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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (41)	5/31/2005 10:56:31 AM
From: Dennis Roth	of 570

Dehcho agreement not done deal: Norwegian Last updated May 31 2005 08:27 AM CDT CBC News north.cbc.ca YELLOWKNIFE – The grand chief of the Dehcho First Nations is downplaying the conditional approval Dehcho chiefs gave to an agreement that will settle the pipeline lawsuits with Ottawa. Herb Norwegian is calling the conditional approval misleading, saying a signed agreement is still far away. The Dehcho chiefs met last week in Fort Liard and passed two resolutions on the lawsuits. One establishes a working group to deal with a $15 million payment from Ottawa for economic development. The second resolution says the agreement addresses Dehcho participation in the environmental and regulatory review of the pipeline, the issue that prompted the Dehcho to start legal action last fall. But the chiefs don't want to give up their right to sue the federal government in the future. Norwegian says other details of the agreement won't be made available until it's signed. "They're going to hear a lot of good juicy stuff once we've reached an agreement and at the same time we have to make sure there's some content to it and that people are actually going to feel good about it," he says. "We're not talking about selling out our people at this point. I think the main principle is to continue to stand firm and make sure that our agenda is catered to." Norwegian says the federal government still has to review the agreement. He says he can't predict when an agreement will be signed.

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