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

Unique visitors to Eagle Feather News, a tiny aboriginal newspaper in Saskatchewan, plummeted from about 20,000 to 12,000 a month in the five months after the Facebook ban.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 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

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