(3) These Nations are all part of the Plains Cree community of Maskwacis and have reserve lands that border one another. The process came with a new funding agreement with the Federal Government and removes the schools from the authority of the Indian Act. The MESC was set up to explore the potential amalgamation of the school systems of four First Nations: Montana, Louis Bull, Ermineskin, and Samson. Rather, I focus on the central role wahkohtowin played in the largest institutional transformation the community has ever undertaken. My work here does not attempt to describe in full how wahkohtowin operates as a legal principle within Maskwacis. (2) I believe the case law method can be valuable, but I hope to provide an illustration of the operation of Indigenous law by looking at how the Cree/Metis principle of wahkohtowin was infused through the work of the Maskwacis Education Schools Commission (MESC). As Hadley Friedland summarizes, "even people who want to engage more deeply with Indigenous legal traditions struggle to understand how to do so." (1) In response, Friedland has proposed a case law method that allows Indigenous communities and legal practitioners to access Indigenous law. Retrieved from įrom a Canadian legal standpoint, a common concern expressed about Indigenous law is that it is difficult to track down. 2018 Centre for Constitutional Studies, University of Alberta 24 May. MLA style: "Wahkohtowin in Action." The Free Library.
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