dependent upon the good will of the Sovereign". The Calder v British Columbia (AG) case in 1973 was the first case in Canadian law that acknowledged that "a declaration that the aboriginal title, otherwise known as the Indian title, of the plaintiffs to their ancient tribal territory hereinbefore described, has never been lawfully extinguished".

Surrender of the territory

In 1869-1870, when the Hudson's Bay Company surrendered its

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