Sentences with phrase «land claims»

This protection includes rights that exist or may be acquired by way of land claim agreements.

In 1969, the federal government acknowledged the improper nature of such land seizures, resulting in the first land claim settlements in 1982.

Of those, 18 are part of a comprehensive land claim agreement (or modern treaty).

We have dealt with the effects of Indigenous law on land claims, constitutional matters, land use conflicts, mitigation / compensation agreements, and resource management planning.

Another disclosure challenge: native land claims and heritage sites are an ongoing issue on the west coast.

Apparently some of those old ones come up in land claims discussions.

We built new housing, created new schools, implemented new systems for drinking water and finalized certain land claims.

It could be argued that melting the arctic could allow for more resources to be tapped and so there is getting to be more land claims.

In this position, he learned about and researched land claims and treaty rights.

The map was produced before native title legislation and is not suitable for use in native title or other land claims.

Our Government will continue our dialogue on the treaty relationship and comprehensive land claims.

Typical issues not covered include, native land claims, environmental hazards and the buyer's rights to change the use of the land or undertake renovations or construction.

Many First Nations governments are increasingly assuming responsibility for land - use planning, whether through the Indian Act, the First Nations Land Management Act, or within the context of modern land claims agreements.

The plan includes: — A review of all parcels of land claimed as tax - exempt.

The Nunavut land claim settlement also provides for the establishment of the Inuit Heritage Trust to regulate the activities of archaeologists in Nunavut.

The group's recent tour of Shilo is part of a growing effort by some of Israel's 300,000 West Bank settlers to explain to the outside world why they choose to live on land claimed by Palestinians and continue to build houses that the international community views as illegal.

The payments stem from a 2013 deal that settled long - standing disputes between New York state and the Oneida Indian Nation over land claims, taxation and gambling proceeds.

On the contrary the very qualities that won DIAND that award have, more recently, made Aboriginal land claims process, and particularly «specific claims» the Alice in Wonderland (AIW) of the Canadian Judicial System.

The Calder case (also known as Calder et al. v. Attorney General of British Columbia) is considered the foundation for the Nisga'a Treaty in 2000 — the first modern land claim in British Columbia that gave the Nisga'a people self - government.

Madison and Oneida counties have been tied up in court with the Oneidas since 1970, when the nation filed its first land claim case.

I have met with many Indigenous people, including recently at the handover or conclusion, if you like, of the title deeds of the Kenbi land claim in Darwin not so long ago, which I think many of you were present at.»

The action in Chippewas of Sarnia Band v. Attorney General of Canada et al. related to an aboriginal land claim over an area comprising approximately one quarter of the downtown area of Sarnia, a southwestern Ontario city with a population of 75,000.

This effort in aid of indigenous land claims follows a time at LEAF where Stanton and the organization's advocacy for women often involved indigenous women.

The policy response to Calder was for the Canadian Government to enter into a process for comprehensive land claims negotiations and settlements, thereby minimising litigation (see below).

Also part of this deal is settling land claims between Madison and Oneida counties and the nation.

He became President of Nunavut Tunngavik and helped negotiate the Nunavut Land Claim which led to the establishment of Nunavut in 1999.

Omar Ha - Redeye spoke to Andrew Krystal of CityTV about a First Nations land claim filed over St. James Park during Occupy Toronto.

It was uranium exploration, and its impacts on the live - giving caribou herds, that helped start the whole land claims process for Inuit in what eventually became Nunavut.

The main land claim filed by the Oneidas in 1970 was dismissed two years ago, but the counties are still fighting three lawsuits.

I have dealt with a great deal of land claims issues on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and under no circumstances is private land threatened.

As you alluded to in your summary, the nation of Israel was formed during WWII and it included land claimed by the Palestinians.

The people banging those drums, some argue, have the constitutional clout to put up insurmountable obstacles for the proposed Northern Gateway — namely, a messy legal debate around unsettled land claims along the route that will likely be decided by the Supreme Court of Canada.

The original suit in this matter was the first modern - day Native American land claim litigated in the federal court system rather than before the Indian Claims Commission.

Tenney has been a vocal opponent of the agreements struck by the state, local governments and the Oneida Indian Nation that created exclusivity clauses in exchange for the settlement of long - standing land claims as well as revenue sharing agreements.

Many of these forest areas overlap with historical land claims made by Myanmar's ethnic minority groups who could permanently lose their land, further enflaming decades - old armed conflicts with the national government.

Counsel for the Gwich» in Tribal Council, a northern land claims organization, which intervened at the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the implementation of land use planning provisions in a modern treaty.

One of Australia's longest - running land claims has been resolved, with land to be handed back to the recognised traditional owners on the Cox Peninsula, across the harbour from Darwin.

In December, the Yukon appeal court sided with the Ross River Dena Council that existing free - entry staking rules conflicted with the constitutional duty to consult aboriginal groups with outstanding land claims, in this case to an area known as the Kaska.

Finally, the government's cold stance on resource development comes at a time when disputed land claims are hurting B.C.'s resource sector — especially mining.

The Shinnecock Indian Nation's tribal trustees expressed «frustration and outrage» over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision this week not to hear their case asserting land claims in Southampton, Long Island.

While the 300,000 - acre land claim has been dismissed, Madison County is still embroiled in three lawsuits with the nation over land and tax issues.

A massive land claim affecting many property owners in Johannesburg South and Ekurhuleni was given... Glenvista and Reading Country Clubs, Calvary Christian College, and Thaba Eco Hotel, to name a few, are affected.

In reaching its decision, the majority of the court stated that where a modern land claim treaty has been concluded, the first step is to look at its provisions to determine the parties» obligations, including any consultation obligations set out in the treaty.

Such a provision harks back to the 1927 Indian Act amendment that made it an offence to raise funds for the purpose of pressing Indian land claims.

Second, underlying this settlement is a simple reality that applies to all long term agreements, whether land claim agreements or IBAs — no matter how clear an agreement may seem when it is being negotiated, implementation of long - term agreements will inevitably encounter disagreements.