Talk:Monarchy of Canada and the Indigenous peoples of Canada

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Some clarifications should be made. The Canadian crown is a relatively new institution, and so cannot be said to have had a relationship which goes back centuries. It would be accurate to refer to the British and French crowns in that case. Also, treaties were established, yes, but also broken and abrogated.

The sentence referencing the Maori could be reworked so there is no implication that they view their treaty as between them and the crown in Canada.

The reference to "ever-changing governments" is curious. A government of the day is steward of the state, and as such can change what it, and therefore the crown, does. The relationship is inextricable.

The claim that "First Nations continue to celebrate these connections with the monarchy" is misleading, based on the citation. For one, the article is an opinion/editorial from the viewpoint of one person. But the writer says "We celebrate our community survival. We celebrate the treaty that was meant to ensure our economic survival in a changing world." It's understandable to celebrate survival and a tool which can be used to ensure it. That's not the same as celebrating monarchy as an institution, and to say it does is inaccurate.

The lead paragraph offers a pro-monarchist view. I'd encourage neutrality. Yoho2001 (talk) 06:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done

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It has been proposed in this section that Monarchy of Canada and the Indigenous peoples of Canada be renamed and moved to The Canadian Crown and Aboriginal peoples.

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The Canadian Crown and First Nations, Inuit and Métis → The Canadian Crown and Aboriginal peoples — Should this article not be called The Canadian Crown and Aboriginal peoples or The Canadian Crown and Aboriginals....just seems long for no reason....and the fact we use the word Aboriginal for encompassing all 3 groups in Canada... See: Aboriginal peoples in Canada#Terminology ..Buzzzsherman (talk) 01:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]