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The new proclamation would acknowledge, in general terms, the injustices of the past, especially those associated with the paternalism and disrespect that characterized the period following the decline of the fur trade when Aboriginal title was ignored, treaty rights were undermined and the Indian Act was imposed. [...] The nation would be the appropriate party to the subsequent treaty process that would establish the full scope of its jurisdiction, the nature of its fiscal and other relationships to governments, and the boundaries of its lands. [...] The best forms of interim relief combine a high degree of protection for a portion of the territory, institutions for the co-management of critical resources in the territory, and financing for Aboriginal people in the form of a share of resource revenues. [...] Recommendation The Commission recommends that 5.1.1 First Ministers, territorial leaders and leaders of the national Aboriginal organizations meet within six months of the release of this report to (a) review its principal recommendations; (b) begin consultations on the drafting and enactment of a Royal Proclamation redefining the nature of the relationship between Aboriginal nations and Canadian [...] Our recommendations on education are designed to remove the impediments to learning that result from discontinuity between the culture of the community and the culture of the school and to foster bicultural competence to allow Aboriginal youth to function effectively in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal environments.… (more)