Equally Recognized? The Indigenous Peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Published in: Osgoode Hall Law Journal
• Main Author: Grammond, Sébastien
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Osgoode Digital Commons 2014
• Subjects: Indigenous peoples > Legal status; laws; etc; Indigenous peoples > Claims; Newfoundland and Labrador; Indigenous; Indian; and Aboriginal Law; Buttress; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol51/iss2/3; https://doi.org/10.60082/2817-5069.2730; https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/context/ohlj/article/2730/viewcontent/Grammond.pdf

In Canada, certain Indigenous groups are struggling to obtain official recognition of their status and rights. This is particularly so in Newfoundland and Labrador, where the authorities took the stance, when the province joined Canada in 1949, that no one would be legally considered Indigenous. Thi...