#aboriginal title

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How did the National Day of Action become Canada's "Aboriginal Day"?

The Assembly of First Nations called for a National Day of Action in 2007. The call was answered in over 100 locations across Canada, where people stopped traffic, trains, and TV news on June 29th. AFN Chief Phil Fontaine made the call for immediate action to address the situation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.       At the end of the first National Day of Action, June 29, the AFN press…

How did the National Day of Action become Canada's "Aboriginal Day"?

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With Tv Shows & Movies grossing Billions which seemingly depict families defending their own nations , Why not return to your heritage & make it a reality 

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B.C. First Nation files Aboriginal title claim challenging fish farms in their territory

Zig Zag | Warrior Publications | June 4th 2018 by Laurie Hamelin, APTN News, June 2, 2018 The Dzawada’enuxw First Nation of Kingcome Inlet filed a claim of Aboriginal title in British Columbia’s Supreme Court that affects ten fish farms in their traditional territory that they say are operating without their consent. “We have been saying no for 30 years,” says Lindsey Mae Willie of Dzawada’enuxw First […]

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Archive Quarterly ~ Spring 2026

Special Feature: The Indian Act – not an AI summary. How have Indigenous Peoples survived 150 years of this? Only to have Canadian courts and politicians and public deny any dignified alternative?      Perhaps because of cultural teachings, perhaps because of languages and ceremony that resonate with the land and ancestors, and probably because the Indian Act says a lot more about Canadians…

Archive Quarterly ~ Spring 2026

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Indian Act is 150 years old

April 12 marks the longest race-based criminalization program in modern history. From 1841 to 1867, what are today Ontario and Quebec were “The Province of Canada” – a British colony. There were laws “for the better protection of the lands and property of the Indians in Lower Canada,” and so on. The 1867 British North America Act established the Dominion of Canada, and one of its first Acts was…

Indian Act is 150 years old

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The Cowichan decision in five points

Concerning, how does a declaration of Aboriginal title affect the non-Native people now living in the ancestral village of Tl’uqtinus, where Cowichan title has been judicially declared? Tl’uqtinus – tah-look-TEEN-oosh (*an approximate anglicism) – is a 1,846-acre area which overlaps the City of Richmond, lying along the Fraser River.       On August 7 of this year, the Supreme Court of British…

The Cowichan decision in five points

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Archive Quarterly ~ journal of the west wasn't won archive project. Spring 2025 edition

Archive Quarterly ~ Spring 2025

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On the record – if you can find the record!

Since 1951, when Indigenous people were allowed access to the colonial courts, the views of crown lawyers and judges are right there on the record. Here are some case files from the archive project: factums, memos, early decisions, and case summaries from the time. Most of these records are not maintained online. Only the ruling of the highest court is available, so, in cases that have been in…

On the record – if you can find the record!