‘An indescribable moment’: Indigenous nation in US has right to lands in Canada, court rules
Canada’s supreme court decision on the Sinixt people could affirm hunting rights for tens of thousands
For decades the Rick Desautel had been told by courts and governments that his people no longer exist in Canada.
But Desautel and others in his community in Washington state have long argued that they are descendants of the Sinixt, an Indigenous people whose territory once spanned Canada and the United States.
Related: Land fight could grant thousands of indigenous Americans new rights in Canada
