What Now? Future Federal Responsibilities Towards Aboriginal People Living in Cities
For decades, successive federal governments insisted that the federal fiduciary responsibility to "Registered Indians" ended at reserve boundaries, while not recognizing any responsibilities for Non-Status Indians, Metis, and Inuit. The recent growth of urban Aboriginal populations has cha...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:84962b11322d42cb80339f862d0e7ea0 2023-05-15T16:55:11+02:00 What Now? Future Federal Responsibilities Towards Aboriginal People Living in Cities Frances Abele Katherine Graham 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v1i1.10135 https://doaj.org/article/84962b11322d42cb80339f862d0e7ea0 EN FR eng fre University of Alberta https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/aps/index.php/aps/article/view/10135 https://doaj.org/toc/1923-3299 1923-3299 doi:10.5663/aps.v1i1.10135 https://doaj.org/article/84962b11322d42cb80339f862d0e7ea0 Aboriginal Policy Studies, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2011) urban aboriginal federalism indian act Anthropology GN1-890 Communities. Classes. Races HT51-1595 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v1i1.10135 2022-12-31T05:39:51Z For decades, successive federal governments insisted that the federal fiduciary responsibility to "Registered Indians" ended at reserve boundaries, while not recognizing any responsibilities for Non-Status Indians, Metis, and Inuit. The recent growth of urban Aboriginal populations has changed this situation dramatically. Many federal programs for urban Aboriginal people are not delivered in a "status-blind" fashion, while other services are still entangled in or complicated by the provisions of the Indian Act. This paper explores the policy history underlying the current situation while identifying four issues for further discussion: (1) political self-determination in the cities; (2) problems arising from the cities' junior position in the Canadian federation; (3) the challenge of dealing with the diversity of circumstances and preferences of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal urban dwellers; and (4) the legacy of differential programs based upon differentiations among sections of the Aboriginal population that no longer have constitutional salience. Long-term solutions, such as replacing the Indian Act, creating a "cities charter" and creating addenda to treaties or section 35 are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Metis Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Indian aboriginal policy studies 1 1 |
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For decades, successive federal governments insisted that the federal fiduciary responsibility to "Registered Indians" ended at reserve boundaries, while not recognizing any responsibilities for Non-Status Indians, Metis, and Inuit. The recent growth of urban Aboriginal populations has changed this situation dramatically. Many federal programs for urban Aboriginal people are not delivered in a "status-blind" fashion, while other services are still entangled in or complicated by the provisions of the Indian Act. This paper explores the policy history underlying the current situation while identifying four issues for further discussion: (1) political self-determination in the cities; (2) problems arising from the cities' junior position in the Canadian federation; (3) the challenge of dealing with the diversity of circumstances and preferences of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal urban dwellers; and (4) the legacy of differential programs based upon differentiations among sections of the Aboriginal population that no longer have constitutional salience. Long-term solutions, such as replacing the Indian Act, creating a "cities charter" and creating addenda to treaties or section 35 are discussed. |
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