Aboriginal land claims are statements by Native or Aboriginal peoples about the ownership of land before the arrival of settlers, primarily Europeans. This process is most active in countries such as Australia and Canada, where the native populations were almost completely wiped out by the arrival of European settlers. In the Yukon it was begun on February 14, 1973 with the presentation of "Together today for our children tomorrow" to then Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau.
See Also: Australian Aborigine, Inuit, Maori, Native Americans, First Nations of Canada