DCHP-2

specific land claim DCHP-2 (August 2016)

• n. & adj. — Law, Aboriginal

  a claim related to land granted by the Crown to a First Nation which asserts that the Crown has not fulfilled its obligations.

  Type: 1. Origin — In the 1970s, the Canadian government began distinguishing between comprehensive land claims, sometimes called "modern treaties" in which Aboriginal groups claim title to territory not previously granted, and specific land claims, where groups assert government impropriety with respect to lands granted by historic treaties or under the Indian Act (see Parliament of Canada reference). The term is exclusive to Canada (see Chart 1).
  See also COD-2, s.v. "specific land claim", which is marked "Cdn".

  See also: Indian Act  treaty (meaning 1a)  comprehensive land claim  land claim  indigenous