Legalizing Oral History: Proving Aboriginal Claims in Canadian Courts

• Main Authors: McNeil, Kent, Roness, Lori Ann
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Osgoode Digital Commons 2000
• Subjects: Aboriginal; Canadian; claims; Court; history; land; title; Canada; Indian; British Columbia; inuit; Metis
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/scholarly_works/835; https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/context/scholarly_works/article/1834/viewcontent/McNeil_2000_39JWest66.pdf

Large areas of Canada are still subject to land claims by the Aboriginal peoples, who include the Indian, Inuit, and Metis. These claims arise mainly in regions where land-surrender treaties were not signed in the past, notably in British Columbia, Quebec, the Atlantic Provinces, and the North. Most...