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Gitxsan Treaty Office
NEWS RELEASE
Dec. 05, 1997
3:00 p.m. PDT
For Immediate Release
Delgamuukw decision date announced
Hazelton, Gitxsan Territories—The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that their judgment on the landmark Delgamuukw land title action by the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en people will be released on Dec. 11 at 9:45 a.m., EDT.
“Coming just before Christmas we are wondering whether the decision is going to be a lump of coal in a sock or something better,” said Gitxsan chief treaty negotiator Mas Gak (Don Ryan). “Either way we are ready to continue to assert ownership, jurisdiction and self-government on our traditional territories.”…
The decision by the Supreme Court will be released six months after the appeal took place in Ottawa on June 16-17...
The landmark decision on Dec. 11 will be used as a test against which all other First Nation land ownership and aboriginal title actions will be judged.
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