People first started talking about having Self-government around 1969. It was in response to the wanting of assimilation by the Canadian Liberal government. Self-government isn’t a new concept in the Native community. In 1763 it was recognized that when the Europeans came the Native people were already governing themselves.

In earlier times Indian societies made collective decisions for themselves that were in their own best interests. Tribes needed to devel

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