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Vaughn Palmer: Another wake-up call as B.C. court awards claim of Aboriginal title over Nootka Island

Opinion: Court of Appeal recognizes 100 per cent of the Nuchatlaht nation’s claim of title. 'That’s going to have a big impact all over B.C.', winning legal team says

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VICTORIA — The courts delivered yet another wake-up call to the B.C. government and public last week by recognizing 100 per cent of the Nuchatlaht nation’s claim of Aboriginal title over Nootka Island.

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The unanimous decision by three B.C. Court of Appeal judges recognized Aboriginal title over 210 square kilometres of the West Coast island, an almost 20-fold increase over the area granted in a 2024 B.C. Supreme Court finding.

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