With centuries of inequities to fix, Indigenous leaders take on monumental tasks with limited resources: Ken Coates in National Newswatch – MLI

November 14, 2024

No political leaders in Canada face the diversity and complexity of challenges as those tackled by First Nations, Inuit and Metis governments.

Indigenous governments must manage that shockingly long list of responsibilities with so few resources. Most Indigenous communities are small — under 1,000 people — with at best a few dozen employees and a daunting set of administrative, legal and political files.

Outside governments, the general public and even Indigenous community members are often upset about delays in responses from Indigenous councils. But no political leaders in Canada face a barrage of issues that vary from deciding the allocation of new homes to community members to constitutional negotiations with federal and provincial governments.

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