Homeland Journey

<p>In this episode of Homeland Journey, we sit down with hereditary chief Brydie O'Brien — Giluget — of the community of Kispiox, in the heart of Gitxsan territory near Hazelton, B.C.</p><p>Across 22,000 square kilometres of traditional territory along the Skeena, Bulkley and Kispiox rivers, the Gitxsan Nation has governed itself under the Ayookw — a legal system covering land, kinship, marriage and spirituality — for time immemorial. Chief O'Brien walks us through what that law looks like in practice, what happened when it collided with Canada's colonial legal system, and how the Gitxsan Nation organized itself to bring oral histories before t...