Aboriginal land claims are claims of Native or Aboriginal peoples (also referred to as Indigenous peoples) about their ownership of land before the arrival of settlers, primarily Europeans. Indigenous peoples are: Peoples living in an area prior to colonization by a state Peoples living in an area within a nation-state, prior to the formation of a nation-state, but who do not identify with the dominant nation. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

This process is most active in countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada, where many native populations have survived that have been greatly displaced from their historical territory by the arrival of European settlers.

New Zealand

In New Zealand a permanent commission of inquiry called the Waitangi Tribunal was established by an Act of Parliament in 1975. It is charged with investigating and making recommendations on claims brought by indigenous Māori relating to actions or omissions of the Crown, in the period since 1840, that breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty was designed by the former ruling colonists to give credence to Aotearoa becoming a British colony, was signed in 1840 between representatives of the British Crown and Maori chiefs of the North Island. Many aboriginal land claims have been settled through this tribunal process, with crown land being either returned to its original Maori owners or compensation paid by the New Zealand Government. The Waitangi Tribunal is a New Zealand court empowered to compensate Maori people for land obtained by fraud or by force since 1840. ... An Act of Parliament or Act is law enacted by the parliament (see legislation). ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term indigenous people has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection. ... This article is about the Māori people of New Zealand. ... One of the few extant copies of the Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty signed on February 6, 1840 by representatives of the British Crown, and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand. ... This article is about a type of political territory. ... Look up Aotearoa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about a type of political territory. ... This article is about the monarchy of the United Kingdom, one of sixteen that share a common monarch; for information about this constitutional relationship, see Commonwealth realm; for information on the reigning monarch, see Elizabeth II. For information about other Commonwealth realm monarchies, as well as other relevant articles, see... Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ... A tribunal is a generic term for any body acting judicially, whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. ... Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ...

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See also

• Collective rights
• Indigenous Australians
• Native title and Category:Native title
• Māori, Aotearoa / New Zealand
• Oren Lyons
• Eva Rickard
• Native Americans
• Indian reservation
• Aboriginal peoples in Canada
• Delgamuukw v. British Columbia
• Mesoamerica
• Unceded territory

The term collective rights refers to rights which are held and exercised by all the people collectively, or by specific subsets of the people. ... Languages Several hundred indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religions Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous... Native title is a concept in the law of Australia that recognises the continued ownership of land by local Indigenous Australians. ... This article is about the Māori people of New Zealand. ... Look up Aotearoa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lyons at Nambassa in 1981 . Oren Lyons (b. ... Eva Rickard (1925-1997) was a New Zealand - Aotearoa Māori of Tainui ancestry; a mother of 9, a grandmother, a spiritual guardian of New Zealand Māori traditions, a political land rights activist and a valuable member of the (Te Kòpua) Raglan community where she was born and... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... For the song, see Indian Reservation (song) BIA map of reservations in the United States Tribal sovereignty: Map of the United States, with non-reservation land highlighted. ... Aboriginal people in Canada are Indigenous Peoples recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982, sections 25 and 35, respectively, as Indians (First Nations), Métis, and Inuit. ... Delgamuukw v. ... This article is about the culture area. ... In North America, unceded territory is territory that has never been set apart, legislated, founded, created or established as a reserve. ...

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