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Aboriginal right to self-government is the most precious aboriginal right of the First Nations in Canada. Aboriginals themselves understood the concept of self-government as that the Creator gave each people the right to govern its own affairs, as well as land on which to live and with which to sustain their lives (1)( Boldt and Long, 1985). Other human beings cannot take these rights away. However, federal government of Canada does not divide these perceptions with the First Nations. Today the general right of natives to self-government is a right not yet recognized in Canadian law (2).(Havemann, 2000). Meanwhile Canadian officials have been trying to negotiate with the First Nations by implementing different policies towards increased self-government for Indians. However, their attempts have not been achieving successful results due to the fact that Aboriginal and federal government perspectives on native self-government are different. This paper will offer a comparative...

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