Tribal Parks in Canada: From Clayoquot to the Chilcotin and Beyond

In the 1970s and ‘80s, the provincial government of British Columbia had clear cut a significant area of Clayoquot Sound, when the Tla-o-qui-aht Indigenous Peoples established the first Tribal Park in 1984. During the 31 years since then, several additional Tribal Parks have been declared by Indigenous Peoples in BC culminating in 2014 with the Dasiqox Tribal Park declaration, based on a precedent setting Supreme Court of Canada decision on Aboriginal Title to Land.