This is the official Government of Canada statement in 2007 by Ambassador John McNee, who was the Representative of Canada to the United Nations 61st Session of the General Assembly on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
After the UN presented the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples, eleven countries abstained from the declaration, Canada being one of them.
The Specific Claims Tribunal Act is an initiative with the Assembly of First Nations meant to accelerate the process of specific claims so First Nations begin to get back the rights they deserve.
First Nations file specific claims (which are monetary claims) against the Crown d
This is the official First Nations Land Management Act (1999).
First Nations Land Management enables First Nations to transition away from the application of the 44 sections of the Indian Act to develop their own laws about land use, the environment and natural resources, and take advantage of cultural and economic developme