[Proceedings of the Supreme Court of British Columbia 1988-03-03]
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is part of: Delgamuukw Trial Transcripts
creator: British Columbia. Supreme Court
issued: 2013
created: 1988-03-03
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: 4044 Proceedings 1 March 3, 1988 2 Vancouver, B.C. 3 4 THE REGISTRAR: In the Supreme Court of British Columbia, this 5 Thursday, the 3rd day of March, 1988. 6 7 (OTHER MATTERS SPOKEN TO) 8 9 THE REGISTRAR: Calling Dalgamuukw versus Her Majesty the Queen. 10 MR. PLANT: There's one preliminary matter, my lord. The 11 witness after Mrs. Layton, I understand to be Dora 12 Kenni. The witness after Dora Kenni, I'm told, is 13 Arthur Mathews Junior or Arthur Mathews. Mr. Mathews 14 is a Gitksan person. We don't have a genealogy for 15 him yet and for that matter, we don't have the summary 16 of evidence. And I can advise the Court that the -- 17 the Gitksan genealogy -- or put it this way: Dora 18 Kenni is apparently a member of a Gitksan house. We 19 received her genealogy a week ago today. If Mrs. 20 Kenni gives -- is called to the stand today, then that 21 will be a seven-day advance notice. The rule as it 22 has been applied in respect of Gitksan witnesses is 23 for 14 days advance production. I -- of genealogies. 24 I don't know if my friends anticipate that Mrs. Kenni 25 is going to be giving evidence for 14 days, but it's 26 unlikely, and I -- I should indicate that -- if I 27 might just make one comment, to stress the -- once 28 again the importance of timely disclosure of 29 genealogies. It was only as a result of receiving the 30 genealogy of Dora Kenni that we were able to make 31 certain inquiries that, in turn, have produced 32 regrettably further documents. We were unable -- and 33 my understanding is that a list of those documents has 34 already been provided to my friends. We weren't even 35 in a position to make those inquiries until we had 36 some idea of who was encompassed by the claim of the 37 house that -- of which Dora Kenni is a member. 38 Your lordship may appreciate the logistical 39 problems of 6,000 odd Gitksan persons and -- and 40 including their assorted spouses, and I would ask 41 that -- well, at this point perhaps I could do no more 42 th…
has type: Trial proceedings
spatial: British Columbia
identifier: KEB529.5.L3 B757
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0019315
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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