Tribal boundaries in the Nass watershed / Neil J. Sterritt ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sterritt, Neil J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gitxsan Indians--Claims.

Gitxsan Indians.

Niska Indians--Claims.

Niska Indians.

Gitxsan Indians--Land tenure.

Niska Indians--Land tenure.

Nass River Watershed (B.C.)--History.

Nass River Watershed (B.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Maps

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

The Adaawk Record and Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed

The Gitksan Documentary Record: Gitanyow

The Gitksan Documentary Record: Kuldo, Kisgaga'as, and Kispiox

The Nisga'a Documentary Record

Witnesses on the Land: The Euro-Canadian Record, 1832-1930

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendices

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Appendix 6

Appendix 7

Appendix 8

Appendix 9

Notes

Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Place Names

Glossary of Chiefs' Names

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-13147-1

9786613131478

0-7748-5241-0

OCLC:

180704212