Aboriginal Self-Government, Extra-Territorial Powers, and the BC Treaty Process
Theses
Author/Creator
James Cousins
Description
Public Policy Thesis (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.
Public Policy Thesis (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.
Analyses of the federal government's draft proposal of an act, seen by some, as an attempt to fore-go some fiduciary responsibilities by giving First Nations governments the right to employ taxation to their members.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.
Historical note:
In 1876, the first consolidated Indian Act reflected the Canadian government's preoccupation with land management, First Nations membership and local government, and the ultimate goal of assimilation of Canada's Aboriginal population.