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$25.5M Northlands development hits native land claims snag

A $25.5 million golf course and major residential devel-
opment pegged for the East Seymour area of North Van-
couver Disirict will net go ahead until native and claims
are settled, according to the chief of the Burrard
(Tstei wautuch) Indian Band.

Said Chief Leonard George,
“We set a specific clatm on thar.
matter haw niu they pian,
or set ie place partnership and -
nancing, when push comes to
shove, they'll be stepped, breause
they can’t deab with it until that
Jand claim is settled. They would
be a lor smarter to come to talk to
us first."

When asked whether anyone
trom North Vancouver District
had approached the band about
the land claim, George replied,

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‘Now 7 told Murray ONVD Mayor
Murray Dskeman) what omy
nerspective on things was, bur
thes (NVD) are guided by tear,
aided by mistrust."
He added, “) don’t want te
ht them in the courts. PE would
hike them to sit down with me and
say, ‘Here's a portion of this

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land.” Then Pd be able to bring a
lot of mones to the table. Va
probably be fe tO finance the
conmsiruchion of it?

Phe chiel said he Upset
some of his awn people bs setehne
Tora portion af the Norrhiiods
deselopment lands.

“They would say. *You shoul
hase heptaralh’ "*

George ddded that serleme
hind chims would help oat
TON Native COME ELES &

The mones ecnerated
returned land would help
COMMU Ligs steps
sett determinate e sad.

“When we ate funding aur own
programs, were releving the ox.
pense pressure from other Can
dias. People shoulda’s tear if,

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they should get mvalved. and help
promote it.

Bur Dekeman satd the district is
dealing with Jando at has clear ritle
by.
been it spirioof
open discussion and Caoperation,
and in tach we are dratogr a pro
posal of services avreement be-
tween the mumepality and the
band for various proposals that
they are cotenaining or dealing
with,

“We tave of

here has

ed fo work asa
partyuer as the tuetvhbes
munmipahos We fave talked
about that sortof thing within the
band Lends, which he hiss tifie te.
“bh othink thats (Civers posi
ton regarding Northhands) part at
ao venerab concept that dea has an

tire community. Pts a philosophy
that Len has worked with, and |
think it's been very effective,” he
added.

Bruce Etamersley, president of
the North Shore Publ Golf
Course Society. said: he was sur-
prised hy George's position on
Nor hlands.

“Why weren't ches part of the
process when the process has been
going on for a year and a half"

The Burrard Band recently
opened a voll driving ranes. ft is
the first in a series of projects
conceived bs the Burrard Band in
conjunction with bev Weods
Developments fb td ano Asi
based development firm