tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54648271672143341542024-03-13T19:54:09.106-07:00Cowichan Tribes Advocate ServicesKnowing Your Rights and Obligations At Cowichanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152022218854276148noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464827167214334154.post-14731575378790835092008-10-24T17:15:00.000-07:002009-12-23T01:47:15.243-08:00Becoming a free person at Cowichan<div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oB5PK9bKebZe326MK-sThhxhoR74-yJITlJ2SExD3gAuKHuwhvPooEn4xy61dJViL5E8Slx33SJSwqglPdZL-QIzWmDZqWr9c7vvTW2x7LRyoGbhXHgcsbAeYUBEuqGbY9L_PqOEfiip/s1600-h/GWE.full+Page.LHD.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260879697597621346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oB5PK9bKebZe326MK-sThhxhoR74-yJITlJ2SExD3gAuKHuwhvPooEn4xy61dJViL5E8Slx33SJSwqglPdZL-QIzWmDZqWr9c7vvTW2x7LRyoGbhXHgcsbAeYUBEuqGbY9L_PqOEfiip/s320/GWE.full+Page.LHD.bmp" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepotism"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Nepotism</span></a></strong> does not have a justifiable place in a free and democratic society<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oB5PK9bKebZe326MK-sThhxhoR74-yJITlJ2SExD3gAuKHuwhvPooEn4xy61dJViL5E8Slx33SJSwqglPdZL-QIzWmDZqWr9c7vvTW2x7LRyoGbhXHgcsbAeYUBEuqGbY9L_PqOEfiip/s1600-h/GWE.full+Page.LHD.bmp"></a>.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">There are many ways to find freedom for yourself and for your family. And, often, freedom and economic <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sovereignty</span> come together as a package.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cowichan</span></span> Tribes Advocacy Services [<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">CTAS</span></span>: spoken as "see-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">tas</span></span>"] is a team of resource people who specialize in matters of indigenous and commercial law education. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">We are a division of the <strong><a href="http://www.touchstonecommittee75.novaewebs.com/index.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Touchstone Committee Law Services</span></a></strong> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">CLT</span></span>, commonly known as TC75; and, which has been successfully advocating law and human rights issues before a wide variety of tribunals and courts since 1975 in Canada, the USA; and, before the United Nations and its International Court of Justice at the Hague.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Our objective is to provide original education <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">to individuals</span> and groups about a fundamental thing in government called the administrative law of quasi-judicial administrative tribunals as judged through <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">the legal</span> eyes of a judicial review process called the <strong><a href="http://www.touchstonecommittee75.novaewebs.com/page/page/4734360.htm"><span style="color:#ffff00;">rules of natural justice</span></a></strong> - which simply means "<strong><a href="http://www.touchstonecommittee75.novaewebs.com/page/page/4743173.htm"><span style="color:#ffff00;">fairness</span></a></strong>" for all parties to the issue at hand.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_13c-FYLNt9oJN8_G6HYDSIkf3lZrc5uSX033Hx1eQp6ssBpeFHLWfmSUBBl7ay5LFL1R9giG7xyC7OunWTyVYeqouzEGJGmxjIk3CLs52pQjBidNfUDio5Cte-Z2DEFYH6-T6I1nDl1e/s1600-h/canoes.ccm15.gif"><img style="WIDTH: 130px; HEIGHT: 56px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260890655581150402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_13c-FYLNt9oJN8_G6HYDSIkf3lZrc5uSX033Hx1eQp6ssBpeFHLWfmSUBBl7ay5LFL1R9giG7xyC7OunWTyVYeqouzEGJGmxjIk3CLs52pQjBidNfUDio5Cte-Z2DEFYH6-T6I1nDl1e/s320/canoes.ccm15.gif" /></a></p><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Additionally, we find that many times people cannot proceed to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">challenge</span> some <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">decision</span> made by some authority because they cannot afford to hire a lawyer; or, cannot take time away from work or home duties to prepare an argument for the court or tribunal.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Therefore, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">CTAS</span></span> and TC75 in collaboration with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gaia</span></span>-Watts work with other existing services in your community like <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sthuy'shen</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Telew</span></span> T-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">hw</span></span> : <strong><a href="http://www.gaiawatts.novaewebs.com/page/page/2456467.htm"><span style="color:#ffff00;">STT</span></a></strong>: The Honourable Money House : foundation and the Peace and Harmony Trust Financial House to work with you to find ways to help finance the expenses of moving your case issue forward to an acceptable resolution - which hopefully is a simple matter of finding a clear pathway for all parties without resorting to court action.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><a href="http://www.tworowwampum.novaewebs.com/page/page/5597609.htm"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Two Row Wampum</span></a></strong> is an associate advocacy group to TC75.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioOU5pEfl_7KTP-AgNZObz2jHKes_eD9X6svaW1cJdDCx2A1MO4cfbraiiTngmm5urM0spIZI7wlBQGLdcGQFfaFhuUe9hI3QRP5rZr1JNl3cZZdPUwkmE6GAOcf9bhOjYaJ8M9TVfnfG/s1600-h/0011%252083%2520stick%2520full.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 101px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260909752978554018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioOU5pEfl_7KTP-AgNZObz2jHKes_eD9X6svaW1cJdDCx2A1MO4cfbraiiTngmm5urM0spIZI7wlBQGLdcGQFfaFhuUe9hI3QRP5rZr1JNl3cZZdPUwkmE6GAOcf9bhOjYaJ8M9TVfnfG/s320/0011%252083%2520stick%2520full.jpg" /></a></p><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The commercial programs of <a href="http://www.gaiawatts.novaewebs.com/index.