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CFNR Network May 3, 2021 12:03 PM Many are in mourning right now, following the passing of the honourable Thomas R. Berger, who left this world last week at the age of 88 years old. Thomas was an attorney, who was well known for his representation of the Nisga’a Nation during the monumental Calder Case that eventually lead to recognition of Aboriginal rights and title. Tonight, we honour the legacy Berger left behind with help from Nisga’a Lisims Government President, Eva Clayton, who will tell us more about his impact on the community, and country as a whole.

Article content If he had won the 1969 provincial election, Tom Berger would have been the first socialist premier in B.C. history. But Berger’s NDP lost to W.A.C. Bennett’s Socreds. So Berger left politics and became one of the great Canadian legal figures of his time. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Obituary: Former B.C. NDP leader and legal legend Tom Berger dies at 88 Back to video Berger was the original lawyer for the Nisga’a Nation in the landmark Calder case in the 1960s and early ’70s, which established Aboriginal title in Ca...