[Proceedings of the Supreme Court of British Columbia 1988-03-17]
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is part of: Delgamuukw Trial Transcripts
creator: British Columbia. Supreme Court
issued: 2013
created: 1988-03-17
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: 4691 1 Vancouver, B.C. 2 March 17, 1988 3 4 THE REGISTRAR: Calling Delgamuukw versus Her Majesty the Queen. 5 I caution the witness and interpreter you're still 6 under oath. 7 THE COURT: Mr. Grant. 8 9 EXAMINATION IN CHIEF CONTINUED BY MR. GRANT: Yes. Thank you, my lord. Mr. Mathews, yesterday when we ended off you were talking about your territory at Tsihl Gwellii and about certain histories of that territory. Have you yourself had any contact with Nishga people on your Tsihl Gwellii territory? Yes. Just last summer around the end of August we went out there to look for some -- some berries which I indicated we go up there yearly to pick, salmon berries, and on our way out there, when we got inside the territory, which I indicated the logging road goes up to get access into that area, we met a couple of Nishgas that were there, and I asked them what they were doing. And at the time they were picking mushrooms, and I asked them if they -- who did they see. I said did you know this is our territory you're on here, this is ours, it belongs to our house, and he said, no, we didn't get any permission. So I says, well, you better leave, which he did, and he just left the bag of mushrooms, which I wasn't going to object if he took it, but he did leave. Do you know -- you knew this person was a Nishga? Yes. Do you know what house or clan he belonged to of the Nishga? No, I don't. I'd like to move into another area now and more in terms of your own personal background. I'd like to ask you about your education and your present employment. You went to Kitwanga Indian day school? Yes, after we came back from Kitwancool. I mean, we stayed in Kitwancool for a couple of years. Yes. And I started school in Kitwancool a couple years, and then we moved back to Kitwanga, which I attended Indian day schools and upgraded by the missionaries. It was -- the wife of an Anglican minister was then the teacher by the name of Mrs. Hayhurst. 10 Q 11 12 13 14 15 16 A 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25…
has type: Trial proceedings
spatial: British Columbia
identifier: KEB529.5.L3 B757
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0019318
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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