Should first nation’s people have the right to demand legal control of large amounts of land? This issue has been debated time and time again and there are many opinions on either side of the argument. Before the Europeans explores discovered Canada, the first nation’s people lived there alone, they depended in the land for their survival and followed their own distinctive cultures and traditions. The arrival of the Europeans changed their lives in ways that still impact tem today. Thus first nation’s people should have the right to demand legal control of large amounts of land because of what the land means to them, their rights for occupation and legal rulings made that support their land claims. Firstly, what does the land mean to the first nations? Non- Indigenous people and land owners might consider the land something they own, something to be bought and sold, an object they can make profit from. For aboriginal people the relationship between them and their land is much different. The land owns aboriginal people and every aspect of their lives is connected to it. They have a profound spiritual connection to the land. Aboriginal law and spiritually are connected with the land, the people and creation, and this forms culture. The health of land and water is central to their culture, land is there mother, is steeped in their culture, but also gives them the responsibility to care for it. The way first nation’s people relate to the land is completely different from the way Europeans related to it. The Europeans saw the land has another thing to own and sell. Losing it would mean nothing, however for the first nations it would be like losing their identity. According to aboriginal musician, Galarwuy Yunipingu, the land gives him pride in who he is. “The land is my backbone I only stand straight, happy. Proud and not ashamed about my color because I still have land.I think of land as the history of my nation” (Yunipingu) Th