Cowichan Tribes: Who holds Aboriginal rights and title? – JFK Law LLP

September 11, 2025

On August 7, 2025, the British Columbia Supreme Court delivered a significant ruling in the case of Cowichan Tribes v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 BCSC 1490. This decision, which involved complex issues of Aboriginal title and rights, has far-reaching implications for Indigenous communities across the country.

In this post, we address the decision’s treatment of the appropriate rights holder for Aboriginal rights.

This is one of a series of blogs about the Cowichan Tribes decision. A complete list of blogs in this series is linked at the end of this post.

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