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We toured several of replicated longhouses of the Gitxsan people.

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It doesn't matter where it is, in Gitxsan it's called paradise.

Archive 2008-04-01 Lemon Hound 2008

It doesn't matter where it is, in Gitxsan it's called paradise.

Ken Belford & Alison Calder Lemon Hound 2008

"This deal that's been announced is not supported by all the Gitxsan and Elmer does not speak for all the Gitxsan," Marjorie McRae, an elected band chief counsellor who does not support the deal, said Sunday.

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The backlash to an announcement of Gitxsan support for Enbridge's Northern Gateway has raised questions about the legitimacy of the pact between the native group and the company that wants to build the project.

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The uproar over the agreement relates in part to disagreement over who has the authority to speak for the Gitxsan.

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Mr. Derrick said he had not consulted band councils but that he, in his role as negotiator, had been talking to as many people as possible over the past six years, adding that the Gitxsan youth "can't eat rights and title" and are looking for economic opportunities in their own region.

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Under the agreement, the Gitxsan could expect to receive at least $7-million in profits, which would go into a trust that would be used to provide scholarships and other youth-focused programs, Mr. Derrick said on conference call with reporters.

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And the backlash - voiced by community members who say the Friday announcement by hereditary chief Elmer Derrick has shamed and embarrassed the Gitxsan people - also underscores rifts among the Gitxsan, including a court battle over who has the right to represent the nation in treaty talks with the province.

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Enbridge, however, says it's confident that the agreement has majority support among the Gitxsan, who lay claim to 33,000 square kilometres of territory in northwestern B.C. The proposed pipeline does not cross that territory, but would cross streams that drain into it.

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