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ROSSLAND (CP) — A 16-
year-old juvenile from New
Westminster, was sentenced
in provincial court Monday
for pulling a gun on an RCMP
constable and taking his
patrol car.

The juvenile, who by law
cannot be identified, - was
given two years open cus-
tody, meaning he will serve
time on a work farm and not
behind bars.

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Indians don't accept border

VANCOUVER (CP) — Kootenay Indians, who live in
central British Columbia and Montana, don’t accept the
fact that they are divided by the 49th parallel.

They believe they are all part of the Kootenay nation
and should be allowed to move freely between the two
countries ar they did without incident until 1982 when a
band member was charged with failing to clear customs
before entering Canada.

“That case was won by the band on a technicality,
says band lawyer Louise Mandell, but it didn't address
the key question of whether the Indian nations or the
Cangdian and American goyernments can,determine the
Indians’ mobility across the. borddeRerin =)

That issue is coming to'x head at federal immigra-
tion hearing to determine whether tribal member Mar-
garet Friedlander should be allowed to work as manager
for the Tobacco Plains band in Canada without a work
permit. .

Friedlander was hired because of her understanding
of the tribal culture and her, fluency in the tribal
language. She is acting as a translator at her own
hearing.

Mandell said Tuesday that there has always been “an
Indian border” — a road that joins the Kootenay people
who live on the Tobacco Plains reserve, which is sliced
nearly in half by the Canada-U.S. border.

That road has no customs office and no immigration
officials. Indians use it regularly to cross the border to do
things as mundane as laundry or to go shopping, berry-
picking and fishing.

The Indians are arguing that Friedlander, as a
member of the Kootenay nation, doesn’t require a work
permit.

But when Friedlander’s case went to an immigration
hearing in Cranbrook in southeastern British Columbia
last Thursday, it ended in chaos.

Mandell said 107 Indian chiefs and elders from both
sides of the border went ready to argue their point of
view but found the hearing room wasn't large enough to
hold them all,

It was suggested that the hearing be moved to the
band hall on the reserve, but hearing adjudicator William
Osbern¢ refused to move it. are

Mandell said that after more than an hour of discus-
sion, “it became clear that the RCMP could be called in to
clear the office” so they left quietly.

But the hearing was never properly adjourned, and
Mandell said Tuesday she hopes to clear up that formality
next week.

In the meantime, Friedlander's case is once again in
limbo. The proceedings were stayed in November to
allow federal Immigration Minister John Roberts to
consider the political implications of the case in light of
the government's commitment to the principle of Indian
self-government.

There also has been no response from federal Indian
Affairs Minister John Munro. The Indian nation appealed
to Munro to recognize Friedlander as an Indian for the
purposes of the Immigration Act, which would waive the
necessity of a work permit.

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