For Future Generations

With material provided by the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs office, court transcripts from DelgamUukw v. British Columbia, and her own research, Dawn Mills paints a compelling picture of the Gitxsan and their right to land and self-government. While the book focuses on the judgments rendered in the Gitxsans struggle in the Supreme Court and an analysis of the judgments and strategies utilized, Mills also details the Gitxsan relationship to the land and their community. Contrary to the position taken by many legal scholars, Mills argues that the trial judgment in the DelgamUukw decision opened up new opportunities for First Nations people to present evidence based on oral traditions that had not been previously accepted by the courts.