Maps hold power. For millennia, the borders and place names represented on world maps signify who claims or possesses control of a geographic region. Through colonization, violent conquest or ...

Canada is approaching a breaking point in how we discuss Indigenous land claims, reconciliation, and property rights. This is ...

The lands at issue in Cowichan are situated in the delta of the Fraser River. About 35 kilometers upstream lies the city of ...

My interest in Indigenous territorial claims began in my childhood. I grew up during the Native land claims era in Alaska. Throughout the twentieth century, Alaska Native people watched their lands ...

If you work at a university, large corporation or left-leaning nonprofit or have attended certain performances, you have probably heard a land acknowledgment, a ritual that asks you to remember that ...

British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment and Parks announced April 24 the closure of Joffre Lakes Park so indigenous people can “reconnect with the land.” The closures “provide time and space for ...

Homeowners in a coastal city in British Columbia, Canada, are reeling after being informed by the city that, following a recent court ruling in favor of the area’s original Native American inhabitants ...

Canadian nature lovers are outraged by a government decision to shutter beauty spots to the public so they can be used exclusively by native groups to 'reconnect' with the land. Outdoors enthusiasts ...