Canada’s top court rules U.S.-based First Nation maintains rights across the border – Reuters
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the descendants of the U.S.-based Sinixt nation maintained ancestral land rights even after members moved south in the 19th century, a landmark decision that ends a decade-long legal dispute.
The court ruled in favor of Rick Desautel, a Sinixt descendant who lives in Washington state. In 2010, he was charged with hunting without a license on traditional Sinixt lands in British Columbia.
Canada’s Indigenous people have the right to hunt in their traditional lands. In 1956, Canada declared the Sinixt “extinct” because members of the nation had either died or were no longer living in the country.
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