Una autonomía étnica negociada a tres bandas: el caso de la nación innu de Québec

Abstract

Pluri–ethnic or governmental regional autonomy constitutes at present the central revindication of the autocthonous peoples of America, in order to recover their rights as ethnic–political subjects with rights to control their own territory and resources. Autonomy means sharing sovereignty within the Nation–State, exercising self–government and the power to carry through a project of endogenous development. In this article we analyze, fi st, the evolution of the paradigns which have guided Canadian policy as regards their autocthonous peoples, and, specifically, the negotiations carried on by the innu nation with the governments of Quebec and Canada in order to sign a treaty that includes governmental autonomy.