"Chief Woos" is a fake

Vincent J. Curtis

3 Mar 2020

Rebel News is reporting that Frank Alec, who claims to be the hereditary “Chief Woos” of the Wetsuwet’en First Nation, is in fact no such thing at all.  In Wetsuwet’en tradition, apparently, hereditary chiefs are passed through the matrilineal line, and the inheritor of the Chief Woos title was a woman.  Last year, Alec simply appropriated the title for himself on the basis of nothing.

This fake hereditary chief thus set of a nation-wide crisis on the basis of the legitimacy of his title.  What is even worse, is that the governments of British Columbia and Canada just negotiated a land claim settlement with “Chief Woos” over the Wetsuwet’en land claim, undermining the authority and legitimacy of the elected band councils and actual hereditary chiefs.

The question arises, what is the legitimacy of the settlement, given the fraudulent claim of the guy they negotiated it with?  It will be interesting to see if the legitimate band governance, the elected councils and legitimate hereditary chiefs, accept the settlement, given that Frank Alec has no authority to negotiate on behalf of the First Nation.

Regardless, the governments of B.C. and Canada did business with an imposter, undermined the governance of the Wetsuwet’en First Nation, embarrassed everyone, and may have settled nothing at all – perhaps making everything worse.
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Some reporting clips from Rebel News found on YouTube:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QxJ9RoL4lM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IRGcCN7mBQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY2rpsn-z2k 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHqWqGnakw