I think what you have to look for is ways to get out of the Indian Act, which sits on top of the numbered treaties—one through 11—across most of central and western Canada. Other parts of Canada, as you know, have modern treaties. In all of the north, there are almost 24 modern self-government land claims agreements, and in most of those you have much clearer aboriginal title and ownership of the land base.
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