TY - JOUR
T1 - Colonial fault lines
T2 - First Nations autonomy and Indigenous lands in the time of COVID-19
AU - Flynn, Alexandra
AU - Daum Shanks, Signa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Studies in Political Economy.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the political and economic fault lines in the exercise of power across multiple jurisdictions. This article focuses on the power of First Nations to make enforceable decisions in respect to reserve lands, specifically the powers First Nations have to enforce public health restrictions during the pandemic. We argue that Canadian law both enables First Nations to assert decisionmaking in respect to their lands, and undermines Indigenous authority in relation to enforcement and intergovernmental status. This paper is part of the SPE Theme on the Political Economy of COVID-19.
AB - The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the political and economic fault lines in the exercise of power across multiple jurisdictions. This article focuses on the power of First Nations to make enforceable decisions in respect to reserve lands, specifically the powers First Nations have to enforce public health restrictions during the pandemic. We argue that Canadian law both enables First Nations to assert decisionmaking in respect to their lands, and undermines Indigenous authority in relation to enforcement and intergovernmental status. This paper is part of the SPE Theme on the Political Economy of COVID-19.
KW - Aboriginal and treaty rights
KW - COVID-19
KW - Indigenous health
KW - Indigenous lands
KW - Indigenous sovereignty
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UR - https://ssrn.com/abstract=4017829
U2 - 10.1080/07078552.2021.2000211
DO - 10.1080/07078552.2021.2000211
M3 - Article
SN - 0707-8552
VL - 102
SP - 248
EP - 267
JO - Studies in Political Economy
JF - Studies in Political Economy
IS - 3
ER -