In Canada, aboriginal self-government has become an important and growing issue. The issues that are mainly focused on are leaned toward constitutional, policy, and legislative changes. Some questions arise when the term Self-Government is mentioned, for instance; what is Aboriginal Self-Government? And who is entitled to Self-Government? These questions will be answered by some examples of Aboriginal groups that have achieved Self-Government and by the approaches they took achieve Self-government.

Before European settlement, Aboriginal people had occupation and government over the land; they were also independent and sovereign nations of their own territories. (RCAP) According to the report Royal Commissions on Aboriginal People, in 1982, the Constitution Act, "recognized and affirmed this inherent of Aboriginal Self-government as and aboriginal and treaty protected right."(RCAP) This is now a constitution right and is "available to any aboriginal people who wish to take advantage of it." (RCAP)

Many aboriginal groups have...