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Denial of Recognition
The Canadian legal framework denies Indigenous peoples inherent rights, using doctrines of discovery to assert title to land.
Entrenched Alienation
The situation where Indigenous nations, despite proof of continual occupation, have no legal means to regain jurisdiction over their lands.
Crown Motivations and Dispossession Techniques
The ways in which the Crown uses legal mechanisms to enforce dispossession and maintain authority over lands.
Economic Catalyst
The role of Crown lands in driving Canada's economic growth through various industries like energy, mining, and transportation.
Extractive Industries
Industries that extract natural resources, which contribute to the fragmentation of Indigenous territories and alienation from their lands.
Mapping and Awareness
The process of documenting the presence of extractive industries to highlight land alienation and the denial of Aboriginal rights.
Legal Pathway
An avenue or method within the law that allows parties to seek recourse or restoration of rights; absent in the case of Indigenous governance over land.
Hydro and Energy Corridors
Infrastructure related to energy production and distribution that is built on Crown lands, impacting Indigenous lands.
Indigenous Alienation
The process by which Indigenous peoples are separated from land and water due to external developments and industries.
Crown Lands
Territories that are owned and controlled by the Crown, serving as a resource base for industrial and economic activities.
Erasure of Indigenous Laws
The systematic ignoring or nullification of Indigenous legal frameworks and governance by colonial legal systems.
Fragmentation of Territories
The division of Indigenous lands into smaller, disconnected areas due to external development and land use.
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