Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 27, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press i monday november 27, 1978 or. V a fight looms Over Hunting about where you can buy the finest Home most reasonable prices. Stunning set of 3 Chrome and Glass nesting tables. And As an extra special feature they re games tables one top for chess or checkers and one Lor backgammon. Modern Oriental design table lamp. Off White antique Ceramic base fabric covered Empire Shade. Tri Lite socket. Home entertainment Centre in engraved Walnut finish that resists stains and scratches. Only soo88 double Pedestal Kne enole desk in engraved Walnut finish. A great gift idea. 3-in-one Book unit. That right you get All three in attractively teak finished unit. Serves As a Bookcase bar and when turned around you simply fold out a comfortable bed your Choice of elegantly Mediterranean styled cocktail table hex or Square commode. All tops Are stain and mar Resis Tant. I Ivy i by in i i a -.1 q is trestle Roll top desk with pid Geon Hole compartments behind Roll top. Knotty Pine Wood Fin ish. Handsome Wall unit pick he pieces you need and save your Choice of bold colonial cocktail table hex or Square commode. proportioned table group with oodles of storage space. Boldly proportioned Recliner offers 3 Comfort positions upright to viewing position and fully reclined snooze position. Stylish swivel rockers Avail Able in an assortment of Superb decorator velvets. Tailored with Button tufting and a kick Pleat. Complot 5 piece swivel Dinette. Includes table with Extension and 4 swivel chairs. The chairs feature a durable easy care Vinyl we buy a lot so you save a lot. Now 3 stores to serve you Best special offer no interest payments till March 1, 1979 on approved credit Winnipeg showrooms 1030 st. James st. 970 Nairn ave. Brandon showrooms 1240-18th Street across from the Keystone furniture appliance showroom by Glen Mackenzie a Winnipeg lawyer has about 40 cases before Mani Toba courts challenging Laws affecting indians traditional Hunting and fishing rights. But he and a Manitoba Indian brotherhood spokes Man say no matter How the courts Rule natives will Hunt and fish As usual. The lawyer Martin Thompson said the trouble stems from Lack of Legal clarity. The Manitoba court of Appeal in 1962 ruled natives could Hunt on private property in the absence of posted signs or some other form of pro but in june 1975, the supreme court of Canada upheld a dangerous Hunt ing conviction saying when the Public safety is involved natives Are in the same Legal position As any one else Thompson said. As Well the supreme court said the Manitoba court of Appeal was wrong in 1962. But that statement was orbiter a court opinion that in t a Prece Dent but can be used As argument in court Thomp son said. The natives rely on the Manitoba National re sources act passed be cause of a Federal Provin Cial agreement in the 1920s. The act says indians May Hunt for food in any season on All unoccupied Crown lands and any other lands to which the said indians May have right of one problem is the words for Thompson said one of his clients earns 000 a year by Hunting. But most Hunt As part of their traditional lifestyle and will continue to do so de spite the Law he said. He also said it in t Clear whether unoccupied Crown lands Means Feder Al or provincial land. One dispute centres on whether a Roadside constitutes unoccupied Crown land. The provincial wildlife act deems provincial for ests and recreation areas refuges Community Pas Tures and wildlife manage ment areas occupied Crown it expressly says indians May not Hunt there. But Thompson said the provincial government could declare the whole province a wildlife management area for a period on the excuse Deer or other animals Are on the Road to extinction. Even More difficult is the right of Access question. Carried to its extreme this could mean indians May Hunt on downtown City streets or a residential Back Yard he said. Douglas Abra a Crown attorney who has appeared before the court of Appeal to argue the Manitoba government s Case said in an interview that the Crown regards the words occupied Crown lands As clearly referring to Provin Cial land. He conceded however that the term right of a Cess is a nebulous Legal Point. Abra said the provincial government in t out to de stroy native people s Hunt ing rights. He said if the provincial government declared the whole province a wildlife preserve native people would have a legitimate complaint. But Only about one per cent of Southern Manitoba has been designated wildlife management areas he said. Rufus Prince an mib vice president said the brotherhood will pay Legal expenses to Appeal every Hunting and fishing where it appears there was an injustice. Prince accused the government of harassing natives to protect game for White Hunters. He said natives never Hunt for sport. We Don t Hunt to brag and win a prize for it. We Don t take Pic Tures to broadcast the he said ;