Urban economic development; different tax treatment of Aboriginal lands; and cost recovery for municipalities has lead to a more complicated relationship. Discusses principles and recommendations for provinces and territories to help local governments and First Nations evade conflicts.
Discusses the five realities of self government: historical reality, legal reality, political reality, economic reality, and one First Nation's reality.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 17, no. 2, Autumn, 2002, pp. 143-165
Description
Illustrates, by use of a landmark court case, a parallel between 1492 and the present regarding First Nations in British Columbia and the recognition of Aborignal title.