Political and Legal Foundation Sample Clauses

Political and Legal Foundation. A spiritual/cultural foundation establishes the personal and societal source of responsibility to the land. A political/legal foundation is the basis for a negotiating relationship with another government. The goal here is to immediately establish the working relationship on a government to government basis. The message conveyed is that this is a transaction to fulfil historical responsibilities through honourable conduct. It is not viewed as something done out of the goodness of their heart, or "at the pleasure of the Crown". Reiterating this, and often, reinforces the resilience of First Nation governments. The other party is consequently reminded that it is dealing with a nation holding certain rights and privileges. 16Strathearn. 1991. Using Development Indicators for Aboriginal Development: A Guidebook. 1991. Economic Development Staff Program.lNAC. 17Strathearne. 1991. Summary of the International Workshop on Indigenous Knowledge and Community- based Resource Management. UNESCO. Politics is the process by which people make decisions about those issues that they cannot address without recourse to authoritative means of compliance or agreement within a given domain. In any political system it is important to know: What decisions are political decisions? Who makes decisions? How decisions are made? Where decisions are made? In aboriginal communities, these are particularly difficult questions to answer because these communities are asking basic questions about their political and constitutional order. Thinking about aboriginal governments means thinking about the role of politics in everyday life. Adding the practical potential for taking control of natural resources can be onerous on aboriginal communities, which often have a small number of people, excluding many of those with the necessary skills working outside of the community (Xxxxxxx, 1989). When it comes to natural resources, rightful access to them includes not only harvesting or "taking" of resources, but all decision-making based on good information in order to make the resources last "seven generations ahead", in Iroquois parlance. This is not only consistent with traditionally cultural aspects of utilizing the land, it makes biological sense. One has to have basic information in order to make good decisions. If the resources are to be shared, then a political partnership recognizing this upfront will establish every partner's roles. The actual practise of resource management establishes the...
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