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From Ceremony to Liability: Cowichan Title Ruling Changes the Stakes of Land Acknowledgments
When the British Columbia Supreme Court confirmed on August 7, 2025, that the Cowichan Tribes hold Aboriginal title to part of Richmond, including fee-simple land, it added legal weight to a phrase that institutions across Canada and the U.S. have repeated for years: “unceded Indigenous land.” But Indigenous writers and advocates are now making clear […]
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They Picked Up the Children Rome Left to Die
In the Roman Empire, unwanted newborns were regularly exposed to die. Left near trash heaps or at the edge of cities, these infants, especially girls or those born with deformities, were not hidden but openly discarded. Exposure was not a crime. It was a socially accepted and legally protected practice. Against this brutal norm, early […]
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