"Traditionally associated with the federal government, Aboriginal policy has arguably become a far more complex reality. With or without formal self-government, Aboriginal communities and nations are increasingly assertive in establishing their own authority in areas as diverse as education, land management, the administration of justice, family and social services, and housing. The 2013 State of the Federation volume gathers experts and practitioners to discuss the contemporary dynamics, patterns, and challenges of Aboriginal multilevel governance in a wide range of policy areas.

Recent court decisions on Aboriginal rights, notably on the duty to consult, have forced provincial and territorial governments to develop more sustained relationships with Aboriginal organizations and governments, especially in the management of lands and resources. Showing that Aboriginal governance is, more than ever, a multilevel reality, contributors address questions such as: What are the challenges in negotiating and implementing these bilateral and trilateral governance agreements? Are these governance arrangements conducive to real and sustained Aboriginal participation in the policy process? Finally, what are the implications of these various developments for Canadian federalism and for the rights and status of Aboriginal peoples in relation to the Canadian federation?" - Provided by publisher

"The front page of the nation's newspapers have never been the same since June, 1987, when the Assembly of First Nations decided upon a confrontational course of direct action. All across the country, Indian bands have taken to blockading roads, setting up picket lines and occupying government-held properties in an attempt to publicize their disputes and get governments to respond.

In [this book], prominent leaders and editor Boyce Richardson tell the history of the relations between eight Indian bands and the Canadian federal and provincial governments. These are histories of betrayal, double dealing, and racism, and finally, of the native people's rising anger and determination to claim what has been denied them, and to forge a new and powerful role in Canadian society." - Provided by Publisher

"In the northern part of Alberta, eight Métis settlements, with a combined area of 1,250,000 acres, constitute the only collective Métis land base in Canada. This is the first study to undertake a broad examination of the contemporary politics of an Aboriginal collectivity. The study makes extensive use of data derived from interviews with Métis politicians, their constituents, and government officials. The study presents an unconventional approach to the issue of self-government and applies to the situation of the Métis settlements." -- Provided by goodminds.com

Sliwa, S.G. "The Government and Politics of the Alberta Metis Settlements." Journal of Canadian Studies / Revue d'études canadiennes, vol. 27, no. 4, 1993, pp. 212-215. https://muse-jhu-edu.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/article/673930/pdf.

Sprague, D.N. "The Government and Politics of the Alberta Metis Settlements." Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, vol. 26, no. 2, 1993, pp. 399-400. https://www-jstor-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/stable/3229232?seq=1….

Binda, K. P. "Reviewed Work: The Government and Politics of the Alberta Métis Settlements by T. C. Pocklington." Great Plains Research, vol. 2, no. 1, 1992, pp. 141-143. https://www-jstor-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/stable/23775769?pq-o….

Payment, Diane P. "The Government and Politics of the Alberta Metis Settlements." American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, 1992, p. 225+. Book Review Index Plus, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A13859292/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B….

"In February 1992, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples issued a commentary entitled The Right of Aboriginal Self-Government and the Constitution. The aim of that commentary was to discuss the then current proposals for constitutional reform as those bore upon the right of Aboriginal peoples to govern themselves. In the commentary we set out a number of criteria to be satisfied by any constitutional provision dealing with the Aboriginal right of self-government; we also reviewed a variety of ways to accommodate that right explicitly in the Constitution.

Since that time the process of constitutional reform has faltered, and the immediate prospects for a further round of negotiations are not bright. However, it is open to question whether constitutional amendment is actually necessary to accommodate the inherent Aboriginal right of self-government. In the present paper the Royal Commission considers the possibility that this right already exists in the Constitution of Canada. The paper discusses the historical and legal grounds for the right and how it might be implemented. At the same time the paper paints a broader and more inclusive picture of the Constitution than that often presented, one that incorporates the perspectives of Aboriginal peoples as well as those of other partners in Confederation. It endeavours to take proper account of the long history of treaties and other relations between Aboriginal peoples and the Crown and to work out the modern implications of the basic principles underpinning those relations. Although the historical portion of this paper focuses particularly on the relationships between Indian First Nations and the Crown, a review of the history of Inuit and Metis as distinct Aboriginal peoples would lead to the same conclusions.

