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  2. Canadian Aboriginal law - Wikipedia

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    Canadian Aboriginal Law is different from Canadian Indigenous law: In Canada, Indigenous Law refers to the legal traditions, customs, and practices of Indigenous peoples and groups. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Aboriginal peoples as a collective noun [ 4 ] is a specific term of art used in legal documents, including the Constitution Act, 1982 , and includes ...

  3. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ...

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    The legislation establishes a legal framework and timeline to bring Canadian law into alignment with the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). [2] [3] The law requires the federal government to ensure Canadian law is consistent with the declaration's 46 articles, working with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ...

  4. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Wikipedia

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    The study of the historical relations between the government and Aboriginal people, in order to determine the possibility of Aboriginal self-government, and the legal status of previous agreements that included, the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the Indian Act, the Numbered treaties and Aboriginal case law. [3]

  5. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 - Wikipedia

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    The section in the Charter that most directly relates to Aboriginal people is section 25. [10] It merely states that Charter rights do not diminish Aboriginal rights; it is therefore not as important as section 35. [11] The Charter forms Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982 while section 35 is placed in Part II. This placement in the ...

  6. Section 25 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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    Section 35 of the Constitution Act, which falls outside the Charter, does constitutionalize some aboriginal rights. As Hogg notes, this makes section 25 altogether less important than section 35, but Corbiere leaves open the possibility that rights not constitutionalized by section 35 can have some protection under section 25.

  7. Indigenous self-government in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal peoples in Canada are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982 as Indians, Inuit and Métis.Prior to the acquisition of the land by European empires or the Canadian state after 1867, First Nations (Indian), Inuit, and Métis peoples had a wide variety of polities within their countries, from band societies, to tribal chiefdoms, multinational confederacies, to representative democracies ...

  8. Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous people assert that their sovereign rights are valid, pointing to the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which is mentioned in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982, Section 25, the British North America Acts and the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (to which Canada is a signatory) in support of this claim.

  9. Recognition and Implementation of Indigenous Rights Framework

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    Recognition and Implementation of Indigenous Rights Framework (RIIRF) is a legislation and policy initiative intended to be undertaken in "full partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples" that was announced during a speech in the House of Commons of Canada by Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau on February 14, 2018. [1]

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