A History of Our Inherent Right of Self-Governance

Use this Timeline to explore the history of our right to self-governance, a right rooted in our occupation and jurisdiction over the land before contact. Today, we continue to link our self-governing powers with the issues which revolve around "the land question". Only recently, has indigenous land rights been seriously addressed by the Crown and, for many Aboriginal people, the movement for self-governance is a way to reaffirm our authority in relation to the land. Launch Timeline [New Window]