... that the 1969 white paper was not surprising. The white paper dismissed treaties as of little significance and denied any legal character to aboriginal title claims. No big deal. The "rights" that were being rejected were myths and fairy tales, not rights recognized in Canadian law. In ... courts. Now it is clear that the courts are better than the politicians. The first major case showing the shift was the Nishga aboriginal title case, Calder v Attorney General of British Columbia, decided by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1973. Technically the Nishga lost, but the ... the Indian Act wa...

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