CRM 3322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cultural Rights, Aboriginal Voices Radio Network, Elijah Harper
20 Nov 2017
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Royal commission on aboriginal peoples: contemporary context. Lack of acknowledgement with aboriginal people: elijah harper was the only man to stop the accord, following the oka crisis, mandate of rcap. It was to inform public debate, research different land claims, etc: 1991: a lot of it was the aftermath of what happened in oka in indigenous communities in modern times. It wasn"t ignorance: provide an historical analysis of pre-contact. Canadian government: what was more realistic is the nation to nation approach - coexist, the third order of government, an indigenous government - or an aboriginal parliament. Increase spending on indigenous issues on 1. 5 billion in the 5th year: some of the major findings: Into 2 departments: to implementation of new relations and for self-governing communities: creation of aboriginal parliament - didn"t happen, expansion of aboriginal land base - hasn"t happened, greater recognition of metis self-government, greater recognition of metis rights.