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gaia</span>-Watts</span></a> helps us find ways to focus on finding ways to afford your case <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">advocacies</span> - as well as working with you in developing opportunities for education upgrades; how to finance your business ideas or structure growth of an existing commercial enterprise. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">STT</span> and the Peace and Harmony Trust are two examples of for-profit humanitarian foundations that have been created by families of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cowichan</span> Coast Salish people for the purposes of improving the standard of living - or getting beyond poverty and the eternal struggle of finding enough money to send the kids to school or college / university.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">So, we invite you to look through our website / blog information links to see if you like what we have historically been doing. And, then decide if you <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">would like</span> to open up a <strong><a href="http://www.touchstonecommittee75.novaewebs.com/page/page/4793894.htm"><span style="color:#ffff00;">confidential file</span></a></strong> with one of our people - who is called a Field Officer.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">There are no financial obligations for you to speak with us. And, you always retain the right to close the conversation / understanding whenever you wish.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">We assign a Confidential Client File Name and Number to your Case Issue. This is never disclosed to third parties; and, our Scholars Team - who works with us in deciding how to move your case issues forward; and, the finer points of law that are specifically related to your matters - only views the case issues; they never become aware of the name of the client.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">This service is available to individuals / social groups, clubs, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">associations</span> and businesses; to adults, elders and children [who must have some adult involved with them at some point before the interview - more on this is explained at a later posting here].</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Huych'qu</span></span> / thank you for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">thinking</span> about these matters. We hope that you decide to have a confidence in telling us about your problems - whether they relate to your relationship with</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><ul><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Your <strong><a href="http://www.cowichantribes.com/governance/Chief%20and%20Council/Profiles"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Chief and Council</span></a></strong></span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The <strong><a href="http://www.cowichantribes.com/governance/Band%20Administration"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Band Office Administration</span></a></strong></span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><a href="http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/index-eng.asp"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Indian Affairs</span></a></strong> or some other government bureaucracy like social services or <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color:#ffff00;"><strong><a href="http://www.worksafebc.com/">WCB</a></strong></span></span></span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Your Employer</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Your Credit Card Account Managers or Bill Collectors</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Police / doctors / care givers; or</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">a multitude of other agencies and services</span></div></li></ul><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSA2xcoMiJryFLMb21WJlcl3XxlQNKOFpLH4RoB2bUUaBc1hUnrbrDmWOkawQ0rZusifuLWlQLUaunaUmO7cwQLj257SwwSt6VssxaZgYlbotWy8867GmJ8Aqu0jWlpiG290KQwA6nN2Vh/s1600-h/Cowichan+Girl.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 97px; HEIGHT: 138px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260911229048850946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSA2xcoMiJryFLMb21WJlcl3XxlQNKOFpLH4RoB2bUUaBc1hUnrbrDmWOkawQ0rZusifuLWlQLUaunaUmO7cwQLj257SwwSt6VssxaZgYlbotWy8867GmJ8Aqu0jWlpiG290KQwA6nN2Vh/s320/Cowichan+Girl.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Contact </span></span></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="mailto:cowichantribesadvocacyservices@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>cowichantribesadvocacyservices@gmail.com</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;">Telephone : 250.746.0929</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;">Long Tears <a href="http://longtearscouncilwebblogregistry.blogspot.com/">LINKS</a> Registry</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">Copyrighted By</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">Touchstone Committee: TC75: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">CTAS</span></span>: and, Associates</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://firstcitizenscentralhq.blogspot.com/">First Citizens Central HQ</a></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://longtearscouncil.blogspot.com/">Long Tears Council</a></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://tc75originalpeoplesterritorialjustice.blogspot.com/">TC75 Original Peoples and Territorial Justice</a></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.gaiawatts.novaewebs.com/page/page/4249288.htm">Peace and Harmony Trust</a></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://longtearslittlerubyverelizabethiivega.blogspot.com/">Long Tears Of Little Ruby Versus Elizabeth II</a></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://e1centralhealingwatersblessingwheel.blogspot.com/">Healing Waters Blessing</a></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://sttmweelectricpowercard.blogspot.com/">Electric Power Smart Card</a></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://pse2-esd2.ainc-inac.gc.ca/FNProfiles/FNProfiles_Search.asp?Search=FN">Find A First Nation at the INAC Website</a></span></div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">2008</span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div>Knowing Your Rights and Obligations At Cowichanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152022218854276148noreply@blogger.com0