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In December 1997, a Supreme Court of Canada decision in the aboriginal title action Delgamuukw versus The Queen vindicated the fifty-four chiefs named as plaintiffs in the case. With an
all-new chapter, this book traces the arduous trail from 1990 to this precedent-setting ruling, delineates the
landscape that lies behind the hysteria surrounding aboriginal rights in British Columbia, and scans the
horizon of a post-Delgamuukw Canada.This new edition confirms A Death Feast in Dimlahamid as "
the book to read if you want to understand the Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en, and what kind of neighbours they will be
in the future" (The Guardian [New York]). Epic battles with bear spirits in the streets of an ancient mythical city, logging-road showdowns deep in the Skeena Mountains, and forays into courtrooms and boardrooms in Vancouver punctuate Clavin's eminently readable account of the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en land claims case. "From ancient tales to worried chiefs' strategy meetings,from a burning blockade to the kitchens of rednecks" (Books in Canada), A Death Feast in Dimlahamid reveals itself an indispensable-and inspiring - primer on the aboriginal land claims process... as well as a window on millenia-old Gitksan culture and identity. Terry Glavin is the author of Governor-General's Award finalist This Ragged Place, Nemiah: The Unconquered Country, A Ghost in the Water, and Dead Reckoning: Confronting the Crisis in Pacific Fisheries. A Death Feast in Dimlahamid was a finalist for the Hubert Evans Prize for Best BC Non-Fiction Book of 1990. |
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