Reserves
…audit of the environmental conditions of reserves. She found that there was a significant gap between environmental conditions in reserve communities and those in other communities in Canada. Non-reserve communities…
Sparrow Case
…decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding Aboriginal rights. Musqueam community members recognized Sparrow’s arrest as a threat to their collective rights, and to the rights of Aboriginal people…
Guerin Case
…was filed in 1975 and went through three levels of court before the federal court ruled in Musqueam’s favour and awarded $10 million in compensation to the band. The government,…
Aboriginal Title
…it assumes the Crown’s sovereignty without questioning its legitimacy. Some Aboriginal people and legal experts find that Canadian common law, rooted in British common law, carries with it legal notions…
