ABORIGINAL TITLE Sample Clauses

ABORIGINAL TITLE. The courts have urged governments and Indigenous Nations to work together to negotiate implementation of Aboriginal title, rather than it being achieved through litigation. Aboriginal title under the Foundation Agreement will likely mean – subject to negotiation - that Lake Xxxxxx Nation owns and has jurisdiction over the lands transferred, as well as the resources on them. Title generally means a Nation has the right to decide how the designated lands and resources on them are accessed and used, and to benefit from economic activity on them. Lake Xxxxxx Nation and the Province will negotiate and confirm in an agreement the extent to which provincial laws continue to apply to title lands. The Foundation Agreement contains $43 million in funding for Lake Xxxxxx Nation over five years. This includes supports for governance and implementation activities; economic development and forestry related funding; as well as funding for socio- cultural program improvements, including to help support the Nation in becoming self-sufficient.

ABORIGINAL TITLE. The fact that aboriginal people were here first is at the core of the notion of aboriginal rights arising from title to the land. Building on this idea of original use and occupancy, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx has defined aboriginal rights in "Native Rights and Law in an Age of Protest"(1973), Alberta Law Review, as "those property rights which Native peoples retain as the result of use and occupancy of lands."

ABORIGINAL TITLE. The courts have urged governments and Indigenous Nations to work together to negotiate implementation of Aboriginal title, rather than it being achieved through litigation. Aboriginal title under the Foundation Agreement would likely mean – subject to negotiation - that Lake Xxxxxx Nation owns and has jurisdiction over the lands transferred, as well as the resources on them. Title generally means a Nation has the right to decide how the designated lands and resources on them are accessed and used, and to benefit from economic activity on them. Provincial laws would apply to title lands as negotiated through an agreement. No final decisions on land parcels under consideration will be made until the full engagement process with stakeholders has been completed. The draft Foundation Agreement proposes $47 million in funding for Lake Xxxxxx Nation over five years. This would include supports for governance and implementation activities; economic development and forestry related funding; as well as funding for socio-cultural program improvements, including to help support the Nation in becoming self-sufficient.