Exploring Theme: "Court Cases"

Court decision means nation will reap economic benefits from 11.33 sq. km of land on Nootka Island CBC News: The Nuchatlaht First Nation won a partial victory in B.C. Supreme Court last week in a long-standing dispute with the provincial government over its land claims over Nootka Island. The victory means the nation now has Aboriginal title...

The Van der Peet test gets a rewrite post UNDRIP. BY DOUG BEAZLEY 11 DEC 2023 First Peoples Law Report: Canadian Bar Association (CBA) National – What a difference a few decades can make. Back in 2001, lawyer Elisabeth Patterson’s boss, Peter Hutchins, was acting for Grand Chief Michael Mitchell as the Mohawk leader pursued a legal challenge...