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NEWS RELEASE
June 13, 1994
Negotiate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10:00 a.m. (PST)
GITKSAN AND WET'SUWET'EN TO NEGOTIATE
The Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en signed an agreement today to adjourn the Delgam Uukw land title action in the Supreme Court of Canada for up to 18 months in order to negotiate with the B.C. provincial government on the matters of jurisdiction, ownership and self-government on our traditional territories.
In front of a crowd of more than 200 at Tse Kya Hall on the Hagwilget Reserve near New Hazelton, Gitksan hereditary chief Delgam Uukw and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief Gisdaywa signed the agreement and witnessed as B.C. Premier Mike Harcourt and four provincial ministers did the same.
The agreement, called an accord of recognition and respect, could mean an end to the longest running and most significant land title action court case in the country...
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