SUBMISSION to the: JOINT REVIEW PANEL via RAYMOND . (Ray) CROOK Panel Co-Manager (BC) SECRETARIAT TO THE NORTH KEMESS MINE PANEL
Submitted by:
Alice Sampson
House of Nii’Kyap
Gitxsan Name: XSIM GANOOTSIN
Post Office Box 464
Hazelton, British Columbia
V0J 1Y0
Ph: (250) 842-5986
My English name is Alice Sampson; my Gitxsan name is XSIM GANOOTSIN. I belong to the House of NII’KYAP; more specifically to the lineage of the Sampson Family. My daughter, Martha Wilson holds the Wing Chief name XHIIMADIMTXW and the territory you have been discussing belongs to my family. I have been sitting back listening to all of you talking about our territories in Bear Lake. First and foremost, this is not right a lot of our laws have been broken here. When there is a dispute like this, first we invite the House Members, if the House members do not reach a decision, all the Wing Chiefs get together to reach a decision, that is the Wing Chiefs in your own House Group. And if there is still now decision reached then we invite all the Wolf Chiefs because we belong to the Wolf Clan. If we invite other Chiefs from different clans we have to make payments to them. This is the reason we keep our affairs in-House. The other law broken is the trespassing law. If caught three (3) times trespassing, you are automatically kill on the spot. This is why you should never talk about anyone’s territory except your own, they might suspect you of trespassing and you might be accused and put to death.
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