Aboriginal Self-Government

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at why native self-government is necessary and desirable. The paper outlines the arguments favoring native self-governance, the arguments opposing it and why native self-government is actually feasible within the federal framework shaping Canadian political society. The paper shows how, while there are practical issues which need to be resolved, Canada can ill-afford to compound the troubles of the past by failing to meet the native needs of the present and future.

From the Paper:

"During the 1990 Oka Crisis, a group of Mohawk protestors defended their decision to barricade native land on the Kahnawake Reserve near Montreal. To wit, the protestors claimed that the lands developers were now seeking to turn into a golf course had never been ceded to British or Canadian governments and would certainly not be ceded to them now. The seemingly interminable stand-off between authorities and the Mohawks, an incident in which one police officer was killed, revived the age-old question of whether or not Native Canadians should have a sovereign "archipelago" of their own - or whether they should be compelled to abide by the same laws as the rest of Canadians."

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• Bellfy, Phil. "Aboriginal Peoples: The Changing Face of Canada." American Review of Canadian Studies (2001): 11. Questia. 16 Oct. 2006 <http://questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5002420575>
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