Open AccessL’Échec relative de l’Autonomie Gouvernementale des Nations Autochtones: Un Problème Institutionnel
Author(s) -
Émmanuelle Richez
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
federalism-e journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-3435
DOI - 10.24908/fede.v6i1.13649
Subject(s) - legitimacy , sovereignty , political science , independence (probability theory) , politics , public administration , ethnology , sociology , law , statistics , mathematics
This article looks at failed attempts at granting aboriginal communities sovereignty, from an institutional perspective. The author suggests that such failures are due to a combination of factors: the legal status of the First Nations; the federal fiscal and political system; and, the aboriginal communities’ own lack of legitimacy and independence.