[Shadow_Group] Fw: [Left Hook] Pipeline court action miffs N.W.T. First Nations [read: Government Indians]

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Pipeline court action miffs N.W.T. First Nations
WebPosted Oct 5 2004 09:46 AM CDT

YELLOWKNIFE - Some aboriginal leaders from the Mackenzie Valley are
opposed to court action that would delay the proposed pipeline project.
Last month the Deh Cho First Nation filed two lawsuits to halt the
Mackenzie Valley joint panel review.

The review will conduct hearings on the pipeline after an application to
build it is filed.

Leaders representing the Inuvialuit, the Sahtu and the Gwich'in met with
Deh Cho First Nation Grand Chief Herb Norwegian in Inuvik on Friday.

Nellie Cournoyea, who chairs the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, says the
purpose of the meeting was to tell Norwegian where the other aboriginal
groups stand.

"These three groups feel offended that no consideration was taken by the
Deh Cho as to how these actions are going to affect us," she says.

Cournoyea says the panel took $2 million and two years to put in place,
and she says aboriginal groups in the Mackenzie valley will represent the
economic interests of their beneficiaries if the lawsuits go to court.




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