https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/land__rights/
Visited 23 October 2018
The leading paragraph following the quote from Okanagan author and educator Jeanette Armstrong is informative and convicting:
“For many Aboriginal cultures, land means more than property– it encompasses culture, relationships, ecosystems, social systems, spirituality, and law. For many, land means the earth, the water, the air, and all that live within these ecosystems. As scholars Bonita Lawrence and Enakshi Dua point out using historical examples, ‘to separate Indigenous peoples from their land’ is to ‘preempt Indigenous sovereignty.’ Land and Aboriginal rights are inextricably linked.”
This page also provides expositions on Aboriginal rights and Aboriginal title and summaries of landmark Canadian court cases around these issues.