“The Gitxsan have the exact rights and title the Wet’suwet’en hold to their land. Through the Delgamuukw-Gisday’wa court case it was determined that our rights and title haven’t been extinguished. They still exist from the beginning of time,” explains Spookw. The Delgamuukw-Gisday’wa decision is a 1997 Supreme Court of Canada ruling that upheld the authority of the hereditary leadership of the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan over their unceded territories.

“So I got arrested to bring forward the title issue. If CN was willing to go into court and battle over title then yes, they are following a course that I set in place. This title issue has to be dealt with. They’ve been infringing on our right and title for over 120 years.”

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