Aboriginal Law

Aboriginal Organizations

• Aboriginal Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs
• Assembly of First Nations
• Centre for First Nations Governance
• Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
• Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
• Labrador Metis Nation
• Native Council of Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples’ Council
• Migmawei Mawiomi Secretariat
• Union of New Brunswick Indians
• Union of Nova Scotia Indians

Major Decisions on Aboriginal Law - Aboriginal Rights

• R. v. Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075
• R. v. Van der Peet, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507
• R. v. Côté, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 139
• R. v. Adams, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 101
• R. v. Sappier; R. v. Gray, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 686

Major Decisions on Aboriginal Law - Treaty Rights

• Simon v. The Queen, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 387
• R. v. Badger, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 771
• R. v. Marshall (No. 1), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 456
• R. v. Marshall (No. 2), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 533
• R. v. Marshall; R. v. Bernard, [2005] 2 S.C.R. 220
• R. v. Morris, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 915

Duty to Consult and Accommodate

• Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), [2004] 3 S.C.R. 511
• Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia (Project Assessment Director), [2004] 3 S.C.R. 550
• Mikisew Cree First Nation v. Canada (Minister of Canadian Heritage), [2005] 3 S.C.R. 388
• Newfoundland and Labrador v. Labrador Métis Nation, 2007 NLCA 75

Aboriginal Title

• Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1010
• R. v. Marshall; R. v. Bernard, [2005] 2 S.C.R. 220
• Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia, 2007 BCSC 1700

Self-Government

• R. v. Pamajewon, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 821
• Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation v. National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada, 2007 ONCA 814

Metis Rights

• R. v. Powley, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 207
• R. v. Blais, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 236

Equality - Section 15(1) of the Charter

• Corbiere v. Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 203
• Lovelace v. Ontario, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 950
• Canada (Attorney General) v. Misquadis, 2003 FCA 370
• McIvor v. The Registrar, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 2007 BCSC 827
• Esquega v. Canada (Attorney General), 2007 FC 878

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