Nisga'a Tribal Council

The Nisga'a Calder case changes the debate over Aboriginal title

📅 31 January 1973

The Supreme Court delivered its judgment in the Nisga'a land case. Six judges recognized that Aboriginal title existed before colonization, but divided over whether it had been extinguished; the...

Nisga'a and government negotiators initial a final treaty agreement

📅 4 August 1998

Nisga'a representatives and negotiators for Canada and British Columbia initialled the Nisga'a Final Agreement at New Aiyansh. It set out land, resource and governance arrangements after generations...