The anathema of aggregation: Toward 21st-century self-government in the Coast Salish world

There are significant tensions in state-sponsored attempts to formulate aggregated First Nations self-government bodies. In spite of decades of pressure from the Indian Act and Canada's Inherent Self-Government Rights Policy, and a dramatic privatization and alienation of lands and resources, F...

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Main Author: Thom, Brian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Anthropologica 2010
Subjects:
self-government
Coast Salish
Canadian Aboriginal policy
kinship
political organization
Indian
First Nations
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/15607
https://www.jstor.org/stable/29545993
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Coast Salish
Canadian Aboriginal policy
kinship
political organization
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Coast Salish
Canadian Aboriginal policy
kinship
political organization
Thom, Brian
The anathema of aggregation: Toward 21st-century self-government in the Coast Salish world
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Canadian Aboriginal policy
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description There are significant tensions in state-sponsored attempts to formulate aggregated First Nations self-government bodies. In spite of decades of pressure from the Indian Act and Canada's Inherent Self-Government Rights Policy, and a dramatic privatization and alienation of lands and resources, First Nations' visions of future self-governments continue to be distinctively local, with a few notable exceptions. This article looks at how the kin-based principles that underwrite Coast Salish leadership, property, political networking and the distribution of political power bases profoundly influence choices in self-determination. These issues challenge both state and First Nations negotiators to reconcile cultural difference in these agreements. Faculty Reviewed
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title The anathema of aggregation: Toward 21st-century self-government in the Coast Salish world
title_short The anathema of aggregation: Toward 21st-century self-government in the Coast Salish world
title_full The anathema of aggregation: Toward 21st-century self-government in the Coast Salish world
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op_relation Thom, B. (2010). The anathema of aggregation: Toward 21st-century self-government in the Coast Salish world. Anthropologica, 52(1), 33-48. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29545993
https://www.jstor.org/stable/29545993
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/15607
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