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Australia remains the only Commonwealth country not to have a treaty with its original owners, and although a treaty may have made little difference to the lives of aboriginal Australians, the celebration of Australia Day on unceded land makes many non-aboriginal Australians, myself included, feel highly uncomfortable.
Aboriginal Australians are part of the country's present – not just its past | Sarah Keenan 2012
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Specifically, in the 1870s the governments of both the USA and Canada dealt with this threat by invading, occupying and governing the yet unceded indigenous national territories under the auspices of their own legislation, regardless of the absence of treaties.
The Conflicted Relationship between Lawyers and “Indians” : Law is Cool 2009
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By continuing to reiterate the idea that aboriginal culture is "ancient", "traditional" and "part of our national heritage", the proposed amendments help non-aboriginal Australians to forget not only the genocidal violence perpetrated by early settlers but also their own implication, as settlers on unceded land, in producing the conditions under which most aboriginal Australians live today.
Aboriginal Australians are part of the country's present – not just its past | Sarah Keenan 2012
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Today, most of BC remains unceded sovereign Native lands, over which neither the Canadian or BC governments have the legal or moral authority to govern.
Invisible Women, Good Indians, Taxpayers Like You: An Olympic Triple Screw | miscellani.org 2010
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BC is unique in Canada in that most of the province is unceded, non-surrendered Indigenous territories.
Invisible Women, Good Indians, Taxpayers Like You: An Olympic Triple Screw | miscellani.org 2010
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Much so-called “Crown land” is unceded Native territory.
Honour Killings Shock “Almost” Every Community « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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Her articles often clearly state the legalities/realities of the situation that Canada is a corporation plundering unceded Turtle Island.
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Her articles often clearly state the legalities/realities of the situation that Canada is a corporation plundering unceded Turtle Island.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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The incident turned into a major protest against the occupation of unceded native land.
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By this “agreement” the Indians lost the Black Hills, the unceded territory where the buffalo were, and were forced to choose a new home on the Missouri or in Indian Territory.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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