[Proceedings of the Supreme Court of British Columbia 1987-05-15]
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is part of: Delgamuukw Trial Transcripts
creator: British Columbia. Supreme Court
issued: 2013
created: 1987-05-15
description: In the Supreme Court of British Columbia, between: Delgamuukw, also known as Albert Tait, suing on his own behalf and on behalf of all the members of the House of Delgamuukw, and others, plaintiffs, and Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of British Columbia and the Attorney General of Canada, defendants: proceedings at trial.
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note: 281 1 Smithers, B. C. 2 May 15, 1987. 3 THE REGISTRAR: In the Supreme Court of British Columbia this 4 15th today day of May, 1987. Delgamuukw and others 5 and Her Majesty the Queen. 6 THE COURT: Mr. Grant. 7 MR. GRANT: Yes, my lord. 8 THE REGISTRAR: Witness, I remind you, you are under oath. 9 A Yes. 10 MR. GRANT: 11 Q Before proceeding into today's evidence, there were a 12 couple of points I wanted to raise from yesterday with 13 the witness. 14 You indicated that three chiefs had put on a shame 15 feast or feast to wipe away the shame and one was Mrs. 16 Forsythe. I just want to clarify, had she stolen 17 something or what was the circumstance around that? 18 A I would like to clarify that now that, she was accused 19 of taking an article from the store. 20 Q But did she in fact? 21 THE COURT: Well, does the witness say that? Surely I don't try 22 that issue, do I? 2 3 MR. GRANT: No. 24 THE COURT: What the witness said was that it came out of theft. 25 I took that to mean she was charged with theft and 26 went no further than that, as far as I know. 27 MR. GRANT: I am only, of course, I am only clarifying it as to 28 the circumstances leading up to the feast. 29 Q Now, the other point I would like to raise with you, 30 and ask you to explain, is with respect to one of the 31 seating charts. And this is the seating chart at tab 32 four. Now, in this seating chart of tab four of 33 Exhibit 2, there is, at the end, at the bottom end of 34 the table the second from the right, is 'Niis gimi nuu 35 (Alvin Weget) the side of the table whose name at the 36 table is Geel, so Geel's table, there is a name Denii 37 and under that brackets Alvin Weget. Are those names 38 presently held by the same person? 39 A The names are held by the same person, Denii, and 4 0 Denii, he just got the name about a month ago. 41 Q Could you explain to clarify for the court, where 42 'Niis gimi nuu sits now? 43 A Today he sits at the table on the second from the left 44 here, under Anda ap, …
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has type: Trial proceedings
spatial: British Columbia
identifier: KEB529.5.L3 B757
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0018324
language: English
subject: Uukw, Delgam, 1937-
subject: Indigenous peoples--Canada
subject: Oral history
subject: Wet'suwet'en First Nation
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : United Reporting Service Ltd.
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