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Fragile Gains: Two Centuries of Canadian and United States Policy Toward Indians Ralph W University of Washington School of Law UW Law Digital Commons Articles Faculty Publications 1991 Fragile Gains: Two Centuries of Canadian and United States Policy Toward Indians Ralph W. Johnson University of Washington School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles Part of the Indian and Aboriginal Law Commons Recommended Citation Ralph W. Johnson, Fragile Gains: Two Centuries of Canadian and United States Policy Toward Indians, 66 Wash. L. Rev. 643 (1991), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/460 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Publications at UW Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles by an authorized administrator of UW Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Copyright @ 1991 by Washington Law Review Association FRAGILE GAINS: TWO CENTURIES OF CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD INDIANS Ralph W. Johnson* AbstracL The United States and Canada share a common history in their policies toward and legal treatment of the Native Americans that historically have occupied both countries. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 established a policy of recognizing Aboriginal title and treating with Indians that was binding on the colonies that preceded both coun- tries, and influenced both governments in later dealings with tribes. Assimilationist themes are evident as well in the national policy toward Indians in both countries. Never- theless, historically and in the present, national policies and laws of the two governments can be contrasted. This Article sets forth a detailed comparison of the historical events surrounding white settlement and displacement of Indians from their Aboriginal lands. It further describes trends in the creation and development of Indian law, in the United States Congress and the Canadian Parliament,-and in the courts of both countries. United States Supreme Court Justice John Marshall first recognized tribal sovereignty in develop- ing a federal common law that has been extremely influential in the Indian jurisprudence of both countries. Presently in the United States, however, the Supreme Court is hostile toward tribal sovereignty and will not review federal legislative actions toward tribes, while Congress is an increasing champion of tribal self-government and economic self- development. Conversely, the Canadian Parliament continues in its assinfilationist legisla- tive attitudes, refusing to recognize inherent powers of sovereignty in tribal government. Nevertheless, aboriginal rights of the Indigenous peoples of Canada were codified in the 1982 Constitution, and the Canadian Supreme Court has recently taken unto itself the power to scrutinize legislative action in light of those rights. INTRODUCTION .......................................... 645 I. THE HISTORICAL SETTING ....................... 646 A. Aboriginal Claims ................................ 646 B. National Policies v. Implementation ............... 647 C. Knowledge of Indian History ..................... 648 II. HISTORICAL POLICY TOWARDS INDIANS ....... 654 A. The United States: A Historical Perspective ....... 654 1. Treaties as Land Transactions ................. 656 2. Treaties Construed In Favor of Indians ........ 656 • Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law.' The author wishes to acknowledge receipt of a summer research grant from the University of Washington School of Law, which aided in the writing of this Article. The author thanks Richard H. Bartlett, Professor of Law, University of Saskatchewan and Chair of Natural Resources Law, University of Calgary, and Sasha Harmon, doctoral candidate, University of Washington Department of History, for their insightful review and comments on earlier drafts of this Article. The author also thanks law students Craighton Goeppele and Rachael Paschal for their research assistance. All views expressed herein, however, are those of the author. Washington Law Review Vol. 66:643, 1991 3. The 1887 Allotment Act: Assimilation Accelerated ................................... 658 4. The 1934 Indian Reorganization Act and Self- Determination ................................ 661 5. The Termination Policy: Public Law 280 ....... 662 6. Self-Determination Adopted as National Policy .............................................. 663 7. Whittling Sovereignty Away: The Supreme Court's Recent Trend ......................... 664 a. Tribal Court Criminal Jurisdiction ......... 664 b. Tribal Court Civil Jurisdiction: Preemption Analysis ................................... 665 B. Canada ........................................... 666 1. Assimilation Policy Formally Adopted ......... 