Menu

First Peoples Law Blog

Our latest analysis of Indigenous rights.
Holding the Crown to Account: Restoule v. Ontario
August 1 2024
By Kate Gunn
Supreme Court of Canada Restoule Decision Released
July 26 2024
By First Peoples Law LLP
Rights and Remedies at the Supreme Court: Case Comment on Shot Both Sides v. Canada
May 23 2024
By Kate Gunn
2023 Indigenous Rights Year in Review
January 4 2024
By First Peoples Law LLP
Treaty Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada: Restoule Appeal
November 2 2023
By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil
Limitations Legislation and Treaty Rights at the Supreme Court
October 26 2023
By First Peoples Law LLP
Reconciliation and Aboriginal Title: Case Comment on The Nuchatlaht v British Columbia
July 27 2023
By Kate Gunn and Nico McKay
In Brief: Ontario Court Weighs in on Treaty Rights and Land Back
June 29 2023
By Kate Gunn and Tyler Swan
In Brief: Jim Shot Both Sides, et al. v. His Majesty the King
March 16 2023
By Kate Gunn and Tyler Swan
The Alberta “Sovereignty” Act and Indigenous Jurisdiction
February 2 2023
By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil
Denouncing Denial: BC’s New Directives on Civil Litigation Involving Indigenous Peoples
May 25 2022
By Kate Gunn and Nico McKay
The Cost of Denial: Case Comment on Anderson v. Alberta
April 13 2022
By Kate Gunn
Time is of the Essence: Treaty Rights and Cumulative Impacts in Yahey v. British Columbia
July 8 2021
By Kate Gunn
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
Decolonizing Justice: Case Comment on R. v. Turtle
November 18 2020
By Angela D'Elia Decembrini
Treaty Implementation: The Crown’s Ongoing Failure
November 4 2020
By Kate Gunn
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
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
Treaties at Risk: Case Comment on Fort McKay First Nation
May 27 2020
By Kate Gunn & Bruce McIvor
Supreme Court to Consider Compensation Issue when Reserve Lands are Taken
April 23 2020
By Kate Gunn
First Peoples Law Reading List
March 30 2020
By Bruce McIvor
Beyond Borders: Indigenous Hunting Rights and the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement
September 27 2019
By Kate Gunn
Recognition without Reconciliation?: The New Rights Policy for BC Treaty Negotiations
September 18 2019
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Trespassing on Treaty Rights: Saskatchewan’s Proposed Restrictions on Access
December 12 2018
By Kate Gunn and 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
The Downside of the Tsilhqot’in Decision
October 19 2016
By Bruce McIvor
The Good and the Bad of 2015
January 6 2016
By Bruce McIvor
Top 5 Posts of 2015
December 23 2015
By Bruce McIvor
Negotiate or Litigate?
September 8 2015
By Bruce McIvor
Breathing Life Back into the Duty to Consult
August 25 2015
By Bruce McIvor
The Piecemeal Infringement of Treaty Rights
August 18 2015
By Bruce McIvor
What Tsilhqot’in and Grassy Narrows Mean for Treaty First Nations
January 14 2015
By Bruce McIvor
Provinces have every right to set conditions on pipelines
December 9 2014
By Bruce McIvor
Canada's Misguided Land Claims Policy
November 24 2014
By Bruce McIvor
Canada's Interim Comprehensive Land Claims Policy
November 10 2014
By Bruce McIvor
Wabauskang asks Court of Appeal to Clarify Province's Treaty Obligations
September 10 2014
By Bruce McIvor
Legal Action Filed Against BC Treaty Process
August 11 2014
By Bruce McIvor
Wabauskang First Nation's Press Release in Response to Keewatin Decision
July 11 2014
By Bruce McIvor
Provinces Burdened with Responsibility for Fulfilling Treaty Promises
July 11 2014
By Bruce McIvor
Update on the Keewatin Hearing at Supreme Court of Canada
May 6 2014
By Bruce McIvor
Update on Duty to Consult Delegation Case
April 21 2014
By Bruce McIvor
The Next Big Aboriginal Law Case at the Supreme Court
February 22 2014
By Bruce McIvor
The Question Behind: What are the Limits on Provincial Jurisdiction over Treaty Lands?
September 30 2013
By Bruce McIvor
Is Canada No Longer Responsible for Historical Treaties?
March 26 2013
By Bruce McIvor