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BC Supreme Court ruling grants Quw’utsun Nation Aboriginal title over lands
November 8, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer The Cowichan Tribes v. Canada trial spanned 513 days from 2019 to 2023, making it the longest trial in Canadian history. On August 7 of this year, BC Supreme Court judge Barbara Young ruled that the Quw’utsun (Cowichan Tribes) hold Aboriginal title to an area of land near the Fraser River on what is now known as Lulu Island in Richmond. Aboriginal title refers to the “unique collective right to the use of and jurisdiction over a group’s ancestral territories.” Initially, the Quw’utsun Nation sought title over their traditional Tl’uqtinus lands and some of the…
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Where the River meets the Salish Sea continues a legacy of Coast Salish art
January 16, 2024By: Angela Shen, Peak Associate Editor’s note: The author of this article, Angela Shen, is a program assistant at Shadbolt Arts Centre. The Peak acknowledges this and has taken steps to prevent conflict of interest. As a student learning the…
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SFU fails to properly consult Indigenous students (again) and peoples regarding new First Peoples’ Gathering House (again)
October 13, 2020By Harvin Bhathal, Features Editor On Orange Shirt Day, SFU held a ground awakening ceremony for the First Peoples Gathering House (FPGH), which will open in 2023. The FPGH will be a space on the Burnaby campus that is meant…
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Skyborn: A Land Reclamation Odyssey intertwines magical storytelling with Indigenous cosmology to create an incredible play
February 5, 2020by Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer Directed by Kim Senklip Harvey, Skyborn: A Land Reclamation Odyssey is a one-woman play where actor Quelemia Sparrow acts out the characters of a granddaughter and her grandmother, with brief appearances as her mother, father,…
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