IN 2024Hyde nation has reached an agreement with the Government of the Province of British Colombia and the federal government To return The power and jurisdiction of the country over his hereditary archipelago of Hyda Gvai. This historical agreement was the first thing the title, which was settled through negotiations with the federal government, and not through the courts. According to the Canadian government, there are more than 170 such On the rights of negotiations Currently in the process.
In the same year, when the title of highida was reached, Ottawa also transferred the jurisdiction and powers of the lands of the crown and underground rights to Nunavuta to the territorial government. Although the Nunavut government, although not exclusively, the radical government, usually shows a strong chosen representation of the Inuits, along with additional structures, to ensure that the votes of the Inuits are heard in the political process. Many considered these two stages as examples of a long -standing resource and resources – key principles for the report of the commission on truth and reconciliation – in action.
But these milestones are an exception, not the norm. Within a decade after the TRC published its final report, Canada was largely unable to solve fundamental issues, such as stolen lands and resources, preferring to carry out actions that do not threaten settlers (creation of national holidays, renaming buildings and places, and holding requests, whose calls were generally ignored, for example).
It is in this context of relative inaction that is “discarded” -the slogan, the movement, which was in the late 2010s and early 2020s, to a large extent thanks Young people from among the indigenous peoples onlineThe Earth turns to colonial countries, such as Canada, to prioritize the return of lands and other material goods in its desire for transformed relations, as well as in order to allow the indigenous peoples to continue the struggle during generations for rightfully, regardless of support from the state.
In 2020, members of the six countries of the Grand River staged a confrontation against developers seeking to build residential real estate for twenty-five acres of land claiming the first nations, calling it 1492 Land Back LaneToday, today we see that the indigenous countries in the Far North Ontario promise blockade if provincial and federal governments try to extract resources from their traditional parental possessions without their consent. At the end of June, the camps have already begun take rootField
Such examples of movements at the bottom level threaten to become more and more frequent, especially as many indigenous peoples are skeptical of the newly elected Mark Carney The government will determine the priorities in the resolution of conflicts associated with the name of the indigenous peoples, as in his term, he, according to the visible, prefers to talk about Economic reconciliation Through projects of resource extraction, not restoration of land. This is far from Justin TrudeauThe cabinet that took the language of the earth back Obviouslypointing to the title of indigenous peoples as a priority issue, even if their progress on this issue was erroneous.
But the change in the tone of Carni emphasizes a broader problem than any current lack of progress on Earth: the Canadians are constantly considering the ownership of the ownership as a “issue of politics”, and not as a legal obligation and fundamental law. Why do the indigenous peoples always encounter, to fear that these rights threaten the changeable whims of the Canadian government of that day?
Cases of Nunavut and Hyde show that the advantages of the Canadian state are becoming actively involved in indigenous title affairs: indigenous nations can avoid decades of expensive and tiring ship battles, and they can also get a significant yield of land for one deal, and not fight for land for one acre at a time. But these negotiations require a partner who wants, and Canada's readiness depends on his own interests and priorities.
Nevertheless, even with potentially preferred partners in the Trudeau government, Canada would have so sought to conclude a deal to recognize the title of highida if they want to build a pipeline on this earth, or they will use a militarized force, How they are In the wet Juena Iinta? Will they apply such agreements with states under contracts, territories covering large metropolitan centers, such as Montreal and Kalgary?
Even in its most conciliatory one, Canada participates in the initiatives on Earth selectively: only in cases where political and economic rates remain relatively low, and it can acquire some kind of social and radical goodwill, without threatening the settlement-colonial status quo.
Canada should understand: the vision of the indigenous peoples to the Earth will not wait for the election of a suitable policy or so that the mega -corporation join the case. Instead, the landing will continue to flourish in the face of all this – just as always.
