Calder Case

CALDER CASE was a landmark legal case launched in 1969 by the Nishga Tribal Council and its lawyer, Tom BERGER, and named for NISGA'A chief Frank CALDER. The NTC sought a court ruling that the Nisga'a (then called Nishga) people of the NASS R had aboriginal title to their traditional territory and had never given it up. The BC Supreme Court rejected the NTC's arguments, ruling that there was no aboriginal title. This decision was upheld by the BC Court of Appeal, but the NTC persevered and took...

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