Is a certificate of possession sufficient to establish that an Indian has a right to possession of land in a reserve?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Stoney Band v. Poucette, 1996 CanLII 10580 (AB QB):
In the case of George v. George, [1993] 2 Canadian Native Law Reporter, page 112, Justice Coultas, when considering a division of matrimonial property between Indians who were then members of the British Columbia Indian band, held that a certificate of possession described in section 20(2) is only evidence of an Indian’s right to possession of land in a reserve.
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