aboriginal
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There are several ongoing aboriginal title claims in British Columbia, and the Cowichan decision could affect private-property owners in those regions as well.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Similar to the Coquille, the Karuk went decades without a reservation, even after the U.S. government took ownership of the tribe’s aboriginal hunting and fishing land in a forested swath of the Klamath River Basin.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024
“The DNA study also provides the Blood Tribe/Kainai with a new line of evidence to help further treaty and aboriginal rights,” the study authors wrote to Science in a collaborative statement.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024
Maps are a touchstone for Joanne Greenbaum and the aboriginal painters Jimmy and Angie Tchooga.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
Nevertheless, he called the aboriginal peoples he encountered in the new world “Indians.”
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Vocabulary lists containing aboriginal
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