Talk:Aboriginal title

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Paul Coe attempted to bring an aboriginal title class action claiming the entirety of Australia?

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Merge Suggestion[edit]

I'm suggesting that this be merged as a section within native title or else be sufficiently expanded and referenced. Kevin Smith 04:11, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"The Crown"[edit]

"The Crown" has no meaning in the United States. After reading "...aboriginal title is inalienable, except to The Crown..." in the introduction, I was surprised to find that the United States is included in this article. Later in the article, a parenthesis is added indicating that "The Crown" and "the federal government" are equivalent terms in this context, so I am going to add a similar parenthesis to the introduction to spare other readers the same surprise I got.--Jim10701 (talk) 21:57, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

first sentence[edit]

I got an edit conflict with my first sentence:

Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that allows indigenous peoples to retain customary ownership of their land after colonial settlement has assumed sovereignty.

Not ok? Change "ownership" to "customary use"?

Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that allows indigenous peoples to retain customary use of their land after colonial settlement has assumed sovereignty.

MathewTownsend (talk) 19:33, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Some jurisdictions view it as less than property; some jurisdictions view it as more than use. Tenure fits all. Savidan 20:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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"Unceded land" redirects here[edit]

"Unceded land" redirects here, but the term is used nowhere in the article. This needs to be remedied somehow (as the connection is not immediately apparent if you're not already familiar with the terminology of "unceded land" and "Aboriginal Title"), but I'm not sure of a good way to integrate it.Peace and Passion ☮ ("I'm listening....") 06:50, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]