...you have to ask...

Jack Wailu: 'I always tell my grandchildren that, before you go out to another man's lagoon, you have to ask. I think this is the best way, the way I've been taught. That's our custom.'

Keywords: evidence, fish traps, land ownership, Wailu, Jack, witnesses

Nonie Sharp interview with Jack Wailu, 1981. Still:Jack Wailu with grandson. Courtesy of Trevor Graham.
Source: Wailu, Jack