Aboriginality, Existing Aboriginal Rights and State Accommodation in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Dimitrios Panagos
Description
Political Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2008.
Discusses the self-government issues of legitimacy, power and resources, by using examples of current agreements. The article breaks the areas down in terms of: basic principles, rights through treaties, federal-provincial division of power, status of lands, legislative powers, and funding.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
Brief profile of James Miles Venne, Lac La Ronge Indian Band chief, who helped create Kitsaki Development Corporation, set up band control of the local education system and lobbied for Aboriginal and treaty rights to be included in the Canadian Constitution.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.