A Comparison of Nisga’a Self-Government and International Standards of Indigenous Self-Determination

• Authors: Agnieszka Szpak

Abstracts

EN

The paper concentrates on the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples on the basis of the Nisga’a Nation. The author analyzes the most important provisions of the Nisga’a Final Agreement, in particular those envisaging self-determination of the Nisga’a Nation. Then the author briefly examines the Nisga’a Constitution which may be regarded as a means to implement the Nisga’a Final Agreement. It shows how the Nisga’a selfgovernance model fits into the provisions on self-determination of indigenous peoples. The thesis of this paper is that the Nisga’a self-governance is consonant with international legal standards expressed in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Nisga’a selfgovernment model is much more than just cultural autonomy: it actually amounts to political autonomy. This subject is worth exploring because it may serve as a pattern to be followed with reference to other indigenous peoples, not only in Canada.

Keywords

EN

indigenous peoples; Nisga’a Nation; right to self-determination; self-governance

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 3 (49)
• Pages: 77-95

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Szpak

• Nicolaus Copernicus University

• https://orcid.org/0000000176011230

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy2020305

Biblioteka Nauki

2015613