Tsilhqot'in decision (Other Keyword)

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Archaeological Assessment of Land Claims (2017)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Erin Hogg. John Welch.

The 2014 Tsilhqot’in Decision in the Supreme Court of Canada reaffirms the relevance of archaeological research in the adjudication of Indigenous land and title claims. The evidentiary standards adopted by the Court, that occupation must be sufficient, continuous, and exclusive, invite comparisons with previous archaeological contributions to land claim settlements, refresh inquiry into current applications of archaeological data and perspectives to argue for (and against) affinities between...