[British Columbia Court of Appeal 1992-05-12]
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created: 1992-05-12
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note: 495 Submissions by Mr. Grant 1 Vancouver, B.C. 2 May 12, 1992 3 4 CORAM: Taggart, Lambert, Hutcheon, Macfarlane, Wallace, J.J.A. 5 6 THE REGISTRAR: Order in court. In the Court of Appeal of 7 British Columbia, Tuesday, May the 12th, 1992. The 8 matter of Delgamuukw versus Her Majesty The Queen at 9 bar, my lords. 10 TAGGART, J.A.: Mr. Grant. 11 MR. GRANT: Thank you, my lord. I was referring the court to 12 the argument with respect to jurisdiction and 13 specifically with respect to the resources at page 157 14 of Tab 4 of the factum, paragraph 321. And I will be 15 taking you to the reference book which is R-8 at Tab 16 321 as well. 17 As the appellants set out, and this is in the 18 context of what I raised yesterday in my opening, that 19 both the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en witnesses testified 20 to the body of rules which have been developed to 21 ensure successful harvest of resources and a healthy 22 continuing ecosystem. In Gitksan this body of 23 observances and practises is called "sesatxw" and in 24 Wet'suwet'en "hahl'ala". This body of knowledge and 25 procedures includes technical skills, practical 26 workmanship, knowledge of the terrain, of the life 27 cycles and habits of the target species, and a 28 regiment of self-denial and personal discipline which 29 involves sexual abstinence and the physical cleansing 30 of the body. 31 And I have referred you there to a number of 32 references, and just as an example I would like to 33 take you to the second reference, which is to Stanley 34 Williams after the first brown sheet in the tab. And 35 I would like to take you to page 14 of that reference. 36 This is Mr. Williams who, as I described earlier, was 37 born in 1908, describing as a young man, as a boy 38 actually, his father's training regarding the grizzly 39 bear. Line 15: 40 41 "Q Do you recall a particular event regarding the 42 hunting of grizzly bear where your father 43 helped with your training? 44 A I remember everything that he's taught me and …
has type: Trial proceedings
spatial: British Columbia
identifier: KEB529.5.L3 B757
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0018367
language: English
subject: Uukw, Delgam, 1937-
subject: Indigenous peoples--Canada
subject: Oral history
subject: Wet'suwet'en First Nation
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