Reference no: EM133432059
Questions
1. In what year did Yukon First Nations travel to Ottawa to meet with the government to demand the negotiation of a comprehensive land claim?
2. What did Chief Sam Johnston of the Teslin Tlingit First Nation say their message delivered to the federal government was?
3. How many years of "hard negotiations" did it take before the government of Canada started settling land claims and self-government agreements with the Yukon First Nations?
4. The majority of First Nations who have completed self-government agreements reside in the Yukon. By 2006, how many First Nations in the Yukon had "closed the book on the Indian Act" and signed self-governance agreements?
5. After signing a self-governance agreement, a First Nation ceases becoming an Indian Act Band and sets its own course. Describe the shared vision Justin Ferby says comes from self-government.
6. What are the first steps and/or decisions for a self-governing First Nation no longer under the Indian Act?
7. What do Yukon First Nations see as the benefits of switching to the clan system over an INAC form of governance?
8. What are some of the self-governance authorities that must be taken on by the First Nation?
9. Even though First Nations have found the transition to self-governance challenging, what benefits do they see specifically related to the youth of their communities?
10. How have self-governing communities adapted to the responsibility for the many programs and services transferred from federal an territorial governments to them?
11. How has the remote First Nation of Old Crow invested some of its claims moneys in a business venture under self-government, and what how successful has their venture been?
12. Identify 3 ways self-government authority has benefited education for communities in the Yukon.
13. What does the speaker identify as being "at the heart of self-government"?
14. Consider the Teslin Tlingit governance structure organization chart, and identify two strengths that you see in their model of governance that could be used for other First Nations moving to self-governance? (Website resources: Teslin Tlingit Council Organization Chart). *Download the pdf file from Moodle if the link does not open for you.