Research Report (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 47
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Caitlin McAuliffe
Description
Discusses the reporting relationship between federal funders and First Nations governments using the Nipissing First Nations as a case study. Looks at discrepancies and challenges faced by communities and funders' accountability and transparency, as well as best practices in data governance, partnerships, and data collection models.
Focuses on integrated resource management throughout comprehensive claim territories in the Arctic and Subarctic, with special attention on the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
Concludes that four problems must be addressed: level of commitment to self-government by other governments, clear policy and process to achieve recognition for the purpose of negotiations, issues related to funding and other resources, and the need for mechanisms for longer term relations.
Explains that the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec wished to stay in Canada in the event that Quebec seperated from Canada and questions how the Quebecers could deny the First Nations the very thing that they insist is theirs, self-determination.
Nine indicators used: recognition of land/title, self-government rights, cultural rights, and customary law, upholding historic treaties and/or signing new treaties, guarantees of representation/consultation in central government, affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international instruments, and affirmative action.
2nd edition.
Some Preliminary Considerations for a Metis-Catalan Comparison
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Stephen White
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 75-95
Description
Compares the similarities of the Metis and Catalan nationalism to identify how these two movements can learn from one another in their fights for nationhood within a larger state.