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Aboriginal Title Declaration Dismissed, for Now - Tsilhqot'in Nation (Roger William) v. British Columbia Decision Summary |
October 6, 2008
Previously published on November 2007
On November 21, 2007, the Supreme Court of British Columbia released the decision of Mr. Justice Vickers in Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia. The decision dealt with a claim brought by Chief Roger William of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation, on behalf of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation and the Tsilhqot'in Nation. Vickers J. declined to make any declaration granting the Tsilhqot'in aboriginal title over the Claim Area, but went on at length to provide his non-binding opinion that the evidence put before him proved aboriginal title to a significant portion of the Claim Area
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