This concept entered Canadian law in 1888 with the Privy Council's decision on St.  Catherine's Milling versus The Queen, which called it "a personal and usufructuary right, dependent on the good will of the Sovereign".
This concept entered Canadian law in 1888 with the Privy Council's decision on St.  Catherine's Milling versus The Queen, which called it "a personal and usufructuary right, dependent on the good will of the Sovereign". In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that it existed in Canadian common law, but split in the Calder case on whether it had been extinguished in the Nass Valley. The 1997 Delgamuukw ["DEL-ga-mook"] decision affirmed that it confers rights to activities independent of traditional ones. For 10 points, what is this legal doctrine that maintains indigenous peoples' rights to customary tenure of land?
This concept entered Canadian law in 1888 with the Privy Council's decision on St.  Catherine's Milling versus The Queen, which called it "a personal and usufructuary right, dependent on the good will of the Sovereign".
aboriginal title (prompt on "aboriginal rights" or equivalent) TOSSUP