Dr. Joseph
Gosnell - New Aiyansh
Dr.
Joseph Gosnell, Sr. of New Aiyansh has dedicated himself to the
betterment of Nisgaa people and his province. As a council
member and later chief in his community, he was instrumental in
bringing modern education, medicine and resource management to the
Nass Valley. In 1992, Dr. Gosnell was elected President of the Nisgaa
Tribal Council and became Chief Negotiator for the landmark Nisgaa
Treaty, continuing his ancestors one-hundred-year-old struggle
to achieve their peoples rightful place in British Columbia
history.
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