Section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 guarantees the existing Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. As the paper explains, there are persuasive grounds for believing that this provision includes an inherent right of self-government. This view has significant implications for Aboriginal peoples, for federal and provincial governments, and for the public at large. It therefore merits wide public discussion.

The purpose of this paper to trigger such discussion. It is hoped that a review of the grounds on which the constitutional right of self-government can be supported will promote a better understanding of the basic issue and provide a foundation for reasoned dialogue. Our hope is that it will also point the way forward on a question that is important to improved relations between Aboriginal peoples and Canada." -- Provided by publisher

"On 1 November 1990, the government of Alberta enacted legislation to enable Métis ownership and government of Alberta's Métis settlement lands. This book explores the legislative history of the Métis settlements and constitutional issues arising from Alberta's initiative. The main body of the work provides an overview of the 1990 legislation with particular emphasis on land ownership and management. The integration of provincial jurisdiction to enact Métis legislation and constitutional protection of the Métis settlements legislation. The scope of the Métis settlements legislation is enormous and ground-breaking. It is the first provincial legislative scheme to enact a comprehensive rights regime for an aboriginal people. The main contribution of this book is its synthesis of essential components of the legislation and regulations, making the law in this area accessible. The book also links basic concepts of Anglo-Canadian land law to unique proprietary interests created to further the autonomy of Alberta's Métis peoples. The work will be of particular interest to lawyers and others dealing with the settlements on land-related matters and persons studying or developing models for aboriginal self-governments." - Provided by Publisher

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"For more than 300 years, the true Canadian North (north of the 60th parallel) was ruled either as a private fiefdom of the Hudson's Bay Company or as a far-off colony of Ottawa. The gold rush of 1898 changed that for the Yukon, but it wasn't until 1935 that the Northwest Territories started to organize itself into a political entity and not until 1953 that the true revolution began. Arctic Revolution traces the events and movements that have altered the NWT between 1953 and 1994 - the impact of the Cold War; the CANOL Project; the evolution of the native organizations; the Berger Mackenzie valley Pipeline Inquiry; the growth of an indigenous broadcasting system; land claims negotiations with the Inuvialuit in the Mackenzie Delta, the Inuit in the eastern Arctic, and the Dené in the Mackenzie Valley; social change at the community level; native women's invaluable contribution to the North's social and political revolution. And all of this has been building towards the coming into being of Nunavut in 1999, a massive self-governing territory in the eastern Arctic. The author interviewed many of the players in this ongoing drama. Their words, especially those of the Dené, Métis, Inuit, or Inuvialuit, vitally enhance this grass-roots portrait of one of Canada's most dynamic regions." - Provided by Publisher

Titley, B. (1996). Arctic Revolution: Social Change in the Northwest Territories, 1935–1994 by John David Hamilton. The Canadian Historical Review, 77(2), 289-290. https://muse-jhu-edu.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/article/574807/pdf

Preston, R. (1995). Canadian Public Policy / Analyse De Politiques, 21(4), 498-499. doi:10.2307/3551369 http://www.jstor.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/stable/3551369?seq=1#…

"On the Land: Confronting the Challenges to Aboriginal Self-Determination in Northern Quebec and Labrador is a collection of seven essays about the various ways First Nations and Inuit in Quebec and Labrador are asserting their rights to the land and challenging the right of Quebec to sovereignty. Aboriginal voices include Matthew Coon Come, Zebedee Nungak, Daniel Ashini, and Mary Ellen Turpel. Views from the outside include Harvey Feit, Alan Penn, and Boyce Richardson. The book covers the Inuit of Quebec, the Innu of Labrador, and the James Bay Cree. Nungak's essay discusses identity asking if he is a Quebecer, a Canadian or an Inuk. Lawyer Mary Ellen Turpel discusses the conflicting visions of self-government in Quebec from the French and Aboriginal perspectives." -- Provided by publisher

