21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

Author:Bob Joseph
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780995266599
Publisher: Bob Joseph
Published: 2018-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

COMMUNITY HEALING AND SELF-GOVERNMENT

Most Indigenous Peoples recognize that self-government cannot serve as a panacea or silver bullet for the deep-rooted social, health, and economic problems that plague most Indigenous communities in Canada. The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples heard considerable testimony from Indigenous women, many of whom stressed the need for healing in their communities. As Lynn Brooks, the Executive Director of the Status of Women Council of the Northwest Territories said in her testimony, “Most women supported fully the move toward self-government and yet had many concerns and fears about the fulfillment of that right for Aboriginal Peoples. Why? Why do women feel such ambivalence towards the idea of self-government? The answer is clear to women... We have to change our priorities. We must have personal and community healing.”5

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