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Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations Geoff Plant stopped in Port Alberni on July 30 during his tour of British Columbia First Nations treaty tables. His message: "This visit is a small step of reaffirming that we, as the province, are willing to look at new ideas and look at old ideas in different ways (with respect to treaty negotiation)."

Plant was met with a barrage of pointed questions from Nuu-chah-nulth treaty negotiators.

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One of the largest and most respected dictionary publishers in the world will be changing "Nootka" to "Nuu-chah-nulth" this year, almost 30 years after the name was officially changed.

In 1973, the West Coast District Council of Indian Chiefs voted unanimously to officially change the term Nootka as it applied to the first peoples of the west coast of Vancouver Island to Nuu-chah-nulth, which means "between the mountains and the sea."

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The sound of songs and cheers filled the House of Huu-ay-aht the last week of August, as a huge bronze plaque was unveiled recognizing the ancient city of Kiix?in as a place of national importance.

Hidden by more than a century of cedar tree and salmonberry bush growth, the once densely populated village of Kiix?in has been left relatively undisturbed since the Huu-ay-aht moved to Anacla in the 1880s.

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United Native Nations held a signing ceremony on Aug. 29 in Blood Alley in Gastown, which is the alley at the 30 block of Cordova Street.

The unusual venue was chosen to highlight a partnership witnessed on that day by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal groups, agencies and government representatives, who have elected to work together for positive change in the Downtown Eastside.

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With the British Columbia government cutting back on social assistance payments, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada is following suit, but because of the unique funding arrangement with Nuu-chah-nulth, "on-reserve" recipients will not see a change in their rates.

"Through the federal transfer agreement, the Nuu-chah-nulth administer social assistance through block funding," said Community & Health Services' Acting Senior Manager Simon Read.

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A Squamish First Nation member has had a $2,400 fine levied against him by the Williams Lake Provincial Court for illegal hunting.

Originally James Andrew, a Coast Salish man, was charged with six counts under the Wildlife Act, but half the charges were dropped. Andrew pled guilty Aug. 6 to two counts of illegal possession of dead game and one of hunting on someone else's license.

A non-Native man, Kerry Webster of Squamish, had charges stayed by the Crown.

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The Prince George Riverkings were more than a match for all of their rivals at this year's Canadian Native Fastball Association championships.

The Riverkings won all four of their contests and took top honors in the men's A Division of the national tournament, which concluded Aug. 4 in Brandon, Man.

The Prince George team thumped another British Columbia squad, the Invermere Nightmares, 12-5 in their final contest of the double-knockout tourney.

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Nuu-chah-nulth fishermen will get a large share of licences for the sardine (formerly called pilchard) fishery about to start.

Six of the 28 available licences for the fishery will be shared among Nuu-chah-nulth nations. Leaders and fishermen agreed to a profit-sharing arrangement after a special fisheries council meeting held last month at the Tseshaht Cultural Centre.

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Dear Editor:

In time for September come the flyers to take courses at various schools in the Greater Vancouver area: standup comedy, film, computers, acupuncture, etc. Yet no flyer ever comes through my mailbox offering courses teaching any of the Aboriginal languages in British Columbia being spoken for academic credit or general public interest.

There may be demand for courses of this nature being taught in Vancouver.

But none are. Why?

Yours truly,

Ben Griffin

Burnaby

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The provincial government, which this year has received widespread criticism for its across-the-board budget cuts to every department, including education, announced Aug. 1 that it was putting $1.27 million into Aboriginal post-secondary education and training programs.

The money will be split among 25 new projects, which will receive between $17,210 and $75,000 each.