Factsheet / Indigenous Governance

The Right to Reclaim a Name: The Intersection of Indigenous and Crown Laws & Place-Naming Initiatives

From the Yellowhead Institute Special Report, The Rematriation of Indigenous Place Names, this resource illustrates the varied and uneven ways Canadian courts and state institutions have responded to Indigenous place-naming initiatives, at times affirming Indigenous legal authority and, in other instances, limiting or refusing its recognition altogether.

 

 

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