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First Peoples Law Blog

Our latest analysis of Indigenous rights.
The Way It Is – Our Growing and Necessary Re-Connection to Indigenous Laws
June 1 2023
By Tumia Knott, spaləl̕
Now What? Next Steps for Uprooting the Doctrine of Discovery
April 13 2023
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Initial Thoughts on Today's Announcement from the Catholic Church
March 30 2023
By Bruce McIvor
In Brief: Jim Shot Both Sides, et al. v. His Majesty the King
March 16 2023
By Kate Gunn and Tyler Swan
200 Years of Denial: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Discovery
March 2 2023
By Bruce McIvor
The Alberta “Sovereignty” Act and Indigenous Jurisdiction
February 2 2023
By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil
Hot off the Press! Indigenous Peoples and the Law in Canada 2023
January 19 2023
By Kate Gunn, Geneva Lloyd and Cody O'Neil
Indigenous Rights 2022 Year in Review
January 5 2023
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Indigenous Hunting Rights and the NRTA: Case Comment on R. v. Green
December 1 2022
By Kate Gunn and Nisha Sikka
Indigenous Jurisdiction and Bill C-92 at the Supreme Court of Canada
October 26 2022
By Kate Gunn
Indigenous Jurisdiction and the Charter at the Supreme Court: Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
August 3 2022
By Kate Gunn
Consent, Indigenous Rights and the Tahltan Agreement
July 6 2022
By Kate Gunn
Denouncing Denial: BC’s New Directives on Civil Litigation Involving Indigenous Peoples
May 25 2022
By Kate Gunn and Nico McKay
Apply Now: Introduction to the Defence of Indigenous Rights
April 20 2022
By First Peoples Law LLP
The Cost of Denial: Case Comment on Anderson v. Alberta
April 13 2022
By Kate Gunn
Hot off the Press! Annotated Aboriginal Law 2022
February 2 2022
By First Peoples Law LLP
Whose Rule of Law? Case Comment on CN Rail v. Doe
January 26 2022
By Kate Gunn
Indigenous Rights Year in Review
January 5 2022
By Bruce McIvor
Advance Costs and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court
November 9 2021
By Kate Gunn
Made of Sterner Stuff—The Problem with Allies
September 29 2021
By Bruce McIvor
Residential Schools and Reconciliation: A Canada Day Proposal
June 16 2021
By Bruce McIvor
Who are the ‘Aboriginal Peoples of Canada’?: Case Comment on R. v. Desautel
May 27 2021
By Bruce McIvor
Footing the Bill: The Supreme Court Weighs in on the Costs of Indigenous Rights Litigation
April 15 2021
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
A Monument to Indigenous & Environmental Racism: BC Doubles Down on Site C Dam
March 3 2021
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Indigenous Law & Canadian Courts
January 20 2021
By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil
Indigenous Rights Year in Review
January 6 2021
By Bruce McIvor
Decolonizing Justice: Case Comment on R. v. Turtle
November 18 2020
By Angela D'Elia Decembrini
Who are the ‘Aboriginal peoples’ of Canada?
October 21 2020
By Bruce McIvor
The Marshall Decision and Mi’kmaq Commercial Fishing Rights: An Explainer
October 8 2020
By Angela D'Elia Decembrini
Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier McNeil Re: Sipekne’katik Treaty-Based Fishery
October 1 2020
Righting the Wrongs of Colonization?: Cases to Watch at the Supreme Court of Canada
September 9 2020
By Kate Gunn
Indigenous Food Sovereignty and COVID-19
August 26 2020
By Angela D’Elia Decembrini
Injunctions as a Tool of Colonialism
July 30 2020
By Kate Gunn
Diminishing Indigenous Jurisdiction: Case Comment on Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
July 2 2020
By Angela D'Elia Decembrini and Kate Gunn
First Peoples Law Reading List
March 30 2020
By Bruce McIvor
La nation Wet’suwet’en, les gouvernements et les peuples autochtones : Un plan de réconciliation en 5 étapes
February 20 2020
Par Bruce McIvor (Traduction : Denis Marier)
The Wet’suwet’en, Governments and Indigenous Peoples: A 5 Step Plan for Reconciliation
February 20 2020
By Bruce McIvor
Banishing by the Rules: Case Comment on Solomon v. Garden River First Nation
December 17 2019
By Kate Gunn and Jesse Donovan
Squamish v. Canada: Case Comment
September 9 2019
By Kate Gunn and Jesse Donovan
Opportunity Missed: Case Comment on Bitumen Reference Decision
May 30 2019
Kate Gunn
Decolonizing the International Border: Case Comment on Desautel
May 7 2019
By Kate Gunn
Moving towards Consent: British Columbia’s Proposed New Environmental Assessment Act
November 29 2018
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Consent is Not a Four-Letter Word: What Next for the Trans Mountain Pipeline?
October 31 2018
By Bruce McIvor
Change of Direction Required: Case Comment on Mikisew Cree First Nation
October 15 2018
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Have We Just Witnessed the End of the Modern Treaty Process?
June 28 2018
By Bruce McIvor
A Pipeline Too Far: How to Stop Kinder Morgan
January 12 2017
By Bruce McIvor
The Downside of the Tsilhqot’in Decision
October 19 2016
By Bruce McIvor
Pipeline of Ignorance
March 16 2016
By Bruce McIvor
Aboriginal Law Issues to Watch in 2016
January 13 2016
By Bruce McIvor
The Good and the Bad of 2015
January 6 2016
By Bruce McIvor