668 2. Treaty Interpretation in Canada ............... 670 3. Subjugation Under the Indian Act ............. 673 4. Termination in Canada: A Short-Lived "Era".. 674 5. Canada Begins To Recognize Aboriginal Rights .............................................. 675 6. Academics and Lawyers Take Up the Indian Cause ........................................ 675 III. ABORIGINAL RIGHTS ............................. 678 A. The United States ................................ 678 B. Canada ........................................... 680 1. Canadian Hostility Toward Aboriginal Rights.. 680 2. Recent Canadian Recognition of Aboriginal R ights ........................................ 682 3. Sparrow v. The Queen Requires Judicial Review of Laws ....................................... 683 IV. FEDERAL POWERS REGARDING NATIVE AMERICANS AND NATIVE CANADIANS ........ 684 A. The United States ................................ 684 1. The Plenary Power of Congress over Indians and the Indian Commerce Clause .............. 684 2. All Indian Treaties Have Been at Least Partially A brogated .................................... 685 3. The Trust Relationship in the United States .... 686 B. Canada ........................................... 687 1. The Indian Act Stifles Tribal Governments .... 688 2. The Trust Relationship in Canada ............. 689 Indian Policies of the U.S. and Canada 3. Does the Sparrow Concept Fit the United States? ........................................ 692 V. STATE AND PROVINCIAL POWER OVER INDIANS ............................................ 695 A. United States ..................................... 695 B. Canada ........................................... 698 VI. INDIAN SELF-GOVERNMENT ..................... 700 A. The United States ................................ 700 1. Federal Delegation of Environmental Control to Indian Tribes ................................. 704 2. The Power To Exclude ........................ 706 3. Tribal Legislatures and Tribal Courts .......... 707 B. Canada ........................................... 708 1. Federal Delegation of Environmental Control to First Nations ................................. 712 2. Tribal Courts ................................. 712 VII. CONCLUSION ....................................... 712 INTRODUCTION Native Americans1 of Canada and the United States have struggled for more than 200 years, largely beneath the surface of mainstream history, to retain their cultural identity, to keep or recapture Aborigi- nal lands, and increasingly to protect their rights to self-determination and self-government. 1. In the United States the term "Indian" is normally used to describe aboriginal Americans. The term "tribe" (alternatively "nation") is used to describe both ethnological groups of Native Americans as well as the contemporary legal-political groups (often comprised of several ethnological tribes) that occupy and govern modem-day reservations. F. COHEN, HANDBOOK OF FEDERAL INDIAN LAW 3, 19 (1982). An exception is Alaska where aboriginals are usually referred to as "Alaska Natives," and the legal-political groups of Natives are usually identified as "Villages," although at times the terms "tribes" and "bands" are still used. D. CASE, ALASKA NATIvEs AND AMERICAN LAWS 10 (1984). In Canada the term "Indian" is sometimes used to describe all Aboriginals, but not the Metis. The preferred terms now are "First Nation," Indigenous People, or Aboriginal. In the literature the term "band" is often used in Canada rather than "tribe." . WOODWARD, NATIVE LAW 2-14 (1990). The above definitions are the most widely used in the literature and legislation, however the definition of these terms often depends on the legislative intent of Congress or Parliament. The precise meaning must be determined by context, and requires a particularized analysis. Douglas Sanders has said that if there is a legal definition of the word "Metis," it must mean the people who took "half-breed" grants under the Manitoba Act of 1870 or the Dominion Lands Act, or the descendants of those people. Sanders, Aboriginal Peoples and the Constitution, 19 ALTA. L. REV.410, 419-20 (1981). Other definitions can be found in J.WOODWARD, supra, at 54-55. 645 Washington Law Review Vol. 66:643, 1991 This is a comparative study of United States and Canadian policies and laws towards Native Americans. Both Canada and the United States share the same "mother country." Both are federations, with populations that share similar racial problems and social systems; both share the common law system; and, both share similar moral, ethical, and political values. Differences in the two nations' Indian policies are partly based on demographics. More often, however, they reflect con- scious choices about dealing with the "Indian problem." This Article analyzes these
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