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Aboriginal Law > Court Cases |
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Over time, materials will be posted to this page regarding key court decisions relevant to Aboriginal and treaty rights in the forest sector of Canada. |
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R. v. Sappier; R. v. Gray (December 7, 2006) |
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The Supreme Court upheld the rights of native people to log Crown land for personal use, issuing a unanimous judgment Thursday on two New Brunswick cases. A key feature of this decision is the confirmation that rights to resource uses cannot be "frozen in time", but rather must be understood as evolving in a modern context. Click here for the full case, and here for a brief article on the case. |
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Full texts of most of the decisions listed here can be found at the Judgements of the Supreme Court of Canada website. |
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Turtle Island Native Network - Court Cases section |
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First Nations Rights to Timber – Case Law Summary
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Cases in process |
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Statement of Claim (2005) - Grassy Narrows First Nation v. Ontario Minister of Natural Resources and Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. |
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Grassy Narrows's claim challenges the authority and jurisdiction of the defendants based on rights guaranteed in Treaty 3. |
