MEDIA NOTICE



Sunday, November 19, 1989

There will be a meeting of the Treaty Alliance of North
American Aboriginal Nations on November 21, 1989, in Goose Bay,
Labrador.  Chiefs will be arriving in Goose Bay on Monday,
November 20th, at the Goose Bay Airport at 1:30 P.M.

Attending will be Chief Bernard Ominayak, Lubicon Lake,
Alberta; Chief Roger Jones, Ojibways of Shawanaga, Ontario;
Chief Daniel Ashini, Sheshatshiu Innu, Labrador; Vice Chairman
George Wapachee, Grand Council of the Crees, Quebec; Denny
Auger, Bigstone Indian Nation, Alberta; 2 Councillors, Samson
Indian Nation, Alberta; Chief Roy Whitney and Councillor Alan
Crowchild, Sarcee Indian Nation, Alberta; Chief Harvey Scanie,
Cold Lake First Nations, Alberta; Chief Al Lameman, Beaver Lake
First Nation, Alberta; Chief Ernest Sundown, Joseph Bighead
First Nation, Saskatchewan; Alex Christmas, Assembly of First
Nations & Union of Nova Scotia Indians; lawyer James O'Reilly
from Montreal.

Others who may be attending are representatives from Pabineau
Indian First Nation, New Brunswick; Mississauga First Nation,
Ontario; Grand Rapids Indian Nation, Manitoba; Nishnawbe-Aski
Nation, Ontario.

This will be the first organizational/strategy meeting for the
Native Defence Treaty Alliance since its first signing in July
of 1989.  There are currently 19 Treaty Signatories:  7 from
Alberta, 1 from Saskatchewan, 1 from Manitoba, 4 from Ontario,
2 from New Brunswick, 1 from Labrador, and 3 from Quebec. 
Total population represented by Treaty Signatories is in excess
of 50,000.

For more information, contact the Sheshatshiu Innu Band Office
in Goose Bay, Labrador, 709-497-8522; or the Lubicon Lake
Indian Nation office in Edmonton, Alberta, 403-436-5652.

                              OR

 For more information contact web:car by e-mail or in writing 
                Aboriginal Rights Support Group 
                   Committee Against Racism 
                   P.O. Box 3085, Station B 
                   Calgary, Alberta  T2M 4L6