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Indigenous land claims in Canada, the Glossary

Indigenous peoples in Canada demand to have their land rights and their Aboriginal titles respected by the Canadian government.^[1]

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Indigenous rights in Canada

Aboriginal land title in Canada

In Canada, aboriginal title is considered a sui generis interest in land. Indigenous land claims in Canada and aboriginal land title in Canada are indigenous rights in Canada.

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Aboriginal title

Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that the land rights of indigenous peoples to customary tenure persist after the assumption of sovereignty to that land by another colonising state.

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In Canada, an Indian band (bande indienne), First Nation band (bande de la Première Nation) or simply band, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act (i.e. status Indians or First Nations).

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Calder v British Columbia (AG)

Calder v British Columbia (AG) SCR 313, 4 WWR 1 was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Delgamuukw v British Columbia

Delgamuukw v British Columbia, 1997 3 SCR 1010, also known as Delgamuukw v The Queen, Delgamuukw-Gisday’wa, or simply Delgamuukw, is a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that contains its first comprehensive account of Aboriginal title (a distinct kind of Aboriginal right) in Canada.

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Digital object identifier

A digital object identifier (DOI) is a persistent identifier or handle used to uniquely identify various objects, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

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First Nations in Canada

First Nations (Premières Nations) is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Indigenous land claims in Canada and First Nations in Canada are first Nations history.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.

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Historica Canada

Historica Canada is a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to promoting the country's history and citizenship.

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Indian Act

The Indian Act (Loi sur les Indiens) is a Canadian Act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. Indigenous land claims in Canada and Indian Act are first Nations history.

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Indigenous land rights

Indigenous land rights are the rights of Indigenous peoples to land and natural resources therein, either individually or collectively, mostly in colonised countries.

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Indigenous peoples in Canada

Indigenous peoples in Canada (Peuples autochtones au Canada, also known as Aboriginals) are the Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada.

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Indigenous specific land claims in Canada

Indigenous specific land claims in Canada, also called specific claims, are long-standing land claims made by First Nations against the Government of Canada pertaining to Canada's legal obligations to indigenous communities. Indigenous land claims in Canada and indigenous specific land claims in Canada are first Nations history and indigenous rights in Canada.

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Inuit

Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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ISSN

An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication (periodical), such as a magazine.

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James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement

The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord québécois) is an Aboriginal land claim settlement, approved in 1975 by the Cree and Inuit of northern Quebec, and later slightly modified in 1978 by the Northeastern Quebec Agreement (Accord du Nord-Est québécois), through which Quebec's Naskapi First Nation joined the agreement.

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James Bay Project

The James Bay Project (projet de la Baie-James) refers to the construction of a series of hydroelectric power stations on the La Grande River in northwestern Quebec, Canada by state-owned utility Hydro-Québec, and the diversion of neighbouring rivers into the La Grande watershed.

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Land Back

Land Back, also referred to with hashtag #LandBack, is a decentralised campaign that emerged in the late 2010s among Indigenous Australians, Indigenous peoples in Canada, Native Americans in the United States, other indigenous peoples and allies who seek to reestablish Indigenous sovereignty, with political and economic control of their ancestral lands.

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Land claim

A land claim is defined as "the pursuit of recognized territorial ownership by a group or individual".

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Métis

The Métis are an Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces.

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Numbered Treaties

The Numbered Treaties (or Post-Confederation Treaties) are a series of eleven treaties signed between the First Nations, one of three groups of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and the reigning monarch of Canada (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) from 1871 to 1921. Indigenous land claims in Canada and Numbered Treaties are first Nations history.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_land_claims_in_Canada

Also known as Comprehensive Land Claim, Comprehensive claims, Comprehensive land claims, Modern-day treaty.