Reserved responsibilities: a comparative analysis of settler colonial narratives of Canadian federalism and sub-national jurisdictional responsibility for status First Nations peoples living on-reserve in Manitoba, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Grafton, Emily Katherine
• Other Authors: Kulchyski, Peter (Native Studies), Friesen, Jean (History) Ladner, Kiera (Native Studies) White, Graham (Political Science, University of Toronto)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Canadian federalism; Indigenous peoples; Settler colonial narratives; Settler colonialism; British Columbia; Canada; Northwest Territories; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32594

This study analyzes the role settler colonialism has had on Canadian federalism. It argues that a governance relationship between provincial and territorial governments, as sub-nationals of the Canadian federal government, does exist with status First Nations peoples living on-reserve. This can be e...