Chapter 5 – Yukon Indigenous Peoples and Governance

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the significance of the document: Together Today for Our Children Tomorrow.
  • Explain what the Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement is and why it is significant.
  • Explain what First Nation Final agreements are and their purpose.
  • Explain what Self-Government Agreements are and their purpose.
  • Identify which First Nations have not settled their land claims under the Umbrella Final Agreement and why they have chosen this path.
  • Identify some of the key people involved in the Yukon land claim movement and current discussions on self-determination.

 

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ECHO: Ethnographic, Cultural and Historical Overview of Yukon's First Peoples by Victoria Elena Castillo; Christine Schreyer; and Tosh Southwick is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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