By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer A BC government appeal of a court ruling recognizing aboriginal title to part of the Cowichan Nation\u2019s ancestral land in Richmond will delay reconciliation and prolong generations of harm, the nation\u2019s lead lawyer said. \u201cThis land was where the nation lived together, where they harvested together, where they were defended together and where they were literally embedded in the earth,\u201d said David Robbins. Last week, Justice Barbara Young granted the Cowichan title to almost 7.5 square kilometres of their ancestral Tl\u2019uqtinus village lands on the south shore of Lulu Island in Richmond, BC across from Tilbury Island. The largely industrial area, long described by the Nation as their traditional settlement area, includes land owned by the federal government, the City… <\/p>\n
By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer A BC government appeal of a court ruling recognizing aboriginal title to part of the Cowichan Nation\u2019s ancestral land in Richmond will delay reconciliation and prolong generations of harm, the nation\u2019s lead lawyer said. \u201cThis land was where the nation lived together, where they harvested together, where they were defended together and where they were literally embedded in the earth,\u201d said David Robbins. Last week, Justice Barbara Young granted the Cowichan title to almost 7.5 square kilometres of their ancestral Tl\u2019uqtinus village lands on the south shore of Lulu Island in Richmond, BC across from Tilbury Island. The largely industrial area, long described by the Nation as their traditional settlement area, includes land owned by the federal government, the City... <\/p>\n