Haida Nation Aboriginal title legislation gets royal assent in B.C. legislature cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada legally recognized 1,750 square kilometres of Crown land southwest of Williams Lake as Tsilhqot’in First Nation Aboriginal title land. It represented about two per cent of traditional Tsilhqot’in territory.
In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back earthisland.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from earthisland.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The provincial wall may not have fully crumbled, but the tide is rising against it. And at least on Haida Gwaii, a colonial government is no longer lord of the land.