Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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In this book, the Gitksan and Gitanyow present their response to the use of the treaty process by the Nisga'a to expand into Gitksan and Gitanyow territory on the upper Nass River and demonstrate the ownership of their territory according to their own legal system. They call upon the ancient oral history ("adaawk") and their intimate knowledge of the territory and its geographical features to establish, before witnesses, their title to lands in the upper Nass watershed.

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Utgivningsdatum1999-01-01
Mått152 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt560 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor348
FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN9780774806619

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Politiskt förtryck inom Samhalle och politik
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Etnicitet inom Samhalle och politik

FiguresForewordAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 Introduction2 The Adaawk Record and Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed3 The Gitksan Documentary Record: Gitanyow4 The Gitksan Documentary Record: Kuldo, Kisgaga'as, and Kispiox5 The Nisga'a Documentary Record6 Witnesses on the Land: The Euro-Canadian Record, 1832-19307 Conclusion8 EpilogueAppendices1 Territories of the Gitksan and Carrier Indians (GCTC – 1977)2 Nisga'a-Tahltan Joint Signing (1977)3 Nisga'a Claim (Citizens Plus – 1979)4 Letter to Nisga'a Tribal Council (5 November 1986)5 Reaffirmation of Tahltan-Nisga'a Tribal Boundary (LS&B – 1995)6 Traditional Nisga'a Territory – Land Question Boundary Map (LS&B – 1995)7 Gitanyow Territory (from Histories, Territories and Laws of the Kitwancool – 1959)8 Statement of Vernon Marion, Tahltan President (7 April 1987)9 Agenda, with Correspondence and Maps from Nisga'a Tribal Council Provided at Joint Nisga'a-Gitksan Meeting (8 August 1986)NotesGlossary of TermsGlossary of Place NamesGlossary of Chiefs' NamesBibliographyIndex

This book is a factum on Nisga'a tribal history in respect of tribal boundaries in the watershed of the Nass River. It is a powerful statement of Nisga'a history on the one hand and a cogent review of political and legal aspects of the Nisga'a tribal claim on the other ... the side effect of such research is the great legacy of excellent scholarship, of which this book is an exemplary example. (Canadian Historical Review) The book is filled with appealing maps, labeled with both native and English names, and contains supporting statements from inland nations. It is too bad that arduous attention to detail and such a convincing historical overview have failed repeatedly to convince the provincial legal mind. - Jay Miller (Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Winter 1999/2000)