(2) Any power of a First Nation named in Schedule II, including the power to pass legislation, may be delegated by a First Nation statute to another nation, another entity or person, as long as the delegation is in accordance with the Constitution and the First Nation Autonomy Agreement. Many of Yukon`s communities were extremely underdeveloped. Poor health, low incomes, poor housing quality and unemployment are just some of the factors that have contributed to the poor condition of these communities. Smith suggests that with the colony, many municipalities will be able to create local governments. They could revive development and make better progress. Kwanlin Don First Nation is an autonomous people with the main municipality and administrative headquarters in Whitehorse. The First Nation has approximately 1,130 members, most of whom live in the Whitehorse area, with the balance distributed in Canada, the United States of America (mainly Alaska) and abroad. About 75 per cent of the territory`s population live in the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Don First Nation. The Kwanlin Don have cultural ties to the northern and southern Tutchone, as well as the Tagish people of Lake De Marsh. The final and self-management agreements of Kwanlin Don First Nation came into force on 1 April 2005. The final agreement includes 1,043 km2 of residential land, including 647 km2, the Category A subdivision with surface and base rights and 388 km2 of the Category B settlement country, which covers only surface rights.
The remaining 7 km2 is Fee Simple Settlement Land. Unlike other parts of Canada, Yukon First Nations did not enter into contracts until the 1990s. Chief Jim Boss of Ta`an Kwach`an had asked the Canadian government to compensate for lost […]