo visory group were approached by Site Manager Bob Grill After getting married and having and the question was who eight children, in the summer of 1982 should be nominated as a significant she lost her husband. She then began historical person from the area. looking for work, and naturally gravi“The stories go that (Chief Kwah) tated towards researching cultural tradi- was a once a great warrior,” said Sam, tion and history, because she spent a lot and so they settled on Chief Kw’eh for of time with the elders and they always the nomination. told her stories about the old ways and After a lot more work and research, times. submissions and revisions, Chief They told her a lot of “things I never Kw’eh was eventually chosen in 2009 knew when I was in residential school,” as one of the historical people of nashe said. tional significance, but the official anShe began working for the Nak’azdli nouncement was not made until March Band researching culture and history 22, 2012. and she researched the genealogy of In the end, Chief Kw’eh will now seven generations of her own family. take a place in the nation’s history and “But that was just genealogy, there Sam has finally satisfied some of the was no information on who they were,” curiosity about her family’s history. said Sam, who then began trying to find “He was a dreamer, he was a warrior out more about these people. and a fur trade chief,” she said. “These Eventually, she began working on days we don’t have leaders like that.” a project with Parks Canada and they A celebration will now be planned interviewed 39 elders from the area. and a plaque will be placed to mark the Through these interviews, Sam be- designation, and Sam hopes they can gan to learn a lot about the old ways and have many of Chief Kw’eh’s numerous the culture and some of the stories were descendants back for the event. published in a book called. Nak’azdli The research and what she learned

was a great experience for Sam, and she seemed very satisfied with the outcome of her hard work. “For me, it’s been an honour to our people,” she said. “It uncovered a lot for me.” She said she learned a lot about the loss of the Carrier (Dakelh) way of life and how the land was taken away from them, and she sees the need for change and growth. “The most important thing for me is finding my identity.” The designation means the area has four figures of National Historic Significance to celebrate: Father Morice, James Douglas, Simon Fraser and now Chief Kw’eh. Chief Kw’eh (Parks Canada information) Chief Kw’eh used kinship ties as well as personal qualities and gifts to gain traditional rights and leadership over a wide territory and numerous Carrier (Dakelh-ne) communities in the late 18th century, bringing new stability after decades of warfare between the Carrier and Chilcotin in north-central British Columbia. He oversaw the end of the era when traditional Aboriginal leadership in this region functioned without foreign interference. He used his skills as a diplomat and leader to negotiate a mutually satisfactory relationship with Euro-Canadian traders who entered lands to which he had traditional rights, played a significant role in the development of the fur trade, and showed moral strength in resolving without violence a conflict with the young Hudson’s Bay Company clerk James Douglas. A focus for Carrier identity, he has an ongoing legacy among the Central Carrier communities as “dreamer of the salmon.” It is said that as long as he is remembered, he will continue to provide for people by presiding over the salmon fishery from his burial place at the mouth of the Stuart River. Chief Kw’eh was born into a noble Carrier family in a period of intense

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rivalry and warfare with the Chilcotin people as both struggled to control the exchange of coastal and interior trade. By slaying his father’s killer Kw’eh took over the latter’s prestige and hereditary hunting territories. He increased and consolidated his authority through marriage, the traditional potlatch distribution of food and goods, and of salmon and beaver hunting rights. He exhibited fine decision making abilities, instances of apparently supernatural gifts and the diplomatic skills of negotiation and measured response. Within the Carrier community he emerged as a strong leader with impressive physical abilities, wide influence and spiritual powers. Simon Fraser established the first fur trading post on Stuart Lake, in the midst of Chief Kw’eh’s territorial influence in 1806. With his control of the salmon fishery in the area, the post’s main source of sustenance, Kw’eh soon became his people’s representative with the newcomers who gave him, in addition to his Carrier honours, the title of fur trade chief. Chief Kw’eh used the diplomatic skills that had brought him prominence among the Carrier community to develop a relationship of relative equality in the new commercial fur trade. With regional control of the salmon fishery and the beaver hunt Chief Kw’eh encouraged his people to supply the North West and Hudson’s Bay Company traders both food and furs, and oversaw an equitable distribution of European trade goods in return. He used his influence and power to melt the disparate needs and abilities of two dissimilar cultures, establishing a mutually beneficial and substantially non-violent relationship. Chief Kw’eh has acquired mythic qualities and deep symbolic meanings for the Carrier and has become a focus of the “golden age” of traditional Carrier life. His gravesite near the mouth of the Stuart River is maintained with reverence by the Carrier people.