After ruling last year that the Nuchatlaht First Nation had failed to prove Aboriginal title to 201 square kilometres of Nootka Island, a B.C. Supreme Court judge decided April 17 that the Nation does have Aboriginal title to smaller parcels of land in their territory.
Almost a year ago, Justice Elliot Myers concluded that the Nuchatlaht First Nation, had not demonstrated sufficient occupation over the total area they claimed and therefore had not proven their claim to Aboriginal title.
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