Wednesday, April 6, 2016

GRANTING PROPERTY RIGHTS ON RESERVES

First Nations reserve land is held in trust for on-reserve members by the federal government—essentially making on-reserve First Nations people wards of the state. Because of this policy, First Nations people who currently live on reserve are unable to earn equity on their home, use it as collateral to borrow money to undertake housing repairs, sell their land to whomever they choose, or bequest their land to their children.
 

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