Gitxsan First Nation Can Now Move Forward with Reconciliation of Lands with Traditional Model without Looming Debt STATEMENT ISSUED MAY 5, 2020 Hazelton, BC: Almost a…
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RELEASE: GITXSAN LEADERS CONTINUE THE FIGHT FOR JURISDICTION OVER TRADITIONAL LANDS, AS PART OF GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE
While the Prime Minister is calling for the end of the blockades in support of the Wet'suwet'en for the resumption of the transport of goods along…
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RELEASE: 18 CAR CN TRAIN DERAILMENT OCCURS WITHIN GITXSAN TERRITORY 4 KM EAST OF GITWANGAK
The Gitxsan Huwilp Government was notified that at approximately 6:45 a.m. this morning a Canadian National Railway derailment occurred adjacent to the Skeena River on…
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About the Gitxsan• Press Releases
RELEASE: GITXSAN CONCERNED ABOUT POLICING OVER INDIGENOUS ISSUES AND STAND WITH WET’SUWET’EN NEIGHBOURS TO URGE BC GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW POLICE ENFORCEMENT AND RESOLVE PEACEFULLY
As the Wet’suwet’en Nation prepares to defend its rightful jurisdiction against the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project and invasion made by the RCMP, the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs-…
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RELEASE: Gitxsan Chiefs Extend Fishing Ban to 2020 & Urge Canada, BC and Ministries to Step Up
“A temporary fish ban by DFO is not solving the issue; it’s merely putting a band aid on it.” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HAZELTON, BC - JULY…
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HAZELTON, B.C., May 21, 2019 – In addition to the information previously sent out regarding the fishing ban on Gitxsan territory, the Chiefs’ office is providing…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HAZELTON, B.C., April 29, 2019 – Since September 2017, in a historic milestone for the Gitxsan, 38 Hereditary Chiefs - dubbed the Huwilp…
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