Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is a political umbrella organization in Canada that sees its clientele in those members of the First Nations and Métis who do not live on a reservation or are recognized as Indians . The latter are referred to as non-status Indians .
These are not members themselves, but their representatives are member organizations in the CAP. These are organized according to provinces and territories and are accordingly called provincial and territorial organizations (PTOs) . Each of them has its own regulations and is funded separately on the basis of the Aboriginal Representative Organization Program (AROP) by the state and at the same time by the respective territorial unit. In the larger provinces, these are again organized according to regions or zones, but there are also offices in numerous municipalities. Headquarters is in Ottawa. This is where the annual meetings take place, to which each PTO sends 16 delegates, at least one of whom is an elderly person. must be an elder, or a young (youth) must be among them. Every three years, the Chief and ViceChief ( e.g. chief and vice chief) are elected by secret ballot .
PTOs include the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan , based in Saskatoon , the Alliance Autochtone du Quebec Inc , the Aboriginal Council of Manitoba , the Federation of Newfoundland Indians , the Labrador Metis Nation , the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council and the Native Councils of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island , the Ontario Coalition of Aboriginal Peoples and the United Native Nations Society .
The organization was founded in 1971 under the name Native Council of Canada and was led by Tony Belcourt from 1971 to 1974. So far, two women have been president, Gloria George (1975–1976) and Viola Robinson (1990–1991). Its current President or Chief is Patrick Brazeau , an Algonquin from the Kitigan Zibi Reserve in Maniwaki (since February and November 2006). He studied Social Sciences and Civil Law at the University of Ottawa and is the organization's 12th chief.
The CAP estimates that 79% of the indigenous people (Aboriginal people) live outside the reservations, while the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development gives significantly lower figures and estimates that around half of the indigenous people live on reservations.
In the 2006 elections, the organization supported the Conservative Party of Canada . In 2000, the organization turned against the Firearm Control Act , which provided for the registration of all weapons. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations saw their contractually guaranteed hunting rights endangered by the law as early as 1995, because they invoked contracts that guaranteed them the same life as they traditionally had before the contract was signed.
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- ^ Allan Woods: Off-reserve natives to back Tories , in: Global National, January 14, 2006, archive.org, March 11, 2007.
- ^ Gregg Lee Carter: Guns in American Society , Santa Barbara 2002, p. 446.