NUXALK NATION PRESS RELEASE

Nuxalk Chiefs call for an end to industrial logging in the midcoast by Western Forest Products (Doman Industries), Interfor and Macmillan Bloedel

4 June 1997

"First of all we would like to acknowledge Tatau, the Creator, through Manakays, the Great Spirit, for all he has provided us since the beginning of time and still provides today."

We, the Nuxalk are opposed to the industrial clearcut logging of our traditional territories in the mid coast of British Columbia by Western Forest ProductsLtd., Interfor, and Macmillan Bloedel and we call for an end to it.

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