Negotiating the deal

By Christopher Alcantara

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Treaties, Native peoples, Land tenure, Indigenous peoples, canada, Réclamations, Indian land transfers, Terres, Claims, Autochtones, Relations avec l'État, Government relations, Indians of North America

Description: Using in-depth interviews with Indigenous, federal, provincial, and territorial officials, Christopher Alcantara compares the experiences of four Aboriginal groups: the Kwanlin Dün First Nation (with a completed treaty) and the Kaska Nations (with incomplete negotiations) in Yukon Territory, and the Inuit (completed) and Innu (incomplete) in Newfoundland and Labrador. Based on the experiences of these groups, Alcantara argues that scholars and policymakers need to pay greater attention to the institutional framework governing treaty negotiations and, most importantly, to the active role that Aboriginal groups play in these processes."--pub. desc.