[Proceedings of the Supreme Court of British Columbia 1988-01-12]
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is part of: Delgamuukw Trial Transcripts
creator: British Columbia. Supreme Court
issued: 2013
created: 1988-01-12
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: 2535 1 JANUARY 12, 1987 2 VANCOUVER, B.C. 3 4 THE REGISTRAR: Order in court. In the Supreme Court of British 5 Columbia, Tuesday, the 12th day of January, 1988, 6 calling Delgam Uukw against her Majesty the Queen, My 7 Lord. 8 THE COURT: Miss Koenigsberg. 9 10 CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MS. KOENIGSBERG, Continued: 11 12 Q Mr. Joseph, when we adjourned yesterday afternoon we 13 were talking about fishing activity in the House of 14 Gisdaywa and the House of Madeek, and you told me that 15 you did not have any knowledge of any of the persons 16 who may have applied for fishing -- food fish permits 17 in the House of Madeek; is that correct? 18 A Yes. 19 Q Are you not aware generally of the fishing activity of 20 the members of the House of Madeek? 21 A No. I don't think I have to be there to see every 22 person who goes fishing or who goes hunting. They do 23 that on their own. 24 Q Right. And you are of course not the chief of the 25 House of Madeek? 26 A I'm not the chief of the House of Madeek, but I am 27 chief of the Gitdumden clan. 28 Q And the House of Madeek is one of the three houses in 2 9 Gitdumden clan in the Wet'suwet'en nation? 30 A Yes. 31 Q And is there someone else in the House of Madeek who 32 would be more familiar with the fishing activity of 33 the House of Madeek? 34 A There again, it's up -- as long as that person is 35 getting fish, Madeek doesn't have to be there all the 36 times or anyone. He's from the House of Madeek. He 37 or she has the right to go to that fishing hole of 38 Madeek. So whenever they take fish, it's always -- it 39 is happening everyday, and not one -- one member can't 40 be in that fishing hole. They all take turns. 41 Q Okay. Would you be the person today who would have 42 the knowledge that the chief of Madeek's House would 43 have otherwise about the fishing activity? 44 A I didn't get that. 45 Q Let me tell you why I am asking you that question. 46 George Naziel was the last chief of the House -- last 47 person to hold the …
note: First page numbered the same as last page of previous document, although the pages are different.
has type: Trial proceedings
spatial: British Columbia
identifier: KEB529.5.L3 B757
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0019320
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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