The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Urban Aboriginal Self- Determination in Canada: A Preliminary Assessment
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) implicitly recognizes urban Indigenous self-determination and acknowledges collective and individual Indigenous rights. This essay examines the tensions associated with the Declaration’s acknowledged Indigenous individual choi...
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ftunivalbertaojs:oai:ejournals.library.ualberta.ca:article/10134 2023-05-15T16:16:18+02:00 The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Urban Aboriginal Self- Determination in Canada: A Preliminary Assessment Belanger, Yale 2011-04-05 application/pdf http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/aps/article/view/10134 https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v1i1.10134 eng eng Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/aps/article/view/10134/7952 aboriginal policy studies; Vol 1, No 1 (2011): ABORIGINAL POLICY STUDIES 1923-3299 Native Studies; law; policy UNDRIP; urban Aboriginal info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2011 ftunivalbertaojs https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v1i1.10134 2016-05-08T20:38:53Z The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) implicitly recognizes urban Indigenous self-determination and acknowledges collective and individual Indigenous rights. This essay examines the tensions associated with the Declaration’s acknowledged Indigenous individual choice to determine political affiliation with its recognition of Indigenous collective self-determination. The purpose is to expose the complexities inherent when attempting to reconcile the Declaration with First Nations and urban Aboriginal political aspirations, Canadian court decisions, federal Indian policies, and the protective mechanisms of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The author cautions that additional studies are required probing these and other issues prior to First Nation, Aboriginal, and Canadian political leaders venturing forward in their desires to implement and activate the Declaration’s provisions to promote Indigenous community development. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Alberta: Journal Hosting Canada Indian aboriginal policy studies 1 1 |
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) implicitly recognizes urban Indigenous self-determination and acknowledges collective and individual Indigenous rights. This essay examines the tensions associated with the Declaration’s acknowledged Indigenous individual choice to determine political affiliation with its recognition of Indigenous collective self-determination. The purpose is to expose the complexities inherent when attempting to reconcile the Declaration with First Nations and urban Aboriginal political aspirations, Canadian court decisions, federal Indian policies, and the protective mechanisms of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The author cautions that additional studies are required probing these and other issues prior to First Nation, Aboriginal, and Canadian political leaders venturing forward in their desires to implement and activate the Declaration’s provisions to promote Indigenous community development. |
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Urban Aboriginal Self- Determination in Canada: A Preliminary Assessment |
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Urban Aboriginal Self- Determination in Canada: A Preliminary Assessment |
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Urban Aboriginal Self- Determination in Canada: A Preliminary Assessment |
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Urban Aboriginal Self- Determination in Canada: A Preliminary Assessment |
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Urban Aboriginal Self- Determination in Canada: A Preliminary Assessment |
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united nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples and urban aboriginal self- determination in canada: a preliminary assessment |
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Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta |
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