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ath _ kind of pressure than to
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: a mean of violent confrontation.

‘Nandor Pal
“Whistler, B.C.

‘The stakes are very high.
:. fy CFF ‘I doo’t think a boycott
of . would change the politics
: of Russia, but it would
/apply some pressure. |
\think the games should be
“boycotted. A boycott is
‘ much better than military
intervention.

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feast government has both.
amoral and:a. legal liability
toreturn the lands. cae

He said’ MLA Allan.
Williams | had indicated | in:
discussions | ‘with the bands -
that the provincial govern-.
ment is willing to-discuss the
‘ return of. lands involved in. -
. the claim which are: not in -
use - about 30,000 acres,

But Chief Mathias said -:
that about 3,000 acres are
“permanently ‘alienated to

¢ point that they cannot be
returned, what with right of

ways such as Lions Gate
Bridge.

, For such lands,. the In-
dians are socking com-
pensation of many millions
of dollars. In the case of the"
seven acres leading to Lions
Gate Bridge, the chief said
the only dollar value placed
on itis the West Vancouver
municipal assessment of $4-5
million.

This, he said would be
claimed for, in addition to

‘the return of the other 125

acres of the -Capilano lands,
which he said would revert
to the band.

As to what the Indians
would do with the returned
lands, Chief Mathias said
that would be up to the band |
to decide.

One: possibility, he said,
might be to create an Indian

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