The Tsilqot'in Nation, comprising six communities in British Columbia's interior, has cared for their territory for millennia. As external pressures from natural-resource extraction companies increased, the communities mobilized to assert their title to their lands. After a 2007 Supreme Court of British Columbia decision partially acknowledged their claim, the Tsilqot'in Nation's plight was heard in the Supreme Court of Canada, leading to a 2014 historic decision granting them full title to their homelands.
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
In the early 2000s, Indigenous communities in Tsilhqot'in unite to protect their land and assert their rights in the face of growing threats from corporations seeking to exploit their territory's natural resources.
