Aboriginal Title
…unanimously agreed that Nisga’a title had existed. This significant agreement would pave the way for addressing Aboriginal title in Canada. R v Guerin [1984] established that Aboriginal title was a…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…has negotiated such rights as a side agreement to a treaty. Either way, historical entitlement is the basis of the agreement, not “race,” because simply being “Indian” is not enough….
The Residential School System
…former Indian Residential school Survivors and family members in Canada. In 2005, Canada and nearly 80,000 Survivors reached the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement in which Canada committed to individual…
The Residential School System (2009)
…harm inflicted by the residential school system. In 2006, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement was reached by the parties in conflict and became the largest class action settlement in…
Gustafsen Lake
…rancher, Lyle James, who used the land as cow pasture. James and the Sundancers had reached an agreement that the Sundancers would assemble at the Sundance arbour area every summer…
About Sovereignty Performance
…agreement that they were about to sign. Corner Brook and western Newfoundland do not get a whole lot of exposure to issues faced by indigenous Canadians, especially in the form…
Calder Case
…Treaty Process and the settling of the first modern land claim in British Columbian history, the Nisga’a Final Agreement in 1998. The Supreme Court’s acknowledgement of the existence of Aboriginal…
Global Actions
…the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and in negotiations of the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement. On the domestic front, the AFN worked on constitutional amendments in the 1980s, the Charlottetown Accord,…