Comprehensive Land Claims

Definition of Comprehensive Land Claims

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Comprehensive Land Claims: Claims to land made by the Native peoples not covered by a treaty with Canada or the British crown. Comprehensive claims are most significant in the north and in British Columbia, two regions with few treaties. Since the establishment of the land claims process in 1974 some claims have been resolved in the north and the principles of a treaty with the Nisga’a in British Columbia was signed in 1996. See: CALDER CASE in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.

Comprehensive Land Claims: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Comprehensive Land Claims. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada