What are aboriginal and non-aboriginal rights?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, 1993 CanLII 4516 (BC CA):
(i) Aboriginal rights are not abrogated by the fact that similar rights may be held by non-aboriginal people. The aboriginal people would hold both the aboriginal right and the similar non-aboriginal right. (Mabo v. Queensland at pp. 25-30).
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