Matralinial Law

Last page edit: November 23, 2025

Topic Explainer:

Both Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en nations claim to follow matrilineal rule, but do they do so in practice?  The truth is staggering, the vast majority of so called “land defenders” are by their own rules Gitxsan. How did that happen? And why? Is it all about being Wet’suwet’en or Gitxsan in order to dupe the press. (legacy media) These are the same people who hoot and holler about fake Indians, but are dead silent about fake membership in Wet’suwet’en or Gitxsan  clans. You either comply with your own nations laws of you are just an anarchist, doing whatever harm you can, for the publicity or pocket change you can obtain.

 

Keep in mind both Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en nations hired  Antonia Mills as expert witness in the Delgamuukw v. British Columbia trial.

“Titles and land are passed through the mother’s clan, anthropologist Antonia Mills said in a 2019 affidavit submitted in court proceedings related to the Coastal GasLink project. A person born to a Wet’suwet’en woman is considered Wet’suwet’en.”

Now have a look what the Wet’suwet’en are saying in regards to the same matter.

 

The problem originated as a result of much confusion and lost history in the 50’s 60’s and early 70’s as land claims were nonexistent and it was only many decades later that people started to track their family history. Birth and death records are now much more traceable and available to the general public than ever before, they exist in goverment both in death and birth records as well as within local communities, resulting is some major surprises when you look back using the matrilineal protocol, because many people simply reverted back to the partiality system in the 50’s 60’s and early 70’s and since that time did not make the needed corrections, so the myth of heritage still continues with many to this day.