IS-1017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Indian Act, Aboriginal Title, Assembly Of First Nations
11 Oct 2018
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Chapter 9: political organizing in canada: native organizations. Native organizations occasionally collaborate to press canada to recognize aboriginal rights. There are more than 4,000 estimated native political organizations. Most are independent lobby groups acting on behalf of constituents with unique and specialized needs. The need to fuse community-based political needs and hopes with the demands of operating within the various levels: pre-contact organizing. Each community addresses its internal social, political and economic concerns. Meeting to consider regional political and economic issues. Allowed two or more nations to merge politically to further their mutual goals. Strength and political unity based on superior numbers was acknowledged. Allowed sovereign nations to maintain political and economic ties. Councils and confederacies operated well past the 17th century: embracing change. Ojibwa political activities included writing petitions and treaty negotiations to colonial officials. Led by peter jones, credit river ojibwa fashioned a community constitution and legal rules. Jones "sought control in canada amidst changing circumstances"
