Slowly but surely, Indigenous Peoples are gaining control of traditional lands
Ken Coates is a distinguished fellow and director of Indigenous affairs at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a Canada Research Chair at the University of Saskatchewan. JP Gladu is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and an Indigenous business leader.
Years of government control have brought wildlife declines, human-made ecological disruption, restrictions on harvesting, and now, the challenges of climate change.
When governments are reluctant to share authority, Indigenous representatives have turned to the courts, where they have won hundreds of judgments, many of which reinforce the need to recognize Indigenous authorities.
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