Harold Leighton

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  Harold Leighton Harold Leighton is the Elected Chief of the Metlakatla First Nation. He has served his community for more than 25 years, including as Band Administrator, treaty negotiator, and CEO of the Metlakatla Development Corporation. He has also acted as President of the North Coast Tribal Council for six years and served on a wide variety of business and non-profit boards.

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  By Harold Leighton and Gary Reece
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  Harold Leighton and Garry Reece are chief councilors of Lax Kw'alaams and Metlakatla respectively.
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  However, yesterday, Gary Reece, chief counselor for Lax Kw'alaams and Harold Leighton, chief councilor for Metlakatla, responded in a letter by saying the editorial suggests they should just sit idly by while "while our rights and title are ignored yet again, in the larger interest of regional development for everyone else."

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  Coast Funds Chair Don Wright, centre, Director Harold Leighton, right and CEDS CEO David Mannix, left

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  Chief Harold Leighton of the Metlakatla First Nation, located near Prince Rupert, said he was pleased a settlement giving his people back 4,755 hectares of reserve lands but he wasn't happy it took decades.
  
  "This has been a long process," he said. "It doesn't have to take this long. I was involved with it for approximately 30 years. We matured over those years."
  
  Leighton and Seton Lake Band Chief Garry John, said the B.C. government's plans to offer aboriginals a new relationship based on hope and reconciliation has to start showing more results.

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  Chief Harold Leighton of the Metlakatla First Nation near Prince Rupert says the land return agreements are a sign the province is willing to negotiate, but what B.C. aboriginals really want is an easier, less expensive way to negotiate land-claims treaties with government.

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  Chief Harold Leighton of the Metlakatla First Nation, located near Prince Rupert, said he was pleased a settlement giving his people back 4,755 hectares of reserve lands but he wasn't happy it took decades.
  
  "This has been a long process," he said. "It doesn't have to take this long. I was involved with it for approximately 30 years. We matured over those years."
  
  Leighton and Seton Lake Band Chief Garry John, said the B.C. government's plans to offer aboriginals a new relationship based on hope and reconciliation has to start showing more results.

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  Metlakatla elected chief Harold Leighton said that his band has yet to be contacted directly by Enbridge about the meeting, but there is a prior history between Enbridge and Metlakatla when talking about the pipeline.
  
  "We do have plans on sitting down with them and talking about issues and concerns that Metlakatla have," said Leighton.
  
  He added that normally these conversations do not take place out in the public sphere but in the privacy of the band's office back in Metlakatla.
  
  This isn't the first time Enbridge had had a consultation process.
  
  About two years ago, the pipeline operator held talks with most Northern B. C. First Nations, but they did not consult with Metlakatla and Lax Kw'alaams.
  
  According to Leighton, that is what both band councils are looking for right now.
  
  "We want to talk about our issues and the land- environment - those are our two priorities right now," said Leighton.
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  And Leighton admits that he hasn't spoken to the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council about Enbridge since 2006.
  
  "We were part of the process earlier on but we have not attended meetings with them since, so we don't' know what their issues are but I know that when Enbridge decided to put this project on a shelf a while back, it was basically because of the concerns of the First Nations along the (project) line," said Leighton.

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  According to Metlakatla elected chief Harold Leighton, this will right a wrong that has lasted for a century.
  
  "We are happy to stand with British Columbia and Canada today to celebrate the resolution of these claims, and to move forward now with greater certainty toward a shared future," said Leighton.

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  "We will not allow phase one to commence operations unless our concerns have been addressed," Metlakatla Chief Harold Leighton said in the release."We have no intention of continuing to be ignored, and we will do what is necessary to protect our interests."
  
  The bands called on the federal government to halt all plans for phase two of the container terminal until the phase one issues have been resolved.
  
  In an interview with the Prince George Free Press, Leighton said there has been no meaningful consultation by the Prince Rupert Port Authority or the federal government on either phase of the port development.
  
  "That is unacceptable to us.We've been very patient for too long now," he said.
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  Leighton said that issue should have been resolved before any work was done on the port, which is situated on traditional Coast Tsimshian territory.
  
  "The port was originally built on one of our village sites.When they built it, they took thousands of artifacts out - they took human remains out," he said."There is probably still some left there under the concrete.With phase two there is two more village sites there."
  
  Leighton said members of the band are angry at the treatment by the port authority and federal government, and are seeking support for action from other First Nations.
  
  Unemployment in the bands reaches 70 per cent, he said.They want to be part of the economy but, "we're sitting on the outside looking in," Leighton said.
  
  "We have the option to negotiate, we have the option to litigate or we have the option to take direct action.We are going to do something - [but] I don't know what that is yet," Leighton said.

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  "Our rights and title interests are without question within the Prince Rupert harbour, and we now wish to provide the new government an appropriate amount of time to review the situation," said Harold Leighton, chief councilor of Metlakatla, in a press release.

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