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Originally posted by The Fish Assassin
quote:NOW I ASK YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU OR ANY OF YOUR TRIBES DONE, BUT TAKE… WHAT HAVE YOU CONSERVED, ANYTHING???????
Charlie.. You really know alot about my people don't you? What the hell has the songhees taken except "
it up the a-s-s" Everyone of our streams has been decimated, our hunting grounds are now shopping centers, our reserve is now the parliment buildings. Our traditional territory has been totally destroyed and there has been very very little in the way of any compensation. We do have treaty rights however that state that we have the right to hunt and fish as before settlement.
Up here we do not refer to ourselves as "tribes". But rather First Nations, with specific names, like say Qualicum First Nation or Dididaht First Nation for example. So forgive me If I don't keep up on the political correctness on your side of the border, but it is obvious you are just as clueless about the names used up here. Call us whatever you want, the fact still remains that as a treaty band we should be entitled to a portion of the commecial TAC. and 50% sounds better than the 0% we are getting right now!!
As for what I have done...I personnaly have spent time as a Fisheries Officer for one of the Bands up here, I have done stream restoration, fish counting, tagging, I have helped take eggs for brood stock at the hatchery testing for pollutants and pretty much everything else that is needed to aid in the conservation effort of the river I was on. I have run the entire Vancouver Island Sockeye Seine fishery for 4 years, I have sat on the board of HIAB and attended all the salmon meetings for years as well and on and on I could go, Also this forum isn't long enough for me to list everything that my father has done working for the Department of Fisheries for 20+ years. Such as the Guardian program here in BC. So who's the IDIOT here charlie? Sounds to me like you just volunteered for that role. You should refrain from putting your foot in your mouth so much in the future... or not.. I can use a laugh every now and again.
Take only what you need.