What is an important difference between First Nations Settlement Agreements and Modern Land Claims Negotiations in Canada?
1) Settlement Agreements are a necessary extension of any ongoing Modern Land Claims negotiations taking place between First Nations and the Government of Canada.
2) Settlement Agreements allow those FN under the old Historical Treaties to claim traditional territories outside of their original Reserve lands, one of the results of the 1982 Constitutional amendment.
3) Settlement Agreements are an opportunity for Canada's Metis population to come under the jurisdiction of the Indian Act (1876), giving the Metis Nation the right to claim their own Metis Reserves.
4) Settlement Agreements can only be negotiated between the First Nations, the Governments of Yukon and North West Territories, in conjunction with the Federal Gov't.