ANT241Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Aboriginal Title, Test Case, Dendrochronology
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Lecture 19: nova scotia case study: constitutional rights, oral traditions and the. Akwesane: grand chief michael mitchell v. minister of national revenue. About the cross border trade where michael had some kind of right to trade across the border. Original act was the bna act but was replaced by our own constitution. In this constitution, it gives special rights for the aboriginal people. Highest law in canada, cannot be changed by the supreme court of canada. The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal people of canada are hereby recognized and affirmed. This section did not create the rights but affirmed already existing rights. The aboriginal were not seen as equals to canadian by the government. In this act, aboriginal peoples of canada includes the indian, inuit and m tis peoples of canada. The word indian is part of the legal language of country. So the indian, inuit and metis peoples of canada have existing rights.
