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Darren Grimes | Empire, The Indian Act of Canada, & The Residential Schools
Land Ownership, Crown Trust and Canadian Geography
In the Canadian legal system, Indigenous people do not technically own reserve land; it is held in trust by the Federal government. As Indigenous individuals assimilate into the broader Canadian system, that land eventually reverts to the Crown. The author points out that 88.9% of Canadian land is already government-owned, suggesting that land disputes could be settled using Crown land rather than infringing on private property.