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Indigenous Self-Government Clarification
“Indigenous self-government” is a term that carries some misunderstanding. And as we’re likely to be hearing about it more frequently as Indigenous...
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“Indigenous self-government” is a term that carries some misunderstanding. And as we’re likely to be hearing about it more frequently as Indigenous...
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The Wetʼsuwetʼen protests in 2019 and 2020 were widely reported on and sparked public interest around one of many misconceptions of Hereditary Chiefs...
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This is another installment in our series on the people behind the transformational court cases that affect Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Please...
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In January 2019, a situation arose in northern BC that brought to the public’s attention the fact that some Indigenous communities have two forms of...
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In recent decades, there has been significant pressure to address historical Indian Act issues. That pressure has been imposed by the combination of...
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For some First Nation people, inherent rights are rights bestowed upon them by the Creator who placed them on Turtle Island and provided them with...
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Indigenous Peoples want the ability to participate in the political, and more importantly, the economic mainstream without having to rely on federal...
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Perhaps a more accurate question would be, “Why do Indigenous Peoples want self-government back?” Long before European contact, Indigenous Peoples...
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The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) is remarkable on many points, but perhaps the most significant is that this Agreement gave the Inuit of...
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When we take a look at the day-to-day operations of a band we see that all the actions of the band are directed in accordance with the Indian Act....