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
That court case took 25 years and affirmed Tsilhqot’in’s aboriginal title and control of 733 square miles of their ancestral lands in central B.C., a precedent that stands as a landmark around the world.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
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
It was an aboriginal darkness now that Toomer studied, waiting for a face or a voice to materialize.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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