Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
                                            Little Buffalo Lake, AB
                                            403-629-3945
                                            FAX:  403-629-3939

                                            Mailing address:
                                            3536 - 106 Street
                                            Edmonton, AB T6J 1A4
                                            403-436-5652
                                            FAX:  403-437-0719


February 14, 1992


Enclosed for your information is a copy of a letter on the continuing
Lubicon tragedy to the Canadian High Commissioner in London, England.  The
letter was delivered to the Canadian High Commissioner as part of Lubicon
Action Week.



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January 31, 1992, letter from Survival International, London England, to
the Canadian High Commissioner

Your Excellency,

As a worldwide movement working in support of tribal peoples, with
consultative status at the UN, ILO and EC, Survival International has been
monitoring developments in the land rights campaign of the Lubicon Cree of
Alberta.  The Lubicon people continue to seek not only Reserve land but
compensation for the loss of their hunting and trapping way of life as a
result of natural resource extraction carried out contrary to their wishes
in their unceded aboriginal territory.

As you know, the United Nations Human Rights Committee called on the
Canadian Federal Government to negotiate with the Lubicon Lake Indian
Nation in order to find a "remedy" to the Lubicon people's concerns.  The
Canadian Government, having accepted the Committee's recommendation, then
proceeded to make a non-negotiable 'final offer' to the Lubicon Nation
early in 1989.

Survival believes that the Lubicon Nation has a right to expect from the
Canadian Government a just settlement based on recognition of their
aboriginal rights.  It is imperative that the forthcoming round of talks
between the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation and the Canadian Government be
conducted in a spirit of genuine respect for those rights.  The Canadian
Government must not simply repeat its non-negotiable 'final offer' which it
knows to be unacceptable to the Lubicon Nation.  These fresh talks must
consist of real negotiations and not become a public relations exercise on
the part of the Government.

Yours faithfully,  Stephen Corry, Director General, Survival International