What do Canadians need to know about Constitutional Aboriginal Rights?

Constitution of Canada
Sec 35

Indigenous Nations' Assertion of Aboriginal Rights and Treaties

Two Row Wampum (Treaty)

"We will travel the same river, but each in our own boat.
And neither of us will try to steer the other's vessel."

Charter of Rights and Freedoms Sec 25
Royal Proclamation 1763

All leading to the current law according to ...

Supreme Court Rulings

Consultation and accommodation must occur
Eg environmental concerns, treaty rights,
leases, revenue sharing, etc.,
The developers and corporations are likely
to want to resolve these issues respectfully,
now that they understand the title.

The Law of Nature
Land is not given by ancestors,
it is borrowed from children

In the Haldimand Tract, developers are seeking out the Haudenosaunee Confederacy whose advice is that they search their titles all the way back.

The developers do so, and come back acknowledging there is no original document of transfer from Six Nations to the Crown.

They acknowledge that their titles are not clear,
and ask to do business with the Confederacy.

A Confederacy framework for this process is being prepared, to sort projects
ranging from improvements to the land, water and, air that go ahead,
through serious concerns that must be delayed and addressed.

And since all of these laws and processes already exist,
rights simply have to be asserted
by Traditional Indigenous Nations
who carry the Treaty Wampum.

No action is required by our Canadian governments,
so they should be able to handle it.

June 29 2007
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