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The paper discusses how Canada's aboriginal peoples have loudly insisted upon their right to self-government. The paper discusses how this has become an extremely contentious topic in recent years because it lays bare historic grievances, brings back to the forefront old injustices, highlights racial and ethnic divides, and because it calls into question the absolute sovereignty of the Canadian federal state - to say nothing of the fact that it might portend significant changes to the Canadian Constitution at some point in the future.

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"As many Canadians are increasingly aware, Canada's aboriginal peoples have loudly insisted upon their right to self-government; this has become an extremely contentious topic in recent years because it lays bare historic grievances, brings back to the forefront old injustices, highlights racial and ethnic divides, and because it calls into question the absolute sovereignty of the Canadian federal state - to say nothing of the fact that it might portend significant changes to the Canadian Constitution at..."

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