Intergovernmental Relations
Academic Articles
Completing Canadian Confederation
This article by Abele, Amatulli, MacQuarrie, & Sanderson summarizes research on the emerging Aboriginal order of government in Canada.
Completing Canadian Confederation 鈥 The Bibliography
How Indigenous Nations Have Been Transforming Public Policy through the Courts
This chapter of Policy Success in Canada: Cases, Lessons and Challenges by Satsan, McNeil, & Abele examines how Indigenous political action and litigation have reshaped Canadian constitutional and policy frameworks.
Checking our Attachment to the Charter and Respecting Indigenous Legal Orders
This article by Naiomi Metallic examines the tension between the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Indigenous legal orders.
Indigenous Law and the Common Law
This article by Kent McNeil examines whether Indigenous legal traditions form part of Canadian law.
Breathing Life into Our Living Tree and Strengthening our Constitutional Roots
This article by Naiomi Metallic examines whether section 35 of the Constitution Act has fallen short of achieving meaningful reconciliation and considers how to strengthen strengthen the protection of Indigenous rights.
Aboriginal Rights, Legislative Reconciliation and Constitutionalism
This article by Naiomi Metallic explores the emerging use of 鈥渓egislative reconciliation鈥 in Canada, focusing on recent federal statutes that recognize and support the exercise of Indigenous rights under Section 35.