Sexism and Ts'msyen Law: A Critical Analysis of the Gendered Exclusion in Holding the Name of Chief in Ts'msyen Society

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dc.contributor.authorGray, Christina
dc.contributor.supervisorNapoleon, Val
dc.contributor.supervisorPérez Piñán, Astrid
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-19T20:34:42Z
dc.date.available2024-04-19T20:34:42Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Law
dc.degree.levelMaster of Laws LLM
dc.description.abstractSexism exists in relation to women holding the highest-ranking name of chief within Ts’msyen society (also spelled Tsimshian and Tsimpsean). There are limited historic examples of Ts’msyen women holding the chief names. Some of these examples occurred with colonialism at a time when there was greater church influence in Ts’msyen communities. Today, the sexist pattern persists within Ts’msyen society, including within legal and governance systems where women are excluded based on their gender from holding the highest-ranking names. Despite the sexist pattern, women have legal agency, and they are at the centre of the Ts’msyen matrilineal society. My legal research demonstrates that these exclusionary patterns do not result from legitimate legal reasoning and do not constitute valid Ts’msyen law. First, I engage with Indigenous theories on sources of law. Second, I suggest a path forward based on Jennifer Nedelsky’s four-step relational approach to creating transformative change which I apply to the Ts’msyen legal principle of equality for application to gender equality of chiefs’ names.
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/16375
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Web
dc.subjectTs'msyen
dc.subjectTs'msyen law
dc.subjectTs'msyen society
dc.subjectIndigenous law
dc.subjectIndigenous legal order
dc.titleSexism and Ts'msyen Law: A Critical Analysis of the Gendered Exclusion in Holding the Name of Chief in Ts'msyen Society
dc.title.alternativeSexism and Ts'msyen Law
dc.typeThesis

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