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This paper explores the topic of government policy and the Aboriginal people of Canada. The paper offers the thesis of that the impact and consequences of federal and provincial policies against Aboriginal peoples have made their self-government and full sovereignty as a third partner in Canadian government the only viable means of retaining their identity and tribal cultural values. The paper also notes that the UN Human Rights Commission ruled that Canada was in violation of certain native tribes' human rights.

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"The thesis of this paper is that the impact and consequences of federal and provincial policies against Aboriginal peoples have made their self-government and full sovereignty as a third partner in Canadian government the only viable means of retaining their identity and tribal cultural values." "In 1990, after six years of study and deliberation, an eighteen country United Nations Committee on Human Rights ruled that Canada was in violation of the Lubicon Lake Indians human rights" (Harris 2006)."

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