In 1973, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that unextinguished Aboriginal title continued to exist in parts of Canada, though at the time the interest was considered to be a right held by Indigenous communities to simply to possess (not necessarily exclusively) and use the lands. This right was also considered to be subject [...]
Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, protects the existing Aboriginal rights of the “aboriginal peoples of Canada”, which includes the Métis. Aboriginal rights are modern-day practices, customs or traditions that are integral to Indigenous communities today and have their roots in the community’s practices, customs and traditions prior to contact with explorers and [...]
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By: Melodi Alopaeus & Darryl Korell PDF Download Word Download In Bear v. Saskatchewan, 2016 SKQB 73, the Court dismissed Muskoday First Nation’s claim that the Province of Saskatchewan had breached a 2007 Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) Agreement by refusing to sell it certain Crown land and minerals at the Fort à la [...]
