Ruling excludes Nisga’a Nation as defendant, sets stage for title trial The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs in a significant legal decision that may influence future Aboriginal title disputes and intergovernmental relations....
The thorny issue of aboriginal rights overlap in the Nass Valley region will be the subject of rights and title claim by the Gitanyow First Nation later this year in October. The Gitanyow are seeking legal recognition of rights and title on 6,200 square kilometres of...
In a landmark court ruling for access to justice for Indigenous Nations, Justice Stephens of the BC Supreme Court has dismissed the application of the Nisga’a Nation to be added as a defendant in the Aboriginal title litigation brought by the Gitanyow Hereditary...
Gitanyow Calls For Immediate Action After Decades of Waiting To Resolve Land Claim The Gitanyow Nation asserts that the Nisga’a Nation rewrote history and the government turned a blind eye, perpetuating a decades-long struggle for justice with the signing of the...
Gitanyow and Nisga’a had a long-standing peaceful relationship as neighbours for thousands of years prior to European contact. Post-contact, their relationship is damaged due to territorial disputes. What happened? Many people remain unaware of the origins and...
