The Constitutional basis of aboriginal rights

• Main Author: HOGG, Peter W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Université de Montréal. Centre de recherche en droit public. 2010
• Subjects: Canada; British Columbia; First Nations; Nishga
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1866/9303

Aboriginal rights are rights held by aboriginal peoples, not by virtue of Crown grant, legislation or treaty, but “by reason of the fact that aboriginal peoples were once independent, self-governing entities in possession of most of the lands now making up Canada.” It is, of course, the presence of...