Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Resolution Supporting the Kootenay Indian Area Council's Resolution re: Infringement of Aboriginal Border Crossing Rights (Attached)
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DOCUMENT: ATNI8410.TXT
A F F I L I A T E D T R I B E S O F
N O R T H W E S T I N D I A N S
RESOLUTION #84-F-010
WHEREAS, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)
is a regional organization comprised of American
Indians from the States of Oregon, Idaho,
Washington, and Nevada; and
WHEREAS, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
recognizes the needs and concerns of the member
Tribes and the serious impact upon Native American
Indians when specific issues are collectively
addressed by Local, Regional, and National Indian
governments and their organizations; and
WHEREAS, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians is
dedicated to the ideals of improvement of health,
education, social welfare, and economic development
of American Indians; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians and its membership does hereby
support the attached resolution as submitted by the
Kootenay Indian Area Council (Cranbrook, British
Columbia, Canada) in representation of the St.
Mary's Band, Columbia Lake Band, Shuswap Band,
Lower Kootenay Band and the Tobacco Plains Band of
Canada to request support regarding the
infringement of the aboriginal border crossing
rights of the Kootenay Indian people and in support
of their nation's aboriginal trading, and inter-
indigenous cultural relationships and submits this
resolution to the National Congress of American
Indians (NCAI) Annual Convention in Spokane,
Washington on September 9-14, 1984 requesting their
support, action, resolution and submission to the
proper authorities or agencies; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the National Congress of
American Indians take the necessary action to
satisfactorily resolve the resolution as endorsed
and adopted by the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest
Indians.
CERTIFICATION
The foregoing resolution was duly endorsed at the Annual
Conference of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, at
Spokane, Washington, on September 8, 1984, with a quorum
present and voting.
__________________________ ____________________________
Delbert Frank, President Faith Mayhew, Secretary
ATTACHMENT
KOOTENAY INDIAN AREA COUNCIL
SITE 15, MISSION RD. S.S. #1,
CRANBROOK, B.C. V1C 4H4
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS: the member Bands of the Kootenay Indian Area
Council; St. Mary's Band, Columbia Lake Band,
Shuswap Band, Lower Kootenay Band and Tobacco
Plains Band, have adopted a KOOTENAY NATION LAND
CLAIM AND DECLARATION, July 8, 1981, and;
WHEREAS: the Declaration stated that the Kootenay people
have tolerated "the disruption of our inalienable
right to sovereignty", and;
WHEREAS: one of the disruptions was the establishment of the
Canada/USA border, separating the Kootenay Nation
in the eyes of the Canadian and American
Governments, despite the traditional laws of the
Kootenay Nation, and;
WHEREAS: the Kootenay Nation has never ceded their
traditional laws or recognized that our people are
separated by an international boundary. The
Kootenay Nation continue to respect and protect the
right of a Kootenay Indian to travel, live and work
within the traditional territory of the Kootenay,
and;
WHEREAS: the Kootenay people both north and south of the
international boundary therefore have never
accepted the Canadian/American boundary as
applicable to the Kootenay Nation. Nor does the
Kootenay Nation accept the authority of the
Immigration Act as applicable to the Kootenay
Nation because the Kootenay have never been
immigrants in our own land, and;
WHEREAS: the member Bands of the Kootenay Indian Area
Council reserve the sole right to employ people of
Kootenay ancestry within our administration, and;
WHEREAS: Margaret Friedlander, a Kootenay Indian from the
Confederated Salish and Kootenay Tribe of Montana
has been hired by the Tobacco Plains Band as Band
Administrator based on her qualifications, in
addition to her understanding of the Kootenay
culture and language, and;
WHEREAS: attempts have been made by the Canadian Government
to remove Margaret Friedlander from Canada.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the National Congress of
American Indians supports the stand taken by the
Kootenay Nation regarding aboriginal border
crossing rights, based on our knowledge that the
international boundary is an arbitrary line drawn
without consideration of indigenous peoples, and
violating their nations aboriginal trading
relationships and inter-indigenous cultural
relationships.
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