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
…the band, however, the deal was re-negotiated to allow the Club to only pay what amounted to 10% of the fair market rent for the land.2 These changes to the…
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…
