Recognition of Title Rights ‘Still a Struggle’ for First Nation After Court Win

Recognition of Title Rights ‘Still a Struggle’ for First Nation After Court Win
Chief Joe Alphonse, tribal chairman of the Tsilhqot'in Nation is pictured at Farwell Canyon, B.C., on Oct. 24, 2014. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press
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As members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation mull a draft deal over rights and title, another Indigenous community knows what that kind of recognition could look like.

The Tsilhqot’in Nation, representing six First Nation communities with a common culture and history, is the only Indigenous group to win recognition of its Aboriginal title to a specific area of land through Canada’s highest court.