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Originally Posted by peter12
Well, as the reserve is on Crown land, it isn't private.
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In Canada - with some rare exceptions, such as railway land - the vast majority of land is technically owned by the crown and the "owner" just has a fee simple, which gives them exclusive rights to its use and occupation (within limits).
Reserve land would be owned by the specific band and can't be, by definition, owned by any specific individual. The band would "own" it but under much stricter limits than the fee simple of private individuals. For example, they can't do anything to it that would change its nature from generation to generation without permission. Their level of ownership is seen as holding it in trust for future generations.
The term "private" ownership is complicated in Canada, but I was using it in the sense that it's not open to the public as a whole.
A property lawyer can correct me...