"From Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite traces the development of class relations and collective identity among Canadian Inuit over several centuries of contact with Western capitalism. Marybelle Mitchell provides a complete history of Inuit-white relations, starting with the first contact with European explorers in the sixteenth century and ending with ratification of the Nunavut proposal to create an Inuit homeland through division of the Northwest Territories.

Mitchell demonstrates the transformation of relationships -- both between the Inuit and Europeans and among the Inuit themselves -- that has occurred since contact with the West, focusing on the intersection of class and nation. This intersection provides a unifying framework to order the history of Inuit-European contact. At the heart of the book is a detailed and original presentation of the Inuit cooperative movement. Mitchell's skillful blending of primary sources with personal experience and secondary literature provides a compelling analysis of the Inuit co-op as a development tool used by the state. In the final chapters, she provides an astute evaluation of contemporary Inuit land claims, concluding that the Inuit have been unequally incorporated into the Canadian class system because of their ethnic status and lack of capital.

Growing nationalism among the Inuit and demands for self-government make From Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite a timely and important addition to the field of Native studies. It will be of great interest to both scholars and general readers." -- Provided by Publisher

MacLean, Hope. "From Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite: The Birth of Class and Nationalism Among Canadian Inuit." The Canadian Forum, vol. 75, no. 858, 1997, p. 41+. http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A19681076/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B….

Anderson, David G. "From talking chiefs to a Native corporate elite." Arctic, vol. 51, no. 1, 1998, pp. 61-2. https://link-gale-com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/apps/doc/A30027933/C….

Trudel, F. (1997). Compte rendu de [MITCHELL, Marybelle, From Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite: the Birth of Class and Nationalism Among Canadian Inuit (Montréal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996), 533 p.] Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française, 51 (1), 115–117. https://doi.org/10.7202/305632ar

Baker, Brian A. Contemporary Sociology, vol. 26, no. 5, 1997, pp. 585–586. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2655627.

"This collection of essays is a timely exploration of the progress of Aboriginal rights movements in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Contributors compare the situations in Canada and Mexico, in both of which demands by Aboriginal people for political autonomy and sovereignty are increasing, and explore why there is very little corresponding activity in the United States. The essays address problems of constructing new political arrangements, practical questions about the viability of multiple governments within one political system, and epistemological questions about recognizing and understanding the "other"." - provided by publisher

“Book Reviews.” The Public Historian, vol. 23, no. 4, 2001, pp. 125–154. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/tph.2001.23.4.125.

"The essays in this volume illuminate the process of indigenous autonomy and development in northern Quebec and Labrador. Contributors include academic specialists, Aboriginal leaders, and professionals employed within Aboriginal governments who address key conditions for autonomy and development: the definition and redefinition of natural territories as cultural orders clash and mix; control of resource bases and maintenance of environments upon which northern regional economies can depend; renewal and reworking of cultural identity and the healing of community as people cope with the damage inflicted by continued colonial intrusion into Aboriginal lands and lives." - Provided by Publisher

Bernard, N. (2002). Aboriginal autonomy and development in northern Quebec and Labrador. Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec, 32(3), 113-116. http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-c…

Jarvenpa, R. (2002). American Anthropologist, 104(4), 1249-1251. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/stable/3567129

Rousseau, J. (2003). Études/Inuit/Studies, 27(1/2), 545-549. http://www.jstor.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/stable/42870668

Whitney-Lackenbauer, P., & Scott, C. H. (2002). Aboriginal autonomy and development in northern Quebec and Labrador. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 34(1), 143-144. http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-c…