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9 Am. Indian L.J. 1 (2020-2021)

handle is hein.journals/ailj9 and id is 1 raw text is: ANOTHER INAPPROPRIATE F WORD: FIDUCIARY DOCTRINE AND THE CROWN-INDIGENOUS RELATIONSHIP IN CANADA By Bryan Birtles INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 2 I. HISTORY AND PARAMETERS OF THE FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP.................................................. 2 A. Evolution from Land Surrender to General Duty...................................................... 2 B. A Different Take on Fiduciary Duty ........................................................................... 4 II. A FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP CANNOT BUT FAIL ..................................................................... 6 A. The Fiduciary Structure is Insufficient....................................................................... 6 B. How the Crown Breaches its D uty .............................................................................7 III. A LACK OF U NDERSTANDING ................................................................................................... 9 A. Indigenous Worldview and its Relationship to Indigenous Law ................................. 9 B. Canada Can Understand Indigenous Perspectives .................................................. 11 C. Canada Chooses to Dismiss Indigenous Perspectives.............................................. 12 IV. SOLUTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 13 A. Self-D etermination is Paramount............................................................................. 13 B. UNDRIP Provides Support for the Notion of Self-Determination ............................ 14 C. A re W e Too Far G one? ............................................................................................. 15 D. Separate Sovereignty: Haudenosaunee-Style Independence ................................... 17 E. Shared Sovereignty: Cooperation and Interdependence.......................................... 17 V. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 19 1

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