Indigenous Relations: Letting Go of Zero-Sum Thinking – The Tyee

November 21, 2025

Responses to the Cowichan decision have stoked fear about private property. There’s a more just and hopeful way forward.

For the citizens of British Columbia, the Cowichan Tribes v. Canada decision in the B.C. Supreme Court has pulled back the curtain to reveal more of the historic land dispossession in our province.

The case centred on Tl’uqtinus, a traditional village site on Lulu Island located in the south arm of the Fraser River. The court found that the Cowichan established title in a portion of the area they claimed, including submerged lands, and they have a right to fish for food in the area.

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