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Plans moving ahead for Tsimshian cultural pavillion in Cow Bay By Alan S. Hale The Northern View
“This is more about interfacing with the living descendants of that culture. Looking at where they’ve come from and how they’ve evolved...”
The Prince Rupert Port Authority and the Chiefs of the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla bands announced plans last week that could see a cultural pavilion constructed on the Prince Rupert waterfront. A committee has been formed to conduct a feasibility study for the new project and meetings with community stakeholders from Metlakatla and Lax Kw’alaams were held last week. The committee held a meeting in Prince Rupert on Tuesday to gather input from local residents and businesses. (Editor’s note: Look for more on that meeting online at www.thenorthernview. com and in this Friday’s issue of The Northern Connector) “The purpose of the meeting is to update the wider Prince Rupert community on the project, its structure, purpose, progress to date and the process moving forward. Feedback will be sought from participants and will be taken into consideration by the Project Team,” according to a Prince Rupert Port Authority press release. Te Taru White is acting as a consultant for the pavilion project and has helped shape the idea for the pavilion. White is a member of the Maori people from New Zealand, and is the curator of Te Papa, New Zealand’s national
Negotiations ongoing in Lax Kw’alaams ferry strike The Northern View
Negotiations between the Lax Kw’alaams band and the workers on the ferry to the community are continuing, but chief councillor Garry Reece notes that the ferry will continue to operate while the discussions take place. “There is an agreement now in terms of the percentages and a few other things, but there is still discussions to be had,” he said on February 21. According to Ken Lippet, who
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represents the unionized crew, the strike stopped when the band council made the first the first installment towards paying the unpaid wages, despite the council’s previous position that it did not owe the crew money for the hours in between sailings. Before that, the Council had hired a new crew to replace the strikers and restore ferry service to Port Simpson, which has had to rely on water taxis during the strike. The replacement crew did not possess all the certifications required to operate the ferry and were not allowed to sail.
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of their art forms, and the uniqueness of their translation of the landscape to the visitor. So it’s highly engaging and people powered not object powered,” said White. White says he would like to see a place that would meet visitors as they entered the harbour, ideally with a storyteller on board to begin the experience before they even leave the ship. Visitors could have drumming and dancing as they exited the ship then be guided to an interactive experience at the pavilion itself about the carving and weaving and storytelling that are found in Tsimshian culture. When asked, White says Week of Feb. 23 he does know that the pavilion Not for Navigational Purposes can’t be completed before WED., FEB. 23 the cruise ship stop coming High: 4:42 AM / 6.70 m in 2012, but says that the Low: 11:18 AM / 1.30 m pavilion would be an excellent High: 5:28 PM / 5.56 m first step in winning them Low: 11:15 PM / 2.18 m back. Sunrise: 7:44 AM Sunset: 6:05 PM
museum. He travels around the world helping Aboriginal communities try to turn their culture into an economic benefit like his people have managed to in the past several years, Now he hopes that the waterfront pavilion will be a stepping stone for the Tsimshian to share their culture. “It was very favorably received [at the meetings in Metlakatla and Lax Kw’alaams] And why not? We’re talking about a people who are bursting at the seams to talk about, to organize, to promote and profile their culture as an integral part of Prince Rupert and the Te Taru White islands,” said White. White says that he envisions the pavilion being located in the Cow Bay area in order for people who are disembarking cruise ships to be greeted with examples of Tsimshian culture. He says it shouldn’t be a museum where the focus would be on artifacts and archival history. “This is more about interfacing with the living descendants of that culture. Looking at where they’ve come from and how they’ve evolved, the continuance
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