Nine indicators used: recognition of land/title, self-government rights, cultural rights, and customary law, upholding historic treaties and/or signing new treaties, guarantees of representation/consultation in central government, affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international instruments, and affirmative action.
2nd edition.
Case Comment: Who are the "Aboriginal Peoples of Canada"? Case Comment on R. v. Desautel, 2021 SCC 17
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
BC Studies, no. 211, Autumn, 2021, pp. 109-113
Description
Evaluates the court decision regarding American Rick Desautel Indigenous right in to hunt in British Columbia. The author discusses what was and what was not answered in the courts decision and its importance as a step towards decolonizing Canada.