With material provided by the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs office, court transcripts fromDelgamUukwv.British Columbia, and her own research, Dawn Mills paints a compelling picture of the Gitxsan and their right to land and self-government. While the book focuses on the judgments rendered in the Gitxsans struggle in the Supreme Court and an analysis of the judgments and strategies utilized, Mills also details the Gitxsan relationship to the land and their community. Contrary to the position taken by many legal scholars, Mills argues that the trial judgment in the DelgamUukw decision opened up new opportunities for First Nations people to present evidence based on oral traditions that had not been previously accepted by the courts.
Foreword /Don Ryan
Introduction
Gitxsan Glossary
1. Be Gentle on the Newcomers
2. Since the Coming of theLixs giigyet
The Arrival of theLixs giigyet: The Regional Economy 1795 - 1910
Tensions between theLixs giigyetand the Gitxsan: 1871 - 1884
The Land Question
The Establishment of the Reserve Commission in 1875
Reserve Allocations: 1891 - 1898
The Stewart-Vowell Commission
3. The Trials of the Gitxsan
DelgamUukwv.Attorney General of British Columbia
After 1927: Background to the 1987 Trial
The Calder Case
The British Columbia Court of Appeal Decision, 1993
DelgamUukwv.British Columbia, 1997
4. Gitxsan Property, Ownership, and Governance
WilpProperty and Ownership
TheSigidim haanakaand Governance Principles
Liligit
5. Gitxsan Reconciliation
Past Usage of the Crown
Gitxsan Acts of Reconciliation
The Gitxsan Treaty Model
Governance